The Curriculum Working Group of SEFI has recognised a need for more comprehensive presentations on European engineering education systems in their group meetings. At the same time they should also be made available in SEFI publications. This article is intended to be such a contribution. It describes in detail Swiss engineering education and also shows therein the role of public enterprise, society, industry and the engineering profession. It also refers to the international context and finally touches some current educational issues. Since many characteristics of the present system can be more easily understood by looking into the past, a short history of the Swiss engineering education is appended