✈️ Academic route
FROM🇨🇭 Switzerland→TO🇯🇵 Japan
Switzerland school-leaving stage to Japan: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in Switzerland with the corresponding school stage in Japan, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Switzerland describes this point as Upper-secondary general or vocational education. Japan describes the receiving stage as Upper secondary · Grades 10–12. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGEUpper-secondary general or vocational education✈ARRIVING STAGEUpper secondary · Grades 10–12
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇨🇭 Switzerland🇯🇵 Japan
Current stageUpper-secondary general or vocational educationUpper secondary · Grades 10–12
Education authorityThe cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.MEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
Swiss education systemSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗Swiss baccalaureate routes and recognitionSwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ↗National Courses of StudyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ↗Common Test for University AdmissionsNational Center for University Entrance Examinations ↗
🎓 Practice the route
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Independent study tools sit beside the route while the official requirements remain above.
🔎 Also described as
moving from Switzerland to Japan for school-leaving stageSwitzerland school-leaving stage in JapanSwitzerland to Japan school transfer requirements