This order regulates the supplementary examination allowing holders of a federal certificate of professional maturity to be admitted to university high schools.

¹ The purpose of the supplementary examination is to give holders of a federal certificate of professional maturity the general aptitude for higher education.

² The federal certificate of professional maturity and the supplementary examination certificate are worth together as a certificate equivalent to a Swiss gymnasium or recognised by the Confederation. As such, they are eligible for admission:

A.

Federal polytechnics according to the EPF Act of 4 October 1991;

B.

Federal medical examination in accordance with the Medical Professions Act of 23 June 2006.

³ The cantonal law regulates admission to cantonal universities.

¹ The supplementary examination is under the supervision of the Swiss Commission of Maturity.

² It is organised by the Swiss Commission of Maturity, subject to para. 3.

³ The Swiss Commission of Maturity may, at the request of a canton, authorise a school issuing certificates of gymnasium maturity recognised by the Confederation to organise the supplementary examination itself, provided that the school proposes a Preparatory course for a year.

¹ The following orders shall govern by analogy the purpose of the examination, the sessions, the registration, the admission and the fees:

A.

The order of 7 December 1998 on the Swiss examination of maturity ¹ ;

B. ²

The order of 3 November 2010 on fees and allowances for the Swiss examination of maturity and supplementary examinations ³ .

² Examination sessions, registration and fees for further examination organised by a cantonal school shall be governed by the relevant cantonal provisions.

³ The schools allowed to pass the supplementary examination can only admit the candidates who have followed the preparatory course of a year.

¹ The objectives of the review and the curricula of the various disciplines are based on the framework study plan of the CDIP for the mature schools in Switzerland.

² They are the subject of directives.

¹ This order is supplemented by guidelines issued by the Swiss Commission of Maturity. These include:

A.

Conditions of eligibility;

B.

The objectives of the review and programs of the various disciplines;

C.

Review procedures and evaluation criteria;

D.

Work instruments authorized for testing;

E.

The distribution of disciplines if the review is presented in two sessions.

² The Swiss Commission of Maturity develops the guidelines jointly with the Federal Commission of Professional Maturity and the Conference of Rectors of the Swiss Universities.

³ The guidelines are subject to approval by the Federal Department of Economics, Training and Research ¹ And the CDIP Committee.

Candidates must undergo a complementary examination in the following disciplines:

A.

The first national language (French, German or Italian);

B.

A second national language (French, German or Italian) or English;

C.

Mathematics;

D.

The field of experimental science (partial fields biology, chemistry and physics);

E.

The social sciences and humanities (partial domains of history and geography).

Examinations take the following forms:

A.

First national language: written and oral tests;

B.

Second national or English language: written and oral;

C.

Mathematics: written and oral testing;

D.

Field of experimental science: written test;

E.

Social sciences and humanities: written test.

¹ The examination before the Swiss Commission of Maturity may be presented in one session (full examination) or distributed over two sessions (partial reviews).

² The examination in a mature school is conducted in a single session (full examination).

¹ The results in each of the five disciplines are expressed in whole notes and half-notes. The best score is 6, the worst is 1; scores below 4 result in insufficient results.

² The oral proofs are awarded jointly by the expert and the examiner. In the disciplines subject to two events, the final mark is the average of the two, rounded to a half-note.

³ The total of points is the sum of the scores obtained in the five disciplines.

⁴ The scores all have the same weight.

¹ The examination is successful if the applicant:

A.

Has received a total of at least 20 points;

B.

Has no more than two notes below 4; and

C.

Has no notes below 2.

² The examination is not successful if the applicant:

A.

Does not meet the conditions set out in para. 1;

B.

Does not attend examinations without giving valid reasons on time;

C.

Has not completed a review, unless authorized to do so;

D.

Used non-authorized work instruments or committed another fraud.

The following provisions shall govern by analogy the sanctions, the decision, the certificate, the derogations in favour of persons with disabilities and the use of:

A.

The order of 7 December 1998 on the Swiss examination of maturity ¹ , if the supplementary examination is submitted to the Swiss Commission of Maturity;

B.

The cantonal provisions governing the examination of gymnasium maturity, if the examination is presented in a school of maturity.

¹ The candidate may return once the examination is in case of failure. If it has chosen to pass the examination in two sessions, it can pass each part of the examination once again.

² The disciplines in which he obtained at least note 5 at the first attempt are considered to be acquired.

The order of 19 December 2003 on the recognition of certificates of professional maturity for admission to higher university schools ¹ Is repealed.

¹ Anyone who has started the examination under the old right may terminate it under the old right until the end of 2012 at the latest.

² Anyone who has failed the examination under the old right may not, from 1 ^Er May 2012, return it according to the new law.

This order shall enter into force on 1 ^Er April 2012.