Switzerland

Country: Switzerland

Each institution sets its own semester fee, the same for EU and non-EU students – e.g. CHF 500 at the University of Lausanne and CHF 2,190 for international students at ETH Zurich. Switzerland has 10 cantonal universities, 2 federal institutes of technology and universities of applied sciences, with more than 4,000 programmes in total. Find out when to apply, how to plan your budget and how many hours you may work.

Scholarships for international students are mainly for master's studies, research and exchanges:

institutional scholarships for master's studies – e.g. the ETH Excellence Scholarship, EPFL Excellence Fellowships and the University of Geneva's Excellence Master Fellowships,
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships – government scholarships for graduates, mainly for research, a doctorate or a postdoc,
student exchange – Switzerland is not part of Erasmus+ and runs its own programme, SEMP. Incoming exchange students receive CHF 380–440 a month from the government. If the planned association with Erasmus+ goes ahead, exchanges will be funded by Erasmus+ from June 2027.

Cantonal grants have different rules in each canton. You'll find an overview on studyinswitzerland.plus.

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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