Swiss Maturité

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The Swiss Maturité is Switzerland’s national university-entrance qualification, providing broad, rigorous secondary education that grants access to Swiss and many international universities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Maturità 1
Maturité gymnasiale 1
Swiss Matura 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf university entrance qualification
ageAtCompletion 18–19 years
alsoKnownAs Matura
Maturità
linked to: Swiss Maturité

Maturität
Maturité fédérale
Maturité gymnasiale
linked to: Swiss Maturité
assessmentIncludes continuous assessment
oral final examinations
written final examinations
awardedBy cantonal gymnasia
federally recognized private schools
coreSubjectsInclude arts or music
first national language
humanities and social sciences
mathematics
natural sciences
second national language
third language or English
country Switzerland
educationLevel upper secondary education
focusesOn broad general education
preparation for academic studies
grantsAccessTo Swiss federal institutes of technology
Swiss public universities
many foreign universities
includes Maturité project
complementary subject
specific option (major subject)
introduced 1995 reform of Swiss upper secondary education
isComparableTo A-level based university entrance qualifications
French Baccalauréat général
German Abitur
Italian Maturità liceale
isDistinctFrom Swiss vocational baccalaureate (Berufsmaturität / maturité professionnelle / maturità professionale)
specialized baccalaureate (Fachmaturität / maturité spécialisée / maturità specializzata)
isRecognizedBy Swiss universities without entrance exam (in principle)
all Swiss cantons
languageOfInstruction French
German
Italian
Romansh (in some subjects or schools)
legalBasis Ordonnance sur la reconnaissance des certificats de maturité gymnasiale (ORM)}
Reglement über die Anerkennung von gymnasialen Maturitätsausweisen
preparesFor academic careers
professional careers requiring higher education
university studies in all faculties
qualityAssuredBy federal recognition procedures
regulatedBy Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education
Swiss Federal Council
requires passing all mandatory examinations
successful completion of prescribed curriculum
requiresCompletionOf collège
gymnasium
liceo
typicalDuration 3 years
4 years

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Collège du Léman offersProgram Swiss Maturité
Matura examination hasLanguageVersion Swiss Matura
linked to: Swiss Maturité
Swiss Maturité alsoKnownAs Maturité gymnasiale
linked to: Swiss Maturité
Swiss Maturité alsoKnownAs Maturità
linked to: Swiss Maturité