SUPSI — University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
An applied-research university with 5,800 students, 30% of them international, running 17 graduate courses across architecture, business, design, engineering/IT, health and social work.
Fees, entry bar and living costs
What applicants need to know
Teaching is practice-led with mandatory industry projects — a good fit for portfolio-based applicants.
Cheapest Swiss option on this list after the public cantonal universities.
Check the language of instruction per course; several run in Swiss-Italian.
How we get you in
APS certification and document verification
Language test and SOP, tuned to this faculty
Uni-assist or portal application, deadlines tracked
Blocked account, visa file and housing
Funding options
Applying here?
We will tell you in one call whether your CGPA converts to the German grade this faculty expects.
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Applying for the next intake?
Deadlines close months before term starts. Get your timeline mapped this week.