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Higher Technical Schools

Forestry Training Centre, Lyss, Canton Bern (in new window)

Forestry Training Centre, Lyss, Canton Bern, a higher technical school taking students from both French and German speaking Switzerland, and preparing them for a federal diploma.© Hans Ege Luzern/LIGNUM

Vocational training at higher technical schools is also part of tertiary level education. There are more than 100 such schools recognised at federal level.

These schools are regulated by the central government and their exams are set by the relevant professional body. Qualifications can be gained for more than 150 professions. Graduates are expected to have the skills to become middle-level management.