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General Provisions
Recognition of foreign upper secondary school-leaving certificates: general provisions for all countries.
Recognised upper secondary school-leaving certificate
- Orta bilim turaly attestat
with the following general education subjects (during the last 3 years)
- First language (native language)
- Second language
- Mathematics
- Natural sciences (biology, chemistry or physics)
- Humanities and social sciences (geography, history or economics/law)
- Elective (one subject from category 2, 4 or 5)
Language skills and/or exams under reserve.
Admission requirements of each university
valid for the academic year 2019/20
EPFL | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + Entrance Examination EPFL |
ETHZ | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised university in Kazakhstan + Reduced Entrance Examination ETHZ. Otherwise: Comprehensive Entrance Examination ETHZ |
Basel | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Bern | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Fribourg | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Genève | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Lausanne | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Luzern | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Neuchâtel | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
St. Gallen | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university + HSG admission test or Complementary Examination ECUS |
Zürich | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or Complementary Examination ECUS |
USI | Upper secondary school-leaving certificate + 2 years of university-level studies recognised by the respective university + certificate of university admission in the desired academic subject provided by a recognised Kazakh university or special conditions (Admission Regulations, art. 8 par. 3) |