Facts and Figures
Brochure «Facts and Figures - Vocational and Professional Education and Training in Switzerland»
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Each year, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) publishes the latest version of its brochure «Vocational and Professional Education and Training in Switzerland: Facts and Figures».
Contents:
Overview, Swiss VPET system, One mission - three Partners, Learning locations, Vocational education and training, Federal vocational baccalaureate, Universities of applied sciences, Vocational qualifications for adults, Porfessional education, Swiss VPET funding, VPET at international level, VPET Research, Useful links
This 26-page publication is available in German, French, Italian and English and can be downloaded or ordered free of charge from the berufsbildungplus.ch website.
Slides of charts contained in the brochure
The brochure contains a series of professional charts about the Swiss VPET system, which we have posted online as separate slides. There are total of 28 individual slides, which can very easily be included in presentations.
The complete set of slides is available for download in the right navigation frame and are part of the documentation about the Swiss VPET System der documentation about the Swiss VPET System (german).
Slides – grouped together by theme
The slides have been grouped together into the following 13 thematic areas:
One mission – three partners
- Confederation - Strategic management and development
- Professional organisations - Training content and apprenticeship
- Cantons – Implementation and supervision
Vocational education and training
- Enrolment in upper-secondary level in 2018
- Apprenticeship market
- The ten most frequently chosen occupations
- Guideance and support for young people
Federal vocational baccalaureate
- Federal Vocational Baccalaureate uptake
- From federal vocational baccalaureate to a university of applied sciences
- University Aptitude Test
Vocational qualifications for adults
- Number of vocational qualifications awarded to persons aged 25 and older in 2018
- Ten most frequently chosen fields for persons aged 25 and older seeking vocational qualifications in 2018
Professional education
- Pathway leading to professional qualifications 2018
- The ten most frequently taken federal professional examinations (level 1) in 2018
- The ten most frequently taken federal professional examinations (level 2) in 2018
- Top ten study programmes completed at professional education institutions 2018
- Completed tertiary-level study programmes by economic branch 2018