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FROM🇰🇷 South KoreaTO🇨🇭 Switzerland

South Korea university-entry stage to Switzerland: education route

Compare university-entry stage in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in Switzerland, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

South Korea describes this point as High school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSAT. Switzerland describes the receiving stage as Upper-secondary general or vocational education. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGEHigh school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSATARRIVING STAGEUpper-secondary general or vocational education

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇨🇭 Switzerland
Current stageHigh school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSATUpper-secondary general or vocational education
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.The cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

National curriculum and achievement standardsNational Curriculum Information Center ↗High-school equivalency qualification, subjects and passing rulesNational Institute for Lifelong Education · High-school Equivalency Support Center ↗CSAT official informationKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Current CSAT candidate guideKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Swiss education systemSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗Swiss baccalaureate routes and recognitionSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗
South Korea education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →Switzerland education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →South Korea Grade 4 / Year 4 to Switzerland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea Grade 7 / Year 7 to Switzerland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea Grade 11 / Year 11 to Switzerland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea school-leaving stage to Switzerland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →Switzerland university-entry stage to South Korea: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →

🔎 Also described as

moving from South Korea to Switzerland for university-entry stageSouth Korea university-entry stage in SwitzerlandSouth Korea to Switzerland school transfer requirements