Switzerland offers students a broad choice of third-level education opportunities. However, the options open to school-leavers depend on the type of secondary education they received. Access to university, Federal Institutes of Technology, Universities of Applied Sciences and teacher training college is open to holders of a Matura (high-school diploma). Students who opted for the vocational route can continue their education at a higher vocational college or sit one of Switzerland’s two national higher vocational examinations: the Federal PET Diploma examination and the Advanced Federal PET Diploma examination.