Study in Switzerland
Switzerland has twelve universities, five of which are located in French-speaking Switzerland.
University Studies
The duration of university studies is not fixed but depends on the desired level and the number of credits earned each semester. The maximum permitted duration of studies is five years for a bachelor’s degree and three years for a master’s degree.
Student work is assessed through exams or assignments submitted at the end of each semester.
The UniNE’s courses are conceived within the Bologna Model, which harmonises further education across Europe and promotes national and international mobility between universities during and after studies.
ECTS credits
At each stage in your education, you can acquire ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits. This system aims to facilitate recognition and comparison of teaching programmes at a European level (1 ECTS corresponds to 25-30 hours of work, including the preparation of evaluated work).
Bachelor
As the first phase of university study, the Bachelor degree (university baccalaureate) corresponds to 180 ECTS credits (undertaken, in principle, over six semesters). It constitutes the initial step in your university education, helping you to develop a methodological and scientific way of thinking. In principle, the Bachelor degree opens the door to a subsequent Master degree.
Master
The Master degree, which is the second phase of university study, lasts between three and four semesters (90 or 120 ECTS credits). It builds on the skills acquired at Bachelor level, allowing you to specialise in a given discipline or undertake interdisciplinary studies. The Master degree concludes with a piece of research, dissertation, or even an internship.
Doctorate
After your Master degree, you can continue your education by completing a doctorate – for example, as part of a research project. The curriculum culminates in the writing of a thesis and its defense.
Structure of the programmes and courses descriptions
Courses under the microscope
Young talent
The aim of the Young Talents initiative is to enable particularly gifted and motivated high school students to take university courses from the third or fourth year of their high school education.
Within the framework of this incentive program, students have the opportunity to take exams and thus obtain ECTS credits that are valid in the event of definitive registration at the University of Neuchâtel.
This initiative is open to high school students in Bern and Neuchâtel.
Contact :
Nicolas Chappuis
Service académique
nicolas.chappuis@unine.ch
Tél. +41 32 718 10 39
