Focus 

A pioneering, entrepreneurial and individualised education 

Day fees 2024/25

$60,100

Boarding fees 2024/25 

$109,300

Pupils 

230

Ages

4–18

Spear’s Review

Describing its teachers as ‘artisans of education’, Institut auf dem Rosenberg offers an education worthy of future leaders – equipping students with the tools to achieve both academic and personal success.  

Designed to foster entrepreneurial minds and address some of the problems of mainstream attitudes and approaches to education, Rosenberg offers a unique approach to schooling. An individual development plan is written for every student, following the proprietary Rosenberg International Curriculum, and older students can incorporate preparation for a range of exams, including IGCSEs, A-Levels, AP exams and the IB.  

Highly creative and ‘future-orientated’, the school is arguably unmatched in the variety of academic courses and co-curricular and athletic options it offers its students.

Academics

In 2024, the average IB score was 38. 

University and college destinations

According to the school, the class of 2024 secured places at prestigious universities around the world, including Columbia University, University of California Berkeley, the University of Chicago, the London School of Economics, University College London and Imperial College.

Head teacher

Bernhard Gademann has headed the 133-year-old school since 2016 – the fourth generation of his family to have run the school. Gademann had a somewhat unconventional route into education, working in finance and technology before taking the helm of the Institut.

Admissions

As part of the online application, students must submit three years worth of report cards, a personal statement and any other documents of support. Applicants chosen to progress to the next stage will be invited for an interview and to sit the Rosenberg entry exams.

Accessibility 

Zurich Airport: 1 hour

Location

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