What is the most commonly used languages in Switzerland schools & Universities ?

Answer 1

In the German speaking areas "Schwytzerdütsch", the German dialect would be spoken, except to foreigners, the written language would be Standard German.
In Geneva and the other francophone areas the language would be French.
If there is a university in Tessin, the language will be Italian.

Answer 2

Considering that Switzerland has three official national languages (German, French, Italian), it could be anyone of these. About 65% of the population speaks at least German. It also may depend upon where in Switzerland you are. Some provinces are German-speaking, some are French-speaking, etc. Depending upon the types of programs offered in the schools, there may be English programs, in which case the language will be English.

Answer 3

While most of the answers which you have received so far are quite informative, I was somewhat disappointed to see that no-one has mentioned the fact that Raeto-Romance (Rumauntsch) is also a recognised official language in Switzerland, although the number of native speakers has been steadily declining for quite some time now. It is mainly spoken in the southeastern part of Switzerland, near the Italian border.

Answer 4

colleges, what Swiss reported. Universities, reckoning on the difficulty could be as a rule English, in spite of the actuality that actual additionally German (Zurich, Berne, St Gallen) and French (Lausanne, Geneva). i'm not sure if there are any universities in the Italian area (Lugano possibly?); extraordinarily specific there are actually not any Romantsch universities.

Answer 5

German. And while it's true that they read/write high German, the majority definitely speaks Swiss German (to varying degrees). But of course, everyone can understand High German, as well.

Answer 6

Proper German since Swiss/German is not a written dialect.