Universities of Teacher Education in Switzerland
The following higher education institutions are affiliated to COHEP:
- twelve officially independent cantonal universities of teacher education;
- four teacher training institutes integrated into other types of higher education institutions;
- two associated federal higher education institutes.
The Universities of Teacher Education and higher education institutions offer study courses in the following areas:
- teacher training programme for the pre-primary and primary level, secondary I and II teacher education (matura schools);
- training programmes in special needs education with a focus on early remedial education and scholastic remedial education, speech and language therapy and psychomotor therapy;
- master’s study courses in subject-specific didactics in cooperation with the universities;
- study programmes for vocational training staff.
- Pädagogische Hochschule Wallis PH VS
- Pädagogische Hochschule der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz PH FHNW
- Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden PHGR
- Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg PH FR
- Université de Genève, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education FAPSE
- Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau PHTG
- Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud HEP Vaud
- Dipartimento formazione e apprendimento già Alta Scuola Pedagogica SUPSI-DFA
- Pädagogische Hochschule Zentralschweiz PHZ
- Haute école pédagogique – BEJUNE HEP-BEJUNE
- Pädagogische Hochschule Schaffhausen PHSH
- Pädagogische Hochschule des Kantons St. Gallen PHSG
- Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich PH Zürich
- Eidgenössische Hochschule für Sport Magglingen EHSM