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Chile, Santiago
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Long exchange lasts six months; a CSS second-year student attends a Swiss school and a Swiss student attends CSS; both stay with the host families of the partner. The maximum number of CSS participants for the long exchange is 12, varying year by year based on Swiss applications. Short exchange lasts up to three months, with CSS students spending eight to nine weeks in Switzerland (late December to mid‑March) and Swiss students visiting CSS for three months (July to late September); both stay with the host families of the other exchange participant, with a maximum of five CSS participants per year.
The CSS has no daily institutional uniform or sports uniform. There are specific rules for daily wear and for sports wear: daily footwear should be closed, low, flat and safe; clothing and footwear must cover underwear; jewelry and accessories should not hinder safety; hair must be clean and allow the face to be seen. For representation in extracurricular activities (ACLEs), the sports uniform is mandatory for participants or CSS representatives, and the design must be approved by the activity teacher and the PE coordinator.
The school is committed to healthy eating across all levels; the cafeteria is managed in close coordination with Apunto, a food-service company. There is also a kiosk offering a balanced range of beverages and foods.
CSS is governed by the Corporación Colegio Suizo de Santiago, administered by a seven-member Board of Directors elected by the General Assembly from the Swiss community resident in Chile. The members are President Christian Kassu; Vicepresidenta Evelyn Kägi; Treasurer Cristóbal Achermann; Secretaria María Elena Berlinger; Consejeros Nathalie Baumgartner, Samuel Pérez and Fermín Uribe-Echevarría. In Board meetings there is also a representative from the Swiss Embassy, the Director and the Administration and Finance Manager; occasionally representatives of the teaching staff and the Centro de Padres are invited.
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.
