✈️ Academic route
FROM🇨🇭 Switzerland→TO🇺🇸 United States
Switzerland Grade 11 / Year 11 to United States: education route
Compare Grade 11 / Year 11 in Switzerland with the corresponding school stage in United States, 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. United States describes the receiving stage as High school · Grades 9–12. 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 STAGEHigh school · Grades 9–12
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What crosses with the learner
Route point🇨🇭 Switzerland🇺🇸 United States
Current stageUpper-secondary general or vocational educationHigh school · Grades 9–12
Education authorityThe cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.State and local education systems; there is no single national K–12 curriculum.
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 ↗State and territory education authoritiesU.S. Department of Education ↗SAT student informationCollege Board ↗AP courses and examinationsCollege Board ↗GED passing scores and performance levelsGED Testing Service ↗GED test rules by state or territoryGED Testing Service ↗
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🔎 Also described as
moving from Switzerland to United States for Grade 11 / Year 11Switzerland Grade 11 / Year 11 in United StatesSwitzerland to United States school transfer requirements