ETH Tuition fees, ambiguity

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Simple tuition fee: CHF 730 / semester

  • for students with Swiss citizenship.
  • for students with Liechtenstein citizenship.
  • for students who were resident in Switzerland or the Principality of Liechtenstein at the time they obtained their university entrance qualification certificate (e.g. Matura, Abitur, etc.). This applies to all students regardless of their nationality.

For all other foreign students, the simple tuition fee applies ONLY IF:

  • they have an EU/EFTA citizenship and a B, L or G permit with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’ or a settlement permit C.
  • their parents have an EU/EFTA citizenship and a B or L permit (both with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’) or a settlement permit C and the students have a residence permit in Switzerland before starting their studies.
  • they can claim family reunification in accordance with the free Movement of Persons with the EU/EFTA (for details, see the Factsheets external pagewebsite (“Family reunification”)).
  • they have an F, S or B permit (refugee).

So is it: (have an EU/EFTA citizenship and a B, L or G permit with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’) or a settlement permit C.

or:

have an EU/EFTA citizenship and (a B, L or G permit with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’ or a settlement permit C.)

I’m guessing the latter, but I wish people would write unambiguously so that you don’t have to guess.

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You could be right as I guess the C permit should in theory grant similar rights as Swiss citizens regarding employment, residence, and access to public services.

But then the organisation is not very clear, as it would make sense to put “for Students with a C permit” in the top section, maybe even combining it in the first bullet.

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It is the second. (Reading the legal text, the exemptions listed in the second paragraph - there are more than what was quoted - apply only for EU -freedom of movement).
For non-EU you have to be resident to qualify.

Note that many EU students coming here to study, prefer to pay the higher tuition fees ‘study only’, rather than get a “study and work” permit. This is because with the latter they would have to get compulsory Swiss health insurance, whereas as students they can be exempt with the right paperwork.

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All C permit holders have the right to gainful employment. So provided they are actually living here they qualify regardless of country of origin.

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After reading the other bullets, I’m now more convinced it is the first case where a C permit is sufficient.

Seriously, how difficult would it have been to write it like this:

Simple tuition fee: CHF 730 / semester

  • for students with Swiss citizenship.
  • for students with Liechtenstein citizenship. OR
  • for students who were resident in Switzerland or the Principality of Liechtenstein at the time they obtained their university entrance qualification certificate (e.g. Matura, Abitur, etc.). This applies to all students regardless of their nationality.

For all other foreign students, the simple tuition fee applies ONLY IF:

  • they have an EU/EFTA citizenship and a B, L or G permit with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’
  • they have a settlement permit C.
  • their parents have an EU/EFTA citizenship and a B or L permit (both with the remark ‘right to gainful employment’) and the students have a residence permit in Switzerland before starting their studies.
  • their parents have a settlement permit C and the students have a residence permit in Switzerland before starting their studies.
  • they can claim family reunification in accordance with the free Movement of Persons with the EU/EFTA (for details, see the Factsheets. OR
  • they have an F, S or B permit (refugee).
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you can study in CH as non efta-eu with a B permit (with right to work) , so I guess both or neither.

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This is not about right to study, but the fee schedule. If you don’t meet the criteria for group 1, you pay 3x the tuition fees.

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I didn’t pay the extra fee, when i studied and USI had the same criteria.

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Probably because you didn’t start studying this year when the increased fees came into play.

From the autumn semester of 2025, students who move to Switzerland to study will pay three times as much in tuition fees as their Swiss peers.

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Really? Plus adapting your first post.
What was this, some kind of wake up quiz? I give them half the information and see what they do with it?

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