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Lucerne University of Teacher Education

Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern · University of teacher education (PH Luzern) · canton of Lucerne · Lucerne

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Students, 2025/26

2,479

Foreign nationals

6.8%

168 students

Largest field

Pre-school and primary teaching

36.3% of students

For the universities of teacher education the Office publishes only nationality per institution, not where students were educated, so their figure is the share of foreign nationals — not comparable with the educated-abroad share shown for the other two types. Students are everyone matriculated at a Swiss higher education institution in the autumn (winter) semester, as the Federal Statistical Office defines them.

Students, 2006/07–2025/26

2006/07: 7842025/26: 2,479
2025/262,479
2024/252,486
2023/242,631
2022/232,668
2021/222,566
2020/212,480
2019/202,356
2018/192,327
2017/182,211
2016/172,197
2015/162,135
2014/152,080
2013/141,954
2012/131,716
2011/121,370
2010/111,216
2009/101,210
2008/091,056
2007/08986
2006/07784

Fields of study, 2025/26

Field names translated by CollegeMatcher.

  • Pre-school and primary teaching900 · 36.3%
  • Lower-secondary teaching726 · 29.3%
  • Special needs education442 · 17.8%
  • Teaching in vocational schools120 · 4.8%
  • Subject didactics117 · 4.7%
  • Upper-secondary teaching (baccalaureate schools)112 · 4.5%
  • Teacher education, general62 · 2.5%

Level of study, 2025/26

The Federal Statistical Office does not publish a split by level for each university of teacher education.

Fees

Each institution sets its own tuition — for ETH Zurich and EPFL the ETH Board does, by ordinance — and many charge students from abroad more. Fees are not published as open data, and swissuniversities' fee tables may not be reused, so no fees are shown here: check each institution's website.

Other universities of teacher education: Zurich University of Teacher Education, Bern University of Teacher Education, University of Teacher Education, Vaud, University of Teacher Education in Special Needs, St.Gallen University of Teacher Education, Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Zug University of Teacher Education, University of Teacher Education BEJUNE, University of Teacher Education, Valais, Graubünden University of Teacher Education, Schwyz University of Teacher Education, Institute of Teacher Education NMS Bern, Schaffhausen University of Teacher Education, University of Speech and Language Therapy, Eastern Switzerland

Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS), Students and Degrees in Higher Education (SHIS-studex) — tables “Studierende an den universitären Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040100_108); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_136); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule, nur Studierende auf Stufen Diplom, Bachelor und Master (ohne Weiterbildung)” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_138); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen (ohne PH) nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040200_170); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_191); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Staatsangehörigkeit (Kategorie) und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_192). Terms of use: opendata.swiss “Open use. Must provide the source” (https://opendata.swiss/en/terms-of-use). Sums and shares, English names, the English names of university and teacher-education fields, cantons, cities and websites are CollegeMatcher's additions, not the FSO's.