BMS full-time – health and social orientation
This one-year vocational baccalaureate course prepares you optimally for the successful completion of the federal Vocational baccalaureate examination (orientation health & social affairs).
facts
Start
18. August 2025
Duration
2 semesters
lesson times
Monday – Friday: 08:30 – 16:00
Target group
- Specialist health (EFZ)
- Specialist support (EFZ)
- Medical practice assistant (EFZ)
- Food Technologist (EFZ)
- Other professions related to people and bodies
Strengthen
teaching staff
highly qualified teachers.
facilities
State-of-the-art classrooms, encouraging learning atmosphere.
Central location
In the heart of the city of Zurich.
personal care
Regular support talks, integrated free tutoring, cooperation with eidg. dipl. Learning psychologists and fully supervised interdisciplinary project work (IDPA).
simulation week
Two exam simulations of a complete vocational baccalaureate examination including correction, feedback and discussion for ideal exam preparation.
e-learning
Comprehensive, internal school e-learning platform. There you will find, among other things, the entire theory, all exercise sheets including sample solutions, original vocational baccalaureate examinations with sample solutions in all subjects.
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video material
Recorded lectures in HD quality, learning videos with material summaries, pre-solved tasks in mathematics and other subjects. They find out here More about the digital school.
Requirements
The one-year vocational baccalaureate course (EBMP) is admitted to holders of a federal certificate of proficiency (EFZ) or an ID recognized as equivalent. Persons with a foreign ID card for whom the EFZ has been recognized as equivalence by the SBFI are also admitted.
In order to ensure that this is the right way for the students, we carry out a location assessment with all interested parties.
course content
Basic subjects:
German, French/Italian*, English, Mathematics
Main subjects:
Type of health:Natural Sciences, Social Sciences
Type of social work:Social Sciences, Economy & Right
Supplementary subjects:
Type of health:history & Politics, Economy & Right
Type of social work:history & Politics, Technology & Environment
Interdisciplinary:
Interdisciplinary Project Work (IDPA)
Learning goals
They acquire comprehensive skills in advanced general education and in the majors in social science, as well as the natural sciences (type G) or economy (type S).
Degree / Diploma
Federal vocational baccalaureate certificate health & social affairs
Cost
Total cost BMS full-time – health and social orientation:
Payment in advance
2 rates à
12 rates à
CHF 17000.-
CHF 8900.-
CHF 1490.- /mt.
Included: E-Learning Access and Office365 Package
Exclusive: Examination costs and teaching aid costs
additional information
The completion of the federally recognized vocational maturity examination (EBMP) enables the students to study at all Swiss universities of applied sciences.
The vocational baccalaureate with the orientation of health & Social affairs prepares you optimally for studying at universities of applied sciences in the healthcare sector or in the social sector and opens the doors to you for a degree such as social work, psychology or physiotherapy.
With the graduation from the vocational baccalaureate, the entrance exam to a Swiss university and ETH is also possible via Passerelle of the Academic Gateway. The vocational baccalaureate examinations take place after the second semester and are carried out by the federal high school commission (SBFI). Attested language skills from at least B1 level can be credited.
More information on this at SBFI vocational baccalaureate.
language certificate
During school, all students have the opportunity to take a diploma examination in English or in the second national language. The language certificate is internationally recognized.
Do you have any questions about our courses?
phone number
Academic Gateway
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Löwenstrasse 17
8001 Zurich
The opening times
- Mon to Fri
- 08:15 - 12:15
- 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
Download school contract
Please fill out the form. We will then send you a digital contract by e-mail, which you can easily fill out. As soon as we receive this, our secretariat will contact you personally to discuss the next steps.
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