Federal vocational baccalaureate

The Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (FVB) gives Federal VET Diploma holders further, more general education and entitles them to enrol in a Swiss university of applied sciences (UAS) without having to take an entrance examination.

FVB orientations

Preparatory courses for the FVB examination provide learners with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a Bachelor’s degree at a Swiss UAS. Generally speaking, the orientation of the FVB will be aligned with the occupation covered in the VET programme:

Engineering, architecture, life sciences
Nature, agriculture and food
Business and services
Design and art
Health and social care

If an FVB holder also takes the University Aptitude Test (UAT), then enrolment in a cantonal university or one of Switzerland’s two federal institutes of technology is also possible for all study programmes. A similar option is available to holders of the Swiss specialised baccalaureate

Proportion of young people who have obtained a federal vocational baccalaureate by the age of 25:

Vocational baccalaureate rate (in german)