International schools in Switzerland
There are 69 international schools listed in Switzerland. They offer IB Diploma, National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, IB PYP, IB MYP, Advanced Placement, British EYFS, Montessori, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, and French National Curriculum. Annual tuition ranges from about ≈ $4.3K–$57.8K (USD). 25 offer boarding.
Updated July 2026
- Schools
- 69
- Curricula
- 12
- With boarding
- 25
- Tuition (USD)
- ≈ $4.3K–$57.8K
Curricula offered: IB Diploma, National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, IB PYP, IB MYP, Advanced Placement, British EYFS, Montessori, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, and French National Curriculum.
Accreditations: IB, CIS, NEASC, Cambridge International, COBIS, Middle States Association, AEFE, Cognia, and British Schools Overseas.
| School | Curriculum | Stages | Accreditation | Gender | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Champittet, Pully | IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | CHF 12.8K |
| British School of Geneva | National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | CIS | Co-ed | CHF 23.5K |
| College du LemanCDL | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma, Advanced Placement | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, CIS, NEASC | Co-ed | CHF 24.9K |
| Ecole Chantemerle Jean Wegmuller & Cie | IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | Cambridge International | Co-ed | CHF 25.5K |
| La Garenne International School | British EYFS, National Curriculum (England), IB MYP, IGCSE, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, CIS, NEASC, COBIS | Co-ed | CHF 19.8K |
| Reviewed International School Zurich North Zurich • Ages 0-18 • Co-ed | National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | CIS | Co-ed | CHF 17.3K |
| Institut Montana Zugerberg | IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | — | CHF 32.9K |
| Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande - Lausanne | IB Diploma, Montessori | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | CHF 14.9K |
| ISCS - The British School of Zug | Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | Cambridge International | — | CHF 27.2K |
| International School of Schaffhausen | IB PYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, Middle States Association | Co-ed | CHF 27.2K |
| International School of the Basel Region AG | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, NEASC, CIS | Co-ed | CHF 14.3K |
| Lyceum Alpinum ZuozLyceum Alpinum Zuoz | IGCSE, IB Diploma | Lower secondary, Upper secondary | CIS, IB | Co-ed | — |
| SIS Swiss International School Zürich | IB Diploma, British EYFS | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | Co-ed | CHF 23.9K |
| St. George's International School (Switzerland) | IGCSE, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, Cambridge International | Co-ed | CHF 31.9K |
| TASIS The American School in Switzerland | IB Diploma, Advanced Placement | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | CIS, NEASC, IB | Co-ed | CHF 29K |
| Zurich International School | IB Diploma, Advanced Placement | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB, NEASC | — | CHF 16.9K |
| Hochalpines Institut Ftan (HIF)HIF | National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | CHF 44.1K |
| International School of Kreuzlingen Konstanz | IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | Cambridge International | Co-ed | CHF 3.8K |
| Lakeside School Küsnacht | National Curriculum (England) | Early years, Primary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | — |
| SIS Swiss International School Basel | IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | Co-ed | CHF 23.3K |
| Tandem IMS (International Multilingual School) | IB PYP, National Curriculum (England) | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | — | CHF 25.3K |
| Prefleuri International Alpine School | National Curriculum (England), French National Curriculum | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | — | Co-ed | CHF 12.5K |
| Ecole MOSAIC | National Curriculum (England) | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | COBIS | Co-ed | CHF 15.5K |
| Ecole française de Bâle - Section Elémentaire | French National Curriculum | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | AEFE | Co-ed | CHF 7.7K |
| International School Altdorf | IB Diploma, IB MYP, IGCSE | Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, Cambridge International | — | — |
| International School of Berne AGISBerne | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | CIS, NEASC, IB | Co-ed | — |
| International School of Ticino | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB, CIS | — | CHF 12.3K |
| Obersee Bilingual School (OBS) | IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | CHF 15.6K |
| Institut International Notre-Dame du LacNDL | — | Early years, Primary | Cognia | Co-ed | — |
| BKA International School | IB PYP, IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | CHF 23.7K |
| Brillantmont International School | IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | CIS, NEASC | Co-ed | CHF 34K |
| Collège et Lycée Saint-Charles | IB Diploma | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | COBIS, IB | Co-ed | — |
| ELA Basel - The Swiss British School | British EYFS, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | Cambridge International, COBIS | — | CHF 23.8K |
| Ecole Francaise de Berne | National Curriculum (England) | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | AEFE | Co-ed | — |
| Institut Le Rosey | IB Diploma | — | IB | Co-ed | — |
| Inter-Community School, Zurich | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | — | — |
| La Cote International SchoolLCIS | British EYFS, IGCSE, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | Co-ed | — |
| Lemania College Lausanne | IB Diploma | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | IB | Co-ed | — |
| École Primaire Française de Genève | French National Curriculum | Early years, Primary | — | Co-ed | CHF 6K |
| Buissonnets Montani | Montessori | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | Cognia | Co-ed | — |
| Geneva English School | National Curriculum (England), Cambridge A-Level, IGCSE | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | COBIS, British Schools Overseas | Co-ed | CHF 11.4K |
| Hull's School, Zurich | IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Upper secondary, Sixth form | — | — | CHF 29.4K |
| International School of Lausanne | IB PYP, IB MYP, IB Diploma | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | IB | Co-ed | — |
| Montreux International School | IB Diploma | Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | — | — | — |
| Mutuelle d'Etudes SecondairesMES | IB Diploma | Upper secondary | IB | — | — |
| The International School of Sion | IGCSE | Lower secondary, Upper secondary | Cambridge International | — | — |
| Verbier International School | IB MYP, IB Diploma | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | COBIS, IB, Cognia | — | — |
| Academia International School Zurich | IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level | Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Sixth form | — | — | — |
| IPSO International School Rheinfelden | IB PYP | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | IB | Co-ed | — |
| Institut Le Châtelard | — | Lower secondary, Upper secondary | Cognia, CIS | Girls | — |
| Kumon Leysin Academy of SwitzerlandKLAS | — | Upper secondary | — | — | CHF 51.6K |
| The British School, Bern | National Curriculum (England) | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | Co-ed | — |
| Eden School | — | Early years, Primary | — | Co-ed | CHF 19.5K |
| Four-Forest Bilingual International School – Luzern | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | — | Co-ed | CHF 13.8K |
| Freies Gymnasium Zürich | — | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | Co-ed | Fr. 27.3k |
| Institut International de Lancy | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | CHF 9.9K |
| LipschuleLip | Montessori | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | — |
| Bilingual School Terra Nova | — | Early years, Primary | — | — | CHF 22.1K |
| Ecole Riviera | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary | — | — | CHF 9.6K |
| Ecole des Arches | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | CHF 10.6K |
| Campus Muristalden Gymnasium | — | Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | CHF 18.3K |
| Ecole Brechbühl | — | Early years, Primary | — | — | CHF 3.9K |
| Surval Montreux | — | Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | Girls | — |
| Institut Florimont | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | Co-ed | — |
| Institut Monte Rosa | — | — | — | — | — |
| Academia International School | — | — | — | — | — |
| Institut auf dem Rosenberg | — | Early years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary | — | — | — |
| Ecole Moser - Genève | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakeside School Horgen | — | — | — | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
- How many international schools are in Switzerland?
- Novana Index lists 69 international schools in Switzerland.
- What are the best international schools in Switzerland?
- There is no single best international school in Switzerland; the right fit depends on curriculum, budget, and boarding needs. The 69 listed schools offer IB Diploma, National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, IB PYP, IB MYP, Advanced Placement, British EYFS, Montessori, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, and French National Curriculum and hold accreditations including IB, CIS, NEASC, Cambridge International, COBIS, Middle States Association, AEFE, Cognia, and British Schools Overseas. Compare all 69 by curriculum, fees, boarding, and accreditation to find the best match.
- What curricula do international schools in Switzerland offer?
- International schools in Switzerland offer IB Diploma, National Curriculum (England), IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, IB PYP, IB MYP, Advanced Placement, British EYFS, Montessori, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, and French National Curriculum.
- How much does international school tuition cost in Switzerland?
- Annual tuition at international schools listed in Switzerland ranges from about ≈ $4.3K–$57.8K (USD).
- Are there boarding schools in Switzerland?
- Yes, 25 of the international schools listed in Switzerland offer boarding.
- Which accreditations do schools in Switzerland hold?
- Listed schools in Switzerland hold accreditations including IB, CIS, NEASC, Cambridge International, COBIS, Middle States Association, AEFE, Cognia, and British Schools Overseas.