Europe · Western Europe
Medical Schools in Switzerland
9 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 9 cities. Verified program languages: English, German, Italian.
Initial reconciliation completed. Every candidate from the official discovery sources has been verified, excluded, flagged as a duplicate or listed as unresolved. Not a guarantee of completeness.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026.
Medical education in Switzerland
Medical qualification structure
- Medicine is a six-year programme split into a three-year bachelor and a three-year master. Source: unifr.ch · verified October 13, 2026
Entry routes
- Applicants for human medicine pre-register with swissuniversities between December and 15 February for an autumn start; Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Zurich, USI and ETH Zurich apply a numerus clausus, Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel do not. Source: swissuniversities.ch · verified October 13, 2026
- Bachelor graduates are guaranteed a master place, but not necessarily at the same university. Source: swissuniversities.ch · verified October 13, 2026
Registration and licensing context
- Master graduates sit the federal medical examination, common to all Swiss faculties, which leads to the federal physician diploma. Source: unil.ch · verified October 13, 2026
Verified medical schools
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Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Facoltà di scienze biomediche, Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano · University faculty
Master of MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen (Med-HSG)
School of Medicine, Universität St.Gallen
St. Gallen · Medical school
Joint Medical Master (Master in Human Medicine)OperatingBasic record - View School
University of Basel Faculty of Medicine
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Basel
Basel · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in Human MedicineOperatingRestricted eligibilityDetailed record - View School
University of Bern Faculty of Medicine
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Bern
Bern · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in Human MedicineOperatingRestricted eligibilityDetailed record - View School
University of Fribourg, Human Medicine (Faculty of Science and Medicine)
Université de Fribourg / Universität Freiburg - Médecine humaine
Fribourg · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in Human MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine
Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève
Geneva · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in Human MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
University of Lausanne Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Faculté de biologie et de médecine, Université de Lausanne
Lausanne · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
University of Lucerne Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften und Medizin, Universität Luzern
Lucerne · University faculty
Joint Medical Master (Master in Human Medicine)OperatingBasic record - View School
University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Zürich
Zurich · University faculty
Bachelor and Master in Human MedicineOperatingBasic record
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How this country was researched
- Research status
- Initial reconciliation completed
- Candidates in discovery sources
- 11
- Verified operating or listed schools
- 9
- Unresolved candidates
- 0
- Excluded after checking
- 4
Discovery sources
- Studienangebot in der Medizin (Anmeldung zum Medizinstudium) · swissuniversities (Rectors' Conference of Swiss Higher Education Institutions)
- Anmeldung zum Medizinstudium · swissuniversities
Limitations: Built from the swissuniversities study-offer page (current admissions cycle) plus faculty pages. Master-only sites (Lucerne, St. Gallen, USI) are recorded as schools because they deliver and (jointly) award the Master in Medicine; ETH Zurich and Neuchâtel are excluded as bachelor/first-year-only. The federal examination statute (MedBG) and BAG pages were not fetched. Ownership was not recorded. Fribourg and Lausanne faculty names are taken from site structure rather than a quote.