On September 28th, the ETH Board proposed to
raise the tuition fees at both Federal Institutes of Technology.
The final decision will be made in March 2018.
Why should you be engaged in this discussion?
Because you're paying for it !
The ETH Board is a council of 11 members,
including both ETH presidents,
which is appointed by the federal council.
Its responsibility is issuing guidelines for the development
and the organisation of both institutes.
Tuition fees are planned to be increased
by 500 swiss francs per year
to a total amount of 1660 Swiss Francs.
Implementation is planned to take place in two stages
starting in the autumn semester of 2019.
AGEPoly opposes this project.
The ETH board is initiating an internal hearing
on raising the tuition fees:
now is the time to get involved into the discussion!
Here are some arguments to consider.
High level scientific courses are costly
for the Swiss Confederation.
The ETH Domain represents a yearly budget of approximately
2.5 Billion CHF for the federal state.
The increase of the tuition fees will lead to an additional
income of approximately 15 Million swiss francs per year.
Over the last decade, the student numbers have grown
by approximately 60 percent
much faster than the federal fundings in the ETH Domain.
Students at both universities benefit from relatively low
tuition fees compared to the rest of Switzerland.
The raise is relatively moderate
and is expected to be socially supportable:
most students will be able to afford it without bigger restrictions.
The ETH Board plans cushioning measures
for those who would be endangered financially.
According to the ETH Board
the receipts will mostly be allocated to teaching,
EPFL has even committed itself
to grant the total income to education,
thus guaranteeing that the raise will benefit the students
by an improvement of teaching quality.
Increasing the tuition fees represents
an additional expense for every student:
for some this will not be a problem;
but other will have to spend more time
on getting additional fundings.
This decision would be contrary to the principle
that education should be free for all:
Switzerland has notably ratified
international treaties on this matter.
The intended step makes studies more into
a consuming product than an inalienable right.
The tuition fees might be relatively low
but there are a lot of other costs
that are already very high for an ETH student:
books, laboratory work, supplies, rent…
Increasing the tuition only creates
a bigger obstacle for possible candidates.
The raise of tuition fees leads to
an unfair selection based on financial means.
Additional scholarships have been announced by the ETH board,
however the cantonal differences
of the social scholarship system
still represent a major problem.
Some cantons have already taken initiatives
in order to lower their scholarships,
in case an ETH extends its own.
Higher tuition fees will discourage talented students
to undertake scientific studies at an ETH,
this could deprive the universities
and the Swiss economy of much needed specialists
in technological and scientific areas.
The question of whether the tuition fees
should be raised or not is indeed controversial.
Have you made up your mind yet?
Whatever your opinion is,
we strongly encourage you to debate the issue
with your friends and colleagues: it concerns us all !
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