Parliament ready to relax doctors’ numerus clausus

The selection of medical students is done in different ways. At the universities of Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel, a strict selection takes place at the end of the first year. On the other hand, the universities of Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Zurich, Ticino and ETH Zurich have introduced a numerus clausus for admission to the first year. A numerus clausus that has also been practiced at the universities of Basel, Bern, Fribourg and Zurich since 1998 and at ETH Zurich and Ticino since 2017. The competence to set a numerus clausus at cantonal universities lies with the cantons, and at ETHs, with the ETH Board.