Private school

Private and international schools in Geneva

Geneva hosts one of the densest concentrations of international schools in the world, a direct consequence of the United Nations European headquarters and the city's long-standing role as a host of international organisations. For relocating families, school choice is often the single most consequential decision of the move, shaping district selection, daily logistics, and the financial planning of the assignment.

The principal curricula represented in Geneva are: the International Baccalaureate (PYP, MYP, Diploma) offered by Ecolint and several others — Geneva is in fact the birthplace of the IB; British curriculum (IGCSE and A-Levels) at schools such as the British School of Geneva; American curriculum at the American International School; the French curriculum (homologated by AEFE) at the Lycée français International, with brevet and baccalauréat français; and bilingual and Swiss private options for families seeking integration into the Swiss system while retaining a non-French foundation.

Annual tuition typically ranges from CHF 25,000 to CHF 45,000 per child, with additional fees for registration, capital contributions, lunches, transport, and trips. Waitlists for the most established institutions can run two to three years; families often engage a relocation specialist to manage applications in parallel.