the monolingual and bilingual way at FGZ

Content - Upper School of the Gymnasium

Four years to the Matura

The monolingual upper school of the Gymnasium takes four years and follows on after the first two years of the lower school of the Gymnasium or after the 2nd or 3rd class of the secondary level (grade 8 or 9).
The goal of the Gymnasium is to «provide students with the skills and knowledge to promote lifelong learning, as well as their intellectual open mindedness and ability to judge independently » (MAR Art. 5) and in this way to allow access to all forms of higher education.

«Promotion Regulations monolingual and bilingual Lower School of the Gymnasium»

Choice of four Maturitäts study profiles

Our students choose their Matura study profile. They also select a core subject.

At Freies Gymnasium Zürich students can choose from the following profiles:

  • Classics with Latin as cor subject, combined with English or Greek (for the students of the lower school of the Gymnasium only)
  • Modern Languages with Italian as core subject
  • Economics and Law with «Economics and Law» as core subject
  • Mathematics - Natural Sciences with Biology and Chemistry, or Applied Mathematics and Physics as core subjects

Basic core and supplementary subjects

The Matura subjects are made up of seven basic subjects, the core subject and a supplementary subject.
The study profile is essentially decided by the core subject. Lessons in the basic subjects are more or less the same for all students, irrespective of study profile. This is intended to be the basis for a general education.
All profiles include an introduction to Economics and Law (two lessons a week). In addition, there are also optional subjects.

Extended essay (Maturitätsarbeit)

Working alone or in a team, students write an extended essay on a subject of their own choice. The extended essay must be approved for the student to be admitted to the Matura examinations.

Admission to the upper school of our Gymnasium from other schools

Applicants are elgible to take the entrance examination if they have a minimum average of 5.0 in German, Mathematics and French in the February report. There are oral and written examinations in these three subjects.

«Admission to the Monolingual Upper School of the Gymnasium»

Internal transfer to the Lower School of our Gymnasium

Students from the lower school of our Gymnasium transfer to the upper school of our Gymnasium without needing to take an entrance examination. Students from our Progymnasium can qualify for transfer based on their performance without needing to take an entrance examination (see Progymnasium section).

Dates of examination

  • Written examination: 12 March 2012 (German and Mathematics), 13 March 2012 (French)
  • Oral examination: 20 March 2012
  • Registration deadline: 29 March 2012

School fees 2011/2011

CHF 25'750.-, payable in four instalments of CHF 6'437.50
(Subject to change)

Contact us for a personal appointment

Our Head of Department, Vice Principal Remo Kaspar, would be pleased to give you further information. Please make an appointment with the administration office.

Phone administration office: +41 43 456 77 77
sekretariat@anti-clutterfgz.ch
rkaspar@anti-clutterfgz.ch