Swiss universities are known to be very international More than half of those doing a doctorate in Switzerland come from abroad, according to a new global education report. Foreign students are especially drawn to courses in the natural sciences. International students make up 17% of those studying at Swiss universities, said the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECDexternal link) in its Education at a Glance 2017external link, published earlier this week. This is almost three times more than the OECD total of 6%. The higher the level of study, the more international students in Switzerland. Only Luxembourg has more international doctoral students (87%), the report found. “As a result,
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Swiss universities are known to be very international
More than half of those doing a doctorate in Switzerland come from abroad, according to a new global education report. Foreign students are especially drawn to courses in the natural sciences.
International students make up 17% of those studying at Swiss universities, said the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECDexternal link) in its Education at a Glance 2017external link, published earlier this week.
This is almost three times more than the OECD total of 6%.
The higher the level of study, the more international students in Switzerland. Only Luxembourg has more international doctoral students (87%), the report found.
“As a result, Switzerland has 20 international students for every 100 national students…one of the highest ratios after some of the English-speaking countries such as New Zealand (26) and the United Kingdom (22),” the report said about Switzerland.
Share of international students by level of tertiary education (2015)International student mobility in selected OECD countries. International students coming to Switzerland are particularly keen on science-related fields. In fact, they are now almost three times more international than Swiss students studying natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. |
Share of international students by level of tertiary education (2015) - Click to enlarge |
Share of tertiary students enrolled in natural sciences, maths and statistics, by mobility status (2015)Swiss universities are well known for their international status. In February, the country’s two federal technology institutes (ETH Zurich and EPFL) claimed the top two slots in the Times Higher Educationexternal link ranking of the world’s most international universities; the University of Zurich was ranked 15th. This list compared the proportion of international students and faculty members, as well as the share of publications published by at least one author from another country. |
Share of tertiary students enrolled in natural sciences, maths and statistics, by mobility status (2015) - Click to enlarge |
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