| Country | Grants | Loans |
|---|---|---|
Switzerland 2023/24 - grants and loans | Switzerland offers need-based grants to full-time home students up to the age of 35; no merit-based or universal grants are reported. There is no minimum grant. The maximum follows the standard set in the Intercantonal Agreement on grants and loans, and individual cantons can set a higher one. In 2023/24 the maximum grant was EUR 16,464 a year and the average grant was about EUR 9,453. Only a small share of students get a grant: about 5.5% in the first cycle and 1.3% in the second cycle (grant only). | Publicly subsidised loans are available to full-time home students in Bachelor's and Master's programmes up to the age of 35, and they can be combined with a grant. Very few students use them: about 0.2% of first- and second-cycle students have only a loan, while 0.4% (first cycle) and 0.2% (second cycle) combine a loan with a grant. There is no data on loan amounts. |
Source: Eurydice, National Student Fee and Support Systems in European Higher Education – reference year 2023/24 (data published in 2025). Amounts in EUR per year for home, full-time students; country details as described by Eurydice. Earlier editions: 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2016/17. The United Kingdom no longer takes part in Eurydice, so its entries end in 2016/17.
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