Do you tutor in person in Switzerland?

No. IB Doctor is online only: live 1-to-1 video sessions with screen sharing and a digital whiteboard. That is how we can match you with a tutor for your exact subject and level wherever you are in Switzerland.

Can I pay in Swiss francs?

Not at the moment. Bundles are charged in pounds sterling. We show franc amounts as a guide at the ECB reference rate; your card issuer converts at its own rate and may add a fee.

Which Swiss schools offer the IB Diploma?

Fifty schools hold ibo.org authorisation for the Diploma Programme: 43 private schools and 7 cantonal gymnasiums that pair the IB with the Swiss Matura. The full list, region by region, is on this page.

My child is on the Matura + IB track at a cantonal school. Can you help?

Yes, with the IB side. Our tutors teach the IB Diploma syllabus and its assessments: the subjects taught in English, internal assessments, the Extended Essay and TOK.

How many students take the IB in Switzerland?

In the May 2026 session, 2,203 students in Switzerland sat IB Diploma Programme or Career-related Programme exams, counting full-diploma and single-subject candidates, according to the IB's statistical bulletin.

How quickly can we start?

We match students with a tutor within 24 hours on weekdays, and within 48 hours at weekends and in peak exam periods.

Switzerland

IB tutoring for students at Swiss IB schools

Online, 1-to-1 IB Diploma tutoring for students at Switzerland's international schools and at the cantonal gymnasiums that teach the IB alongside the Matura. Sessions run on Swiss time, every tutor scored 40+ IB points, and prices are shown in Swiss francs as a guide.

We teach online only. There are no home visits: sessions are live video calls with a shared digital whiteboard.

schools authorised for the IB Diploma

cantonal schools pair it with the Matura

2,203

students sat IB exams in May 2026

CHF 58–77

per hour via the ECB reference rates

The IB in Switzerland

50 Swiss schools are authorised to teach the IB Diploma: 43 private schools and 7 cantonal (public) gymnasiums. Vaud has the most (15), followed by the Zürich area (8).
The IB was founded in Geneva in 1968, and the Diploma Programme was created by teachers at the International School of Geneva, with help from several other international schools. The IB Foundation Office and the organisation's registered seat are still in Geneva. Source
2,203 students in Switzerland took IB Diploma Programme or Career-related Programme exams in May 2026, counting full-diploma and single-subject candidates. Source
May exams run over roughly four weeks. For May 2027 the IB has pencilled in 23 April to 19 May, subject to its final schedule, with results following in early July. Source

Cantonal schools: the IB alongside the Matura

At the seven cantonal gymnasiums, the IB is a double qualification rather than a separate school. Students follow a bilingual Matura course, sit the IB exams in spring of the final year, typically just before the Matura exams, and leave with both certificates. Which subjects run in English, and who can join, differs from school to school. How Basel-Stadt describes the model

Literargymnasium Rämibühl · Zürich

Bilingual Matura plus the IB Diploma, since 2004. Maths, biology and history are taught in English from the third year, and the IB exams are in May, before the Matura. Students join after the first two Gymnasium years, usually with at least a 4.5 in German and maths.

School website

Realgymnasium Rämibühl · Zürich

Bilingual Matura plus the IB Diploma in one or two classes a year (22 graduates in 2025). Maths, biology and geography are taught in English, and the IB written exams come in May, shortly before the Matura exams.

School website

Gymnasium am Münsterplatz · Basel

An IB World School since 2011. Option 1 leads to the full IB Diploma plus a bilingual Matura; Option 2 to a bilingual Matura with IB certificates in two or three subjects. IB exams are in May of the final year, before the Matura. Students choose the IB when applying from secondary school.

School website

Gymnasium Bäumlihof · Basel

An IB class alongside the Swiss Matura, with the Diploma phase from the third year. Biology, maths, history and TOK are taught in English, and the IB subjects are fixed. Written IB exams are in April and May of the fourth year, just before the Matura.

School website

Neue Kantonsschule Aarau · Aarau

The IB extends the bilingual Matura into a double diploma, with one IB class a year. The IB starts in the third year and is open to the strongest students on the bilingual track.

School website

Kantonsschule Wettingen · Wettingen

Bilingual Matura plus the IB Diploma since 2010, in one IB class a year (capped at 25). Open to Aargau residents; the IB curriculum starts in the third year and the exams are in April and May of the fourth, before the Matura. The IB alone is not offered.

School website

Kantonsschule am Burggraben · St. Gallen

An IB World School since 2017: IB students take the bilingual Matura and the IB Diploma. History, maths and biology are taught in English, there is one IB class a year, and from summer 2026 the IB can be combined with any Schwerpunktfach.

School website

Every Swiss school offering the IB Diploma

The table lists all 50 schools that ibo.org shows as authorised for the Diploma Programme in Switzerland, grouped by region. Each name links to the school's official IB record, and the last column counts the DP subjects ibo.org lists students registered for, a rough measure of how big each IB programme is.

Zürich area

8 schools · 6 private, 2 cantonal · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
SIS Swiss International School Zürich	Wallisellen	ZH	Private	English	Day	Mar 2003	15
Academic Gateway	Zürich	ZH	Private	English, German	Day	Jun 2025	new
Literargymnasium Rämibühl	Zürich	ZH	Cantonal	English	Day	Mar 2004	10
Realgymnasium Rämibühl	Zürich	ZH	Cantonal	English	Day	Mar 2004	10
Inter-Community School Zürich	Zumikon	ZH	Private	English	Day	Apr 1993	39
Zurich International School	Adliswil	ZH	Private	English	Day	Dec 1997	39
International School of Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	SH	Private	English	Day and boarding	Jun 2003	28
Obersee Bilingual School	Wollerau	SZ	Private	not stated	Day	May 2018	17

Zug and Central Switzerland

4 schools · 4 private · 3 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
Institut Montana Zugerberg	Zug	ZG	Private	English	Day and boarding	Apr 1987	27
International School of Zug and Luzern	Hünenberg	ZG	Private	English	Day	Jun 2001	42
Stiftsschule Engelberg	Engelberg	OW	Private	English	Day and boarding	Oct 2013	8
International School Altdorf	Wikon	LU	Private	not stated	Day and boarding	Jun 2019	27

Basel and Aargau

6 schools · 2 private, 4 cantonal · day schools

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
Gymnasium am Münsterplatz	Basel	BS	Cantonal	English	Day	May 2011	12
Gymnasium Bäumlihof	Basel	BS	Cantonal	German	Day	Jan 2016	8
SIS Swiss International School Basel	Basel	BS	Private	English	Day	May 2009	9
International School of the Basel Region	Reinach	BL	Private	English	Day	Mar 1995	45
Neue Kantonsschule Aarau	Aarau	AG	Cantonal	English	Day	Apr 2010	12
Kantonsschule Wettingen	Wettingen	AG	Cantonal	English	Day	Apr 2010	10

Bern and Jura

2 schools · 2 private · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
International School of Berne	Gümligen	BE	Private	English	Day	Mar 1995	28
Collège et Lycée Saint-Charles	Porrentruy	JU	Private	English	Day and boarding	May 2020	22

Geneva

6 schools · 6 private · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
International School of Geneva, La Grande Boissière	Geneva	GE	Private	English, French	Day	Jan 1971	52
International School of Geneva, Campus des Nations	Le Grand-Saconnex	GE	Private	English	Day	Sep 2005	47
Collège du Léman	Versoix	GE	Private	English	Day and boarding	May 2005	39
Institut International de Lancy	Grand-Lancy	GE	Private	English	Day	Apr 2009	33
Institut Florimont	Petit-Lancy	GE	Private	English, French	Day	Mar 2014	20
Mutuelle d'Etudes Secondaires	Geneva	GE	Private	French	Day	Jan 1977	11

Vaud

15 schools · 15 private · 10 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
International School of Geneva, La Châtaigneraie	Founex	VD	Private	English	Day	Jan 1971	45
Lemania College Lausanne	Lausanne	VD	Private	English, French	Day and boarding	Feb 2013	20
École Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande	Lausanne	VD	Private	English, French	Day and boarding	Jan 1971	33
Collège Champittet	Pully	VD	Private	English, French	Day and boarding	Apr 2009	30
International School of Lausanne	Le Mont-sur-Lausanne	VD	Private	English	Day	Dec 1998	34
La Côte International School	Aubonne	VD	Private	English	Day	Aug 2012	24
Institut Le Rosey	Rolle	VD	Private	English, French	Boarding	Mar 2000	52
Eastwood Global	Rolle	VD	Private	English	not stated	Jul 2024	16
Ecole Moser Nyon	Grens	VD	Private	English, French	Day	Oct 2021	9
Haut-Lac International Bilingual School	St-Légier-La Chiésaz	VD	Private	English, French	Boarding	Apr 2002	32
St. George's International School Switzerland	Montreux	VD	Private	English	Day and boarding	Apr 2006	33
Leysin American School	Leysin	VD	Private	English	Boarding	Dec 1991	27
Collège Alpin Beau Soleil	Villars-sur-Ollon	VD	Private	English	Boarding	Feb 2004	50
Aiglon College	Chesières	VD	Private	English	Day and boarding	Oct 2009	49
La Garenne International School	Chesières	VD	Private	English	Day and boarding	Mar 2021	22

Valais

2 schools · 2 private · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
Verbier International School	Verbier	VS	Private	English	Day	Jun 2022	24
Le Régent International School	Crans-Montana	VS	Private	English, French	Day and boarding	Feb 2018	39

Ticino

3 schools · 3 private · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
International School of Ticino	Cadempino	TI	Private	English	Day	Mar 2018	30
International School of Switzerland	Lugano	TI	Private	not stated	Day	Aug 2026	new
TASIS The American School in Switzerland	Montagnola	TI	Private	English	Day and boarding	Jun 1995	32

Graubünden

1 school · 1 private · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz	Zuoz	GR	Private	English	Day and boarding	Oct 1996	33

Eastern Switzerland

3 schools · 2 private, 1 cantonal · 1 with boarding

School	Town	Canton	Type	Language	Day / boarding	IB since	DP subjects
Kantonsschule am Burggraben St. Gallen	St. Gallen	SG	Cantonal	English, German	Day	Apr 2017	9
Institut auf dem Rosenberg	St. Gallen	SG	Private	English, German	Boarding	May 2019	21
International School Rheintal	Buchs	SG	Private	English	Day	Apr 2006	25

Getting into a Swiss university with the IB

All ten cantonal universities admit IB Diploma holders with at least 32 of 42 points (bonus points excluded), six subjects from set categories and at least three at Higher Level, one of them maths or a science.
ETH Zurich and EPFL ask for 38 points and specific Higher Level subjects (36 at EPFL for Swiss applicants and residents), and EPFL has capped first-year places at 3,000 since 2025.
The Swiss Matura gives exam-free access to every Swiss university; the IB is recognised only under these conditions, and each university also sets its own language requirement.

Full requirements, university by university

Prices in Swiss francs

You are charged in pounds sterling. The franc figures convert our prices at the European Central Bank reference rate and are a guide only; your bank converts at its own rate.

Bundle	Hours	Price	≈ CHF	≈ CHF per hour
Taster	3	£210	CHF 232	CHF 77
Starter	5	£330	CHF 365	CHF 73
Coursework	10	£650	CHF 719	CHF 72
Assessment	20	£1,250	CHF 1'382	CHF 69
Guardian	50	£2,900	CHF 3'206	CHF 64
Ultimate	100	£5,250	CHF 5'803	CHF 58

Rate used: £1 = CHF 1.1054, derived from the ECB reference rates of 1 October 2026 (via Frankfurter).

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Sessions on Swiss time

Switzerland is always one hour ahead of the UK, because both change to and from summer time on the same days, so session times never shift through the year. Sessions are booked around the Swiss school day: after school between 16:00 and 20:00 Swiss time, or at the weekend.

What Swiss students come to us for

From the Extended Essay to HL maths and the sciences: pick a subject to see how tutoring works there. HL maths and science grades are exactly what ETH and EPFL look at.

Extended Essay Maths AA Maths AI Physics Chemistry Biology Which subjects Swiss universities require

Swiss families on IB Doctor

Our son was really struggling with calculus in Maths AA HL. After ten hours over two weeks he went from a 4 to a 6 in his mock exams, and above all he enjoys the subject again.

Daniela M.4 → 6

Parent · Zurich International School · Maths AA HLTranslated from German

I was predicted 38 and ended with 41. Chemistry HL and the TOK essay were where it made the biggest difference.

Chloé B.38 → 41 points

Student · International School of Geneva · Chemistry HL, TOK

After moving from abroad, our son had to join the DP halfway through. The targeted support in Economics and German B really helped him catch up.

Andrea W.

Parent · International School Basel · Economics HL, German BTranslated from German

Questions from Swiss families

Do you tutor in person in Switzerland?: No. IB Doctor is online only: live 1-to-1 video sessions with screen sharing and a digital whiteboard. That is how we can match you with a tutor for your exact subject and level wherever you are in Switzerland.
Can I pay in Swiss francs?: Not at the moment. Bundles are charged in pounds sterling. We show franc amounts as a guide at the ECB reference rate; your card issuer converts at its own rate and may add a fee.
Which Swiss schools offer the IB Diploma?: Fifty schools hold ibo.org authorisation for the Diploma Programme: 43 private schools and 7 cantonal gymnasiums that pair the IB with the Swiss Matura. The full list, region by region, is on this page.
My child is on the Matura + IB track at a cantonal school. Can you help?: Yes, with the IB side. Our tutors teach the IB Diploma syllabus and its assessments: the subjects taught in English, internal assessments, the Extended Essay and TOK.
How many students take the IB in Switzerland?: In the May 2026 session, 2,203 students in Switzerland sat IB Diploma Programme or Career-related Programme exams, counting full-diploma and single-subject candidates, according to the IB's statistical bulletin.
How quickly can we start?: We match students with a tutor within 24 hours on weekdays, and within 48 hours at weekends and in peak exam periods.

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Sources

Facts on this page last checked on 30 September 2026.