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University of Teacher Education, Vaud

Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud · University of teacher education (HEP Vaud) · canton of Vaud · Lausanne

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Students, 2025/26

2,793

Foreign nationals

16.9%

473 students

Largest field

Pre-school and primary teaching

47.8% 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: 8972025/26: 2,793
2025/262,793
2024/252,693
2023/242,499
2022/232,466
2021/222,530
2020/212,448
2019/202,314
2018/192,199
2017/182,062
2016/171,982
2015/161,893
2014/151,781
2013/141,690
2012/131,423
2011/121,279
2010/111,158
2009/10999
2008/09903
2007/08906
2006/07897

Fields of study, 2025/26

Field names translated by CollegeMatcher.

  • Pre-school and primary teaching1,336 · 47.8%
  • Lower-secondary teaching643 · 23.0%
  • Special needs education459 · 16.4%
  • Upper-secondary teaching (baccalaureate schools)229 · 8.2%
  • Teacher education, general118 · 4.2%
  • Subject didactics8 · 0.3%

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, Lucerne University of Teacher Education, 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.