Upper school of the Gymnasium

Choose from four Matura profiles

Our students select a Matura profile at the upper school of the Gymnasium. This involves choosing a core subject.

Freies Gymnasium Zürich offers the following Matura profiles:

• Classics with core subject Latin, combined with English or Greek

• Modern languages with core subject Italian

• Economics and law with core subject “Economics and Law”

• Mathematics and natural sciences with core subject “biology and chemistry” or “applied mathematics and physics”

Basic, core and supplementary subjects

Ten basic subjects, the core subject and one supplementary subject comprise the Matura subjects. The educational profile is essentially determined by the core subject. Teaching in the basic subjects is roughly the same for all students, regardless of their profile. It is designed to lay the foundation for general education.

In addition to the basic, core and supplementary subjects, all profiles include an introduction to economics and law as well as lessons in information technology. The optional subjects are voluntary.

Matura thesis

The Matura thesis reflects a comprehensive education. It builds on the specialist and interdisciplinary skills acquired at Gymnasium as well as personal talents, interests and ideas. Its structure and function are interdisciplinary, but the content is defined by subject-related conditions. It is designed to achieve expertise in a specific field incorporating inter and transdisciplinarity at the same time. It is especially suited to preparing students for scientific work. Depending on the structure of the Matura thesis, other transversal subject areas may be included.

The students write a larger paper on a topic of their choice, either alone or in a team. An accepted Matura thesis is a prerequisite for admission to the Matura exam.