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, Guidance and support for young people, Federal vocational baccalaureate, Universities of applied sciences, Vocational qualifications for adults, Porfessional education, VET professionals, Swiss VPET funding, VPET at international level, VPET Research, Useful links
This 28-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 29 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 15 thematic areas:
One mission - three partners
- Confederation - Strategic management and development
- Professional organisations - Training content and apprenticeships
- Cantons - Implementation and supervision
Vocational education and training
- Enrolment in upper-secondary level in 2020
- The ten most frequently chosen occupations, entrant 2020
Federal vocational baccalaureate
- Ratio of Federal Vocational Baccalaureate holders
- From federal vocational baccalaureate to a university of applied sciences
Professional education
- Top-ten federal professionnal examinations (level 1) in 2020
- Top-ten advanced federal professional examinations (level 2) in 2020
- Top-ten study programmes completed at professional education institutions 2020
Vocational qualifications for adults
- Number of vocational qualifications awarded to persons aged 25 and older in 2020
- Ten most frequently chosen fields for persons aged 25 and older seeking vocational qualifications in 2020