Switzerland · Universities of teacher education
University of Teacher Education in Special Needs
Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik · University of teacher education (HfH) · canton of Zurich · Zurich
hfh.ch →Students, 2025/26
2,044
Foreign nationals
11.6%
234 students
Largest field
Special needs education
70.8% of students
BFS counts most HfH students with the universities of teacher education and a few with the universities of applied sciences; the figures here add the two.
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
| 2025/26 | 2,044 |
| 2024/25 | 1,632 |
| 2023/24 | 1,351 |
| 2022/23 | 1,316 |
| 2021/22 | 1,293 |
| 2020/21 | 1,303 |
| 2019/20 | 1,268 |
| 2018/19 | 1,261 |
| 2017/18 | 1,226 |
| 2016/17 | 1,184 |
| 2015/16 | 1,160 |
| 2014/15 | 1,137 |
| 2013/14 | 1,025 |
| 2012/13 | 973 |
| 2011/12 | 998 |
| 2010/11 | 1,047 |
| 2009/10 | 1,062 |
| 2008/09 | 1,009 |
| 2007/08 | 863 |
| 2006/07 | 785 |
Fields of study, 2025/26
Field names translated by CollegeMatcher.
- Special needs education1,447 · 70.8%
- Speech and language therapy308 · 15.1%
- Psychomotor therapy258 · 12.6%
- Applied Linguistics31 · 1.5%
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, Lucerne University of Teacher Education, 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.