This status denotes the educational institution's type of legal and/or financial authority. Educational institutions are either public or private. Furthermore, private educational institutions are subdivided into government-dependent private and independent private institutions.
Public institution: an educational institution is considered to be public if it is directly under the management of a public administration (communal or cantonal authority, etc.) or is directly managed by a public body with a majority of members having been appointed by a public authority or elected by the public.
Private institution: an institution is considered to be private if managed by a non-governmental entity (church, trade union, company, etc.) or if its board of directors mainly consists of members that have not been appointed by a public authority.
Government-dependent private institution: private educational institution that receives 50% or more of its core funding from public authorities.
Independent private institution: private educational institution that receives less than 50% of its core funding from public authorities.
