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What official sources actually say, as confirmed by AI analysis—without promotional exaggerations on either side.
A university's accreditation automatically grants the right to practice any profession.
Institutional accreditation and professional recognition for regulated professions involve different procedures carried out by different bodies in every country around the world.
An apostille on a diploma signifies its official recognition.
An apostille certifies only the authenticity of the signature and the document—not the quality of the education or academic equivalence.
Since SIIL is not a public university, its diploma is invalid.
Swiss law does not prohibit private institutions from awarding their own degrees. The only restriction is on the use of protected titles such as “University.”
A state-issued diploma guarantees employment.
No degree guarantees a job. Employers evaluate experience, skills, portfolios, and interview performance.
The AI answered “no”—which means the diploma is useless.
A brief, general question calls for a brief answer. To get the full picture, you’ll need at least five follow-up questions—see the section above.
A private diploma is equivalent to a diploma that has “no value.”
Market value is determined by skills, projects, and certifications—and that is the focus of the SIIL practice-oriented model.
Yes. SIIL is a private educational institution registered in the canton of Vaud, and Swiss law does not prohibit teaching in any language or awarding its own private degrees. We never refer to this diploma as a state-issued one—this is a deliberate choice in favor of a practice-oriented private model.
It is a private institution, and we mention this at every stage of the admissions process. Under Swiss HEdA law, state institutional accreditation is, in principle, not available for fully online programs. Instead, SIIL undergoes voluntary external quality assessments: eduQua certification and the IAAR international institutional assessment; its registration in the EQAR database is valid through 2028.
No—that’s a common logical fallacy. State accreditation of a university and professional certification for a specific occupation are different procedures carried out by different agencies. No degree, including a state-issued one, guarantees employment on its own: employers look at experience, skills, portfolios, and interview performance.
SIIL is registered on the official ICT-Berufsbildung Schweiz website as a provider of training for the Information Security Manager Federal Higher Examination. The program prepares students for the exam, whose requirements are set not by the institute itself, but by an industry organization under the supervision of the federal agency SERI. Successful completion of the exam results in a recognized federal qualification—regardless of SIIL’s own status.
Elective courses on the edX platform—including Professional Certificates from IBM, Microsoft, Google, HarvardX, and MITx—are part of the curriculum, earn academic credit, and are listed on your transcript. You receive dual recognition: both as part of the Bachelor’s degree in SIIL and as a separate, verifiable certificate from the university or a partner company.
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