14 Education Degree Programs in Switzerland

A major in Media Studies will provide you with essential skills in oral, visual and written communications. You will gain proficiency in critical thinking and social media, some of the top skills that employers seek in any career field. The program balances practical media skills with a solid academic path.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education awarded by the school's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned.

Upon successfully completing the program, students receive an international Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, awarded by the school’s Swiss HQ, based on the recommendation of the faculty from the campuses where credits were earned.

The PHD in Educational Neuroleadership and Business Administration is a neuroleadership graduate program of study designed to develop skills for effective neuroleadership in educational organizations in a rapidly changing educational domain.

At master's level, Education can be studied as a mono master's, a major or a minor. The single-subject (mono) master's consists of 120 ECTS credits and usually takes four semesters to complete. The master's degree program is an in-depth study program focusing on independent working on problems, the writing of a thesis and implementation of research methods. One of the following focus areas can be selected as part of the master's program: General and Historical Education, Pedagogical Psychology, Sociology of Education or School and Classroom Research.

The secondary I level in Switzerland spans three years and pupils are divided according to their different performance abilities. They deepen and broaden the skills they have acquired at primary school and prepare for an apprenticeship or for higher secondary schools. No specialist teachers are trained for individual subjects at the secondary I level; instead, class teachers are authorized to teach a specific number of subjects (currently four) for all performance abilities.

The main aim of the 3-12 Month Visitor Researcher Program is to improve or refresh the academic and organisational research skills of the participants and prepare them for better future educational or professional life. Participating as a visitor researcher could assist you to develop your planned business idea or project proposal or research paper through weekly base supervision, consultation, guidance, and study. VRP Program is a great choice to strengthen the knowledge of researcher to apply for upcoming Ph.D. programs with fresh research skills or to join various institutions as a professional researcher or expert (Various States organisations, INGOs, Parliament, Research Centres, Think Tank Institutions, Universities, and relevant workplaces) or to be professional trainer/lecturer. Depending on the wish of researchers, participation in the VRP program and working with Supervisor is possible either On-Campus or Online. Up today IPD hosted researchers from Nigeria, Costa Rica, Switzerland, USA, Cameroon, Thailand, Portugal, Rwanda, China, Nepal, Canada, Mexica, Kyrgyzstan, and Columbia. Please see below some of the written project proposals and research papers of IPD Visitor Researchers.

The PH Zurich offers Master’s study programmes in teaching methodology in cooperation with the University of Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). These programmes open up a range of career opportunities in research and teaching at universities or universities of teacher education. Study programmes Two study programmes are offered: Teaching Methodology for Natural Sciences Teaching methodology for German as a School Language

The Master of Arts in Dance offers two specializations: Choreography, on one hand, Teaching and Coaching Dance Professionals on the other. It builds the choreographic and teaching skills needed to work with dance professionals and to qualify for the relevant professions. Coursework includes choreographic methods, teaching skills, and artistic research with a view to developing an individual artist or teaching profile. The programme promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and helps students to establish a sustainable network within the international field of dance.

Public opinion polls and surveys on social, political and consumer behavior have become more important in recent years. At the same time, methods of data collection as well as techniques and tools for analysis and interpretation of this data have been developed and have become more complex.

At the end of the Master (MBA) in Institutional and Educational Management study program, graduates will combine theory with practice and display sound knowledge in the educational industry.

Two years after entering pre-primary level children transfer lower to primary level for three years, after which they move on to intermediate primary level. Graduates of this programme are qualified to teach all educational areas/subjects at pre-primary and lower primary levels (except English). Pre-primary and lower primary pupils have their own unique access to learning through play and experiment. The pre-primary and lower primary study programme trains teachers to tap into children's natural facilities at these stages, and to design a range of learning opportunities that incorporate play and learning doing while at the same time preparing pupils for the transitions they will need to make. No specialist teachers are trained for individual subjects at pre-primary and lower primary levels; instead, class teachers are authorised to teach in all areas of the pre-primary level and for all subjects of the 1st to 3rd class of the primary school, with the exception of English, which is taught from the second class of the primary school.

At the end of the Bachelor (BBA) in Institutional and Educational management study program, the graduates are expected to combine theory with practice and display a sound knowledge of the educational industry.

This Executive Bachelor (EBBA) in Institutional and Educational Management course is made for students who worked directly after high school for at least 3 years in a managerial position. At the end of the Bachelor in Institutional and Educational Management study program, graduates are expected to combine theory with practice and display sound knowledge in the educational industry.