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Ils peuvent aussi intégrer une école d'enseignement général (lycée, aussi appelé « gymnase » en Suisse), afin d'obtenir un certificat de culture générale, permettant par la suite d’intégrer une école supérieure spécialisée (ES) ou une maturité gymnasiale ou spécialisée permettant, après 3 ans d’études, d’intégrer une haute école (HES, HEP, université, école polytechnique fédérale).
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Once compulsory education has been completed, students can choose, according to their career ambitions and abilities, from several options. They can embark on a professional training (apprenticeship) leading to a federal certificate (CFC) after 3 or 4 years, depending on the trade chosen, even a professional maturity. They can also enrol in high school (known as a « lycée or gymnasium » in Switzerland) with a view to obtaining a general graduation certificate (“certificat de culture générale), which gives students direct access to a specialised institute of higher learning (ES), or a Matura (Baccalaureate) qualification, obtained after 3 years of studies and which enables students to enter a university, a university of teacher education (HEP), a federal polytechnic school (EPF) or a university of applied sciences (HES).
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