Aiglon College Switzerland

• Established: in 1949
• Location: Villars-sur-Ollon, Canton of Vaud
• The age of students: 9-18 years
• Number of students: 350-360 (percentage of foreign students - 55%)
• Programs Aiglon College: junior school, GCSE, IB Diploma, Summer School
• Type of education: mixed
• Accommodation type: residence, guesthouse.

Over the years Aiglon College Switzerland has earned a reputation as an educational institution providing educational services at the highest level. Today, Aiglon College continues to maintain its standards, focusing on the level of its clients and their children, who are studying here.

There is a school in the French part of Switzerland in a very picturesque place Chesières-Villars. The settlement is 1.5 hours away from Geneva and only 30 minutes from Lake Geneva and the famous Montreux. The windows of the campus and the open campgrounds allow you to admire the beautiful view of the Swiss Alps.

The area of ​​Aiglon College is about 46,000 square meters, It houses 16 buildings. Every year schoolchildren from all over the world come here - they are representatives of more than 50 nationalities! The school has always been popular with foreign students, so at some point a quota was introduced for students from different countries, including from Russia. Therefore, if you are still determined to get here, we recommend you register a few months before the date of receipt in order to increase the chances.

Aiglon College has its own principles of building an educational process that includes moral and spiritual upbringing, the formation of the child's personality and the development of autonomy and discipline. The key value of the college is the competently constructed relationship between all its inhabitants: pupils and teachers, among all students. Egon's position also promotes a healthy lifestyle and shapes the humanity and responsibility in children.

During the summer months, Aiglon College invites everyone to attend Summer School educational courses lasting from 2 to 4 weeks with an interesting program and comfortable accommodation.

All Aiglon College students live in 8 chalet residences: each has a capacity of up to 45 people. Two houses are reserved for schoolchildren from the junior classes, and the rest for high school students. In comfortable rooms, designed for 1-4 people, the children are living, previously distributed all by age and gender (for boys and girls are provided separate residences). The road to the classroom and the building will take only a few minutes on foot.

Facilities (shower and toilet) are located on the floor, and in each chalet there is also a large terrace, a lounge with TV, a computer center with internet access. Students around the clock are surrounded by care and attention - in the residence a tutor lives, ready at any time to help on any issue.

As for the food,  it is organized in the best way - in the cafeteria of Aiglon College students are waited for a menu that is diverse and perfectly suits a young growing organism. Local chefs can even meet the need for a diet or vegetarian menu, of which parents should inform in advance if necessary.

Subject list: Art, biology, Business and management, chemistry, drama, economics, English literature, Environmental science, geography, history, IELTS preparation, Information Technology, maths, music, Natural science, physical education, physics, preparation for PET, Preparation of CAE and FCE, Preparing for SAT, Religious studies

In the field of sports, the Eglon school relies on a postulate that sports and academic achievement are closely related. Therefore, the daily routine is built in such a way as to maintain the necessary balance. For pupils the following sports are offered:

• Alpine golf
• Water sports (banana rafting)
• Sports competitions within the college (with other schools too)
• Basketball
• Mountaineering
• Tennis
• Mountain and cross-country skiing
• Mountain biking
• Hockey
• Football
• Climbing
• Minigolf
• Softball
• Volleyball.

In addition, the everyday life of schoolchildren is saturated with an active extracurricular program - visiting museums and exhibitions, interesting excursions to the sights of Geneva and other cities. Also, everyone can go skiing, snowboarding or traveling abroad.

• The ideal location for a private school is a quiet and tranquil place in nature;
• High requirements to the level of knowledge of pupils;
• Compulsory individual approach to each child;
• Well equipped classrooms and comfortable living conditions;
• A diverse and rich extracurricular program.

Aiglon College has a vast territory, where the buildings for study, hostels and sports facilities are located. The latter includes a sports center with a swimming pool and a fitness room, a skating rink and a ski slope, a tennis court and fields for playing football or hockey. To ensure the health of schoolchildren remained intact, a medical center is also equipped.

In the educational buildings of schoolchildren, modern classrooms and various laboratories are daily assembled, equipped with the latest requirements. To find the necessary information, Egon's students also have a computer center and a library. The most creative children can go to a theater studio or a music school.

The academic year at Aiglon College consists of three semesters, which are divided among themselves by vacation weeks. So, the academic year or autumn semester in college begins on August 28-29 and ends on December 13 (in the second half of October - a two-week vacation), after which the students are already sent to rest on winter holidays.

The next semester - spring - lasts from January 8 to March 21. Here a small break in studies awaits the guys in February (literally 3-4 days). The vacations that precede the summer semester begin in March and end almost in mid-April.

Finally, the summer semester starts in April and lasts until the 20th of June.

Please note that there are several additional items of financial expenses for admission and studying:

• Registration fee (paid once);
• Deposit (refundable);
•  One-time admission fee;
• Visa maintenance and consular fee of the Embassy;
• Trading lessons on instruments or renting of sports equipment;
• Air tickets in both directions.

Extras:

• Registration fee (for a programme/course) 2500 CHF
• Deposit for a course/programme 10000 CHF
• One-time entrance fee 4000 CHF
• Pocket money 1400 CHF

In order to be among the lucky ones who can call themselves Aiglon College students, the student will need to pass a 3-hour testing: in English, for general development and mathematics. The students will need to collect a package of documents:

• Report card from the school where the child is currently studying;
• Characterization per pupil from the class teacher, directed to the name of the head of the school;
• Valid passport;
• Medical statement on the state of health.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision