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Chile, Santiago
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1. Admissions overview: The Swiss School of Santiago offers each year the opportunity to enroll new students according to vacancies available. The aim is to support integration and healthy, harmonious academic performance for the student. Admissions decisions are made with transparency and objectivity in accordance with applicable laws. Availability varies by year and grade.
2. Early Education (EI) – 2027: Admission requirement: 4 years completed by March 31, 2027. There are 58 vacancies. Applications open from December 1, 2025 to February 24, 2026. Applicants apply online through the CSS admissions portal.
3. Elementary Education (EB): Families wishing to join should inform themselves of the Institutional Educational Project (PEI), available on the school's site. The admission process is published electronically, via information display and on the school's site, in accordance with the principles of transparency and objectivity established by current law, ensuring respect for the dignity of applicants and their families. Vacancies for 2026: 1st Basic: 0; 2nd Basic: 0; 3rd Basic: 0; 4th Basic: 0; 5th Basic: 0; 6th Basic: 0.
4. Secondary Education (EM): Applicants may apply to 1st year of secondary without prior German knowledge. If the applicant has German knowledge, they must take the admission exam to determine their level. For admission to other grades, knowledge of German is required and applicants will be evaluated in German with an admission exam. Parents will be informed by email within two weeks after the admissions exams whether their child is admitted, and the Vice-Rector will invite the parents and applicant to an information meeting. Application deadline August 22, 2025; Admission exams September 8, 2025; Vacancies for 2026: 7th Basic: 8; 8th Basic: 6; I Medio: 0; II Medio: 1; III Medio: 5; IV Medio: 0.
Schweizer Schule Santiago is a private, secular international school in Chile with formal ties to Switzerland. It offers a bespoke curriculum for students aged 4 to 18, from prekindergarten through the fourth year of secondary education. The Basel-Landschaft canton patronage supports the school, and it is recognized and subsidized by the Swiss government; it is the oldest Swiss-affiliated school in Latin America. The curriculum emphasizes cultural exchange, universal human values, and language instruction, with programs recognized in both Chile and Switzerland. The campus spans about 7,200 square meters of built space on a 17,600-square-meter site shared with the Swiss Club, adjacent to campus with access to a pool and tennis courts. Facilities include biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics laboratories, spaces for Arts, Music, Crafts, Cooking, Technology, and Informatics, libraries, gyms, and health and psycho-pedagogical services. TAEX extension workshops offer after-school activities in sport, arts, science, and languages, enriching student life beyond class hours.
