Studying at Université de Fribourg with the IB

• Three HL (one maths or natural science) and three SL from the swissuniversities list.

Online application through the Inscruni portal, followed by payment of the application fee and upload of the documents listed in a personalised list. The original diploma must be handed in or posted by 31 August (autumn semester) or 31 January (spring semester).

• French or German is required as the language of instruction, at level B2.

• Bachelor of Science in Sonderpädagogik (Diplom in Logopädie): specific application documents and conditions; online application deadline 30 April (28 February for candidates requiring a visa); no late applications
• Bachelor of Science in Special Education (Diploma in Special Education): specific application documents and conditions; online application deadline 30 April (28 February for candidates requiring a visa); no late applications
• Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education: specific application documents and procedure; no late applications
• Bachelor of Science in Sport Sciences and Motor Control: physical and motor skills test with compulsory registration; no late applications
• Bachelor of Medicine in Human Medicine: compulsory preliminary application with swissuniversities by 15 February; admission handled by swissuniversities; a qualifying examination takes place in summer if registrations exceed available places; foreign nationals must meet the eligibility criteria in the Ordonnance

• Autumn semester general application period: 1 February - 30 April
• Autumn semester late application period (specific conditions): 1 May - 31 August
• Autumn semester application period for candidates requiring a visa: 1 February - 28 February
• Spring semester general application period: 1 September - 30 November
• Spring semester late application period (specific conditions): 1 December - 31 January
• Spring semester application period for candidates requiring a visa: 1 September - 30 September
• Medical studies: 15 February for the following academic year
• Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education: application period 17 November - 30 April (28 February for candidates requiring a visa) in the deadlines section; the specific-conditions section says 15 November to 30 April

• Published IB benchmark: 32 points, not counting the 3 core points (TOK and EE).
• The International Baccalaureate is named as an example of a foreign diploma that enables studies at the university.
• A foreign upper secondary certificate must be based on a formal general education, substantially equivalent to a Swiss maturity, including a total school duration of 12 years.
• The required subjects must be respected for the last three years of upper secondary education.
• If upper secondary studies took place in several educational systems, the diploma is recognised only if the last three years were equivalent to the Swiss upper secondary level and each of those three years was successfully completed.
• Depending on the country list, candidates may need a certificate proving admission to a recognised university in the country that issued the certificate.
• Depending on the country list, candidates may have to pass the Complementary Examination of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions (ECUS), which is held only in summer and must be taken in Switzerland before the semester begins (mid-August).
• Candidates who must take the ECUS can only apply for the autumn semester.
• Candidates finishing their school-leaving certificate in summer are strongly advised to apply for the autumn semester of the following year, since same-year autumn admission is virtually impossible due to time constraints.
• Applications can be submitted before the school-leaving certificate has been obtained.
• Application fee for a foreign diploma such as the IB is CHF 100, with an additional CHF 50 administrative fee for late applications; the fee is non-refundable.
• Additional admission conditions may apply depending on the country list.
• Human medicine: aptitude test if oversubscribed.