Swiss Passport

Curriculum: 37 lessons for the Zurich citizenship test

The course takes you through all 350 official questions in 37 short lessons. You do not have to start with lesson 1: many lessons stand on their own, others build on each other.

How it is built

7units
37lessons
96topics
350official questions

Each lesson covers one to five topics. Every topic has a short explanation and the official questions that go with it.

Units 1 to 6 apply to all of Switzerland, unit 7 to the canton of Zurich and its municipalities.

All 350 questions at a glance

Switzerland at a glance

How the state works

Having a say: rights and obligations

Living in Switzerland

History of Switzerland

Culture, economy and Switzerland in the world

Canton and municipality of Zurich

Order

You can start the lessons of stage 1 right away. The others build on the lessons listed with them: to learn about federalism, you should already know what a democracy is.

When you learn online or in the AI apps, you choose what comes next. We suggest a lesson from the unit you have not practised for the longest time. That way the topics alternate, as they will in the test.

Switzerland at a glance

  1. 1 Name, symbols and National DayStage 1
  2. 2 Landscape and climateStage 1
  3. 3 Size, neighbours and populationStage 2after lesson 2
  4. 4 The four national languagesStage 3after lesson 3

How the state works

  1. 5 Democracy and the rule of lawStage 1
  2. 6 Federalism: Confederation, cantons, municipalitiesStage 2after lesson 5
  3. 7 Separation of powersStage 3after lesson 6
  4. 8 The Federal ParliamentStage 4after lesson 7
  5. 9 The Federal CouncilStage 5after lesson 8

Having a say: rights and obligations

  1. 10 Elections and popular votesStage 3after lesson 6
  2. 11 Initiative and referendumStage 5after lesson 8 and lesson 10
  3. 12 Parties, associations and mediaStage 4after lesson 10
  4. 13 Fundamental rightsStage 2after lesson 5
  5. 14 Laws and prohibitionsStage 4after lesson 7
  6. 15 ObligationsStage 3after lesson 13

Living in Switzerland

  1. 16 Pension provisionStage 1
  2. 17 Insurance and healthStage 2after lesson 16
  3. 18 WorkStage 1
  4. 19 Taxes and family supportStage 3after lesson 6
  5. 20 Marriage, family and housingStage 1
  6. 21 School and everyday lifeStage 1

History of Switzerland

  1. 22 Beginnings and the Old Swiss ConfederacyStage 1
  2. 23 Reformation, Napoleon and neutralityStage 2after lesson 22
  3. 24 Federal state and industrialisationStage 3after lesson 23
  4. 25 The 20th centuryStage 4after lesson 24
  5. 26 Women's rightsStage 4after lesson 10 and lesson 24

Culture, economy and Switzerland in the world

  1. 27 Traditions and sportStage 1
  2. 28 Art and literatureStage 1
  3. 29 Economy and transportStage 1
  4. 30 Switzerland in the worldStage 3after lesson 23

Canton and municipality of Zurich

  1. 31 Zurich: politicsStage 3after lesson 6
  2. 32 Municipalities and the city of ZurichStage 4after lesson 31
  3. 33 Offices, school and social servicesStage 5after lesson 32
  4. 34 Zurich: location and citiesStage 1
  5. 35 Zurich: lakes, rivers, landscapeStage 2after lesson 34
  6. 36 Zurich: historyStage 2after lesson 22
  7. 37 Zurich: cultureStage 1