SWISS BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE ELITE CHOICE The strongest growth in the Swiss international education market is in the country’s elite boarding school network, charging premium fees and delivering a personalised education alongside a luxe selection of extra-curricular activities which might include skydiving, ski touring and sailing. Fees are steep – upwards of US$130,000 and according to ISC Research, they attract the wealthiest families particularly from Russia, Ukraine, Mexico and China. “These boarding schools have seen record numbers of
new enrolments and admissions enquiries,” says Cairns. They include the TASIS American School in a spectacular mountain setting overlooking Lugarno, part of a group of international schools with campuses in the UK, Puerto Rico and Portugal. It was the first American boarding school in Europe, founded in 1956, and with students from over 60 countries and delivers an IB curriculum. One of the most expensive schools in the world is
Above: Students from The Inter- Community School Zurich
the umbrella association for the financial sector, there are over 6500 companies in the financial centre and over 37,000 people work in banking and finance. With around 18 international schools in Geneva,
families have plenty of choice. One of the best known is the International School of Geneva, known as Ecolint, which educates 4000 students across three campuses incorporating 140 nationalities. Founded in 1924 by civil servants from the International Labour Organisation and League of Nations (the forerunner to the UN), it was the world’s first international school. It is also the birthplace of the IB diploma, developed by Ecolint teachers in the 1960s. Students are encouraged to be bilingual and can study for either the IB, IGCSE and A levels or the IB diploma. The College du Leman is popular with students from
the US. Part of the Nord Anglia Education group, it is a bilingual K-12 day and boarding school with 1900 students and delivers a range of curriculums leading to the American high school diploma, the IB, Swiss Matura and the French Bac. Most graduates go on to university in the UK, Switzerland and the US. For families looking for a K-12 British curriculum,
students at the Geneva English School (GES) study for IGCSE and A levels on two campuses at Genthod and Versoix, just outside Geneva. There are good international options elsewhere in
the country including Lausanne, Bern, the Swiss Alps and Basel. The International School of Berne opened in 1961 and moved to a new purpose-built campus in 2017. It is the only internationally-recognised English language school in the canton, and the only to offer a through-train IB programme. It also offers a distance learning option and the ISBBerne Diploma, an accredited American high school diploma. The International school of Lausanne also offers a
through-train IB education across four campuses and nearby Haut Lac International bilingual school opened in 1993 providing a K-12 truly bilingual English/French education leading to the IB diploma.
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the exclusive Institut auf dem Rosenberg in a beautiful parkland setting in German speaking town of St Gallen, around one hour from Zurich. Founded in 1889, With only 230 students, and an average class size of eight and student staff ratio of 1:2. Its co-curricular activities include wealth creation and investment and diplomacy and leadership, with fees of $145,000. Others include Le Rosey, on the shores of Lake Geneva,
where students move to the school’s second campus in Gstaad for the winter term to allow for daily skiing. Le Rosey also acts as a mentor to its sister school, Le Regent, the newest international boarding school which opened in Crans Montana in heart of Swiss Alps in 2015. Others in the exclusive Swiss boarding network include Brillantmont International, in Lausanne, founded in 1882 and the oldest family run and owned international school in Switzerland; The College-Alpin Beau Soleil in French speaking Villars-sur-Ollon surrounded by spectacular view of the Alps; Aiglon College in Chesieres and the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz near St Moritz.
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