Admission to the Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education Program

The following study programs are offered at the University of Zurich for the training of secondary school teachers:

• Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education (in German)
• Extension Diploma for an Additional Teaching Subject (in German)
• Additional Vocational Pedagogical Qualification (in German)

The following teaching subjects are available: Biology, Chemistry, Economics and Law (cannot be combined with a secondary subject), Education/Psychology, English, French, Geography, German, Greek, History, Informatics, Italian, Latin, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Religion, Rhaeto-Romanic (as a secondary subject only), Russian and Spanish. 

The main language of instruction for all teaching subjects is German.

Foreign-language applicants must prove that they have the necessary German skills of at least level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages scale (CEFR). 

Therefore, detailed information is provided in German only.