ausländischer Vorbildungsausweis für das Studium an schweizerischen Universitäten
foreign upper secondary school-leaving certificate for university admission in Switzerland
certificat étranger de fin d'études en vue d'études dans les universités suisses
attestato estero di formazione per percorsi di studio in università svizzere
2025-08-25T06:37:48.5934660Z
https://www.termdat.bk.admin.ch/entry/521813
Website swissuniversities, [Bewertung ausländischer Vorbildungsausweise](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/de/services/zulassung-zur-universitaet/auslaendische-ausweise/) (6.10.2016).
swissuniversities website, Recognition of [foreign upper secondary school-leaving certificates](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/services/admission-to-universities/foreign-certificates/) (6.7.2016).
Site swissuniversities, [Evaluation des certificats étrangers de fin d'études](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/fr/services/admission-a-luniversite/certificats-etrangers/) (6.7.2016).
Internet swissuniversities, [Valutazione degli attestati esteri di formazione](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/it/servizi/ammissione-alluniversita/attestati-esteri/) (6.7.2016).
The swissuniversities definition has a strictly academic perspective and is therefore narrower than the SERI defintion as given in the SERI glossary, which gives two definitions of the term: lower-secondary school qualification (1); upper-secondary school qualification (2). The purpose of the more general SERI definitions is to cater also for candidates for vocational training programmes that only require a lower-secondary school qualification without the need to specify what the qualification is.
When it appears on its own 'Vorbildungsausweis' may refer to a qualification that allows access to higher education. In a more general sense it may refer to any kind of upper-secondary school or lower-secondary school qualification.