Acting Schools in Switzerland

Professional actor training in Switzerland is offered at universities of the arts and applied sciences, with Bachelor programmes taught in the local language of each region. In German-speaking Switzerland the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) runs a Bachelor in Theatre with an acting major (6-8 semesters, 180 credits, taught in German); in French-speaking Switzerland La Manufacture in Lausanne runs a three-year, 180 ECTS Bachelor Théâtre for actors (taught in French). Both admit through staged auditions rather than on grades alone.

Source: zhdk.ch/en/degree-programmes/theatre/ba-theatre

BA Theatre, Acting (ZHdK)

ZHdK states a standard period of study of 6-8 semesters, 150 credits in the major within 180 credits in total, and German as teaching language. Source

Bachelor Théâtre - Comédien·ne, Formation HES (La Manufacture)

La Manufacture describes a full-time, three-year, 180 ECTS HES programme requiring a maturité, baccalauréat or equivalent, with French as the mandatory language. Source

Teaching languages. Programmes are taught in the language of the region: German at ZHdK (some classes or projects with guest teachers may be in English) and French at La Manufacture, which requires a very good knowledge of French.

Admissions and auditions. ZHdK uses a free first-contact session (two monologues, a self-developed scene and a poem or short prose text) followed, by invitation, by a second round and a final round over up to four days; La Manufacture runs a competition in three phases (application file, two audition rounds) two years out of three and expects at least one year of prior intensive theatre training. Source

Nothing here establishes visa, work-permit or credit-transfer eligibility. Check current rules with the official sources below.

• ZHdK: registration and admissions process for BA Theatre, Acting
• La Manufacture: admission conditions