The state graduation is defined as taking a set of exams that students and applicants take upon completion of their secondary education. By taking the above mentioned exams it is possible evaluate the student's acquired knowledge and successfully passed state graduation implies enrolment at the desired university if the student wants to continue his or her further education. The aim of this thesis is to compare the implementation of the state graduation between two seemingly different countries, Croatia and Switzerland, in order to examine and determine similarities and differences. For this purpose, the method of comparative analysis was used to compare the official documents of both countries concerning the implementation, organisation and content of the test catalogues. Also, comparison tables were used to make the comparison better and more clear. In addition, there was a review of the world's COVID-19 pandemic, since it caused some changes when it comes to the state graduation itself. The comparison showed that there are more similarities than differences in the implementation of the state graduation in Croatia and Switzerland. Similarities are expressed in terms of levels, body in charge for the implementation itself, purpose, objectives, evidence of the passed graduation, time of maintenance and national minorities, while there are differences in subjects and number of the exams to be passed, types of exams, payment of fees and evaluation.