Switzerland · Lausanne · Founded 1882
Brillantmont International School
One of the smallest and oldest family-run boarding schools in Switzerland, still owned by the founding family.
The character
Brillantmont is a small, kind, urban school where everyone knows everyone. The British curriculum leads to IGCSE and A-levels, an American high school track runs alongside, and Lausanne offers museums, the lake and the Olympic city on the doorstep. Children who would drown at a school of six hundred float here.
Good for
Children who need to be known, families who want a city, late entrants at 15 or 16
Less suited to
Elite sport, families who want a large campus
Getting in
Rolling admissions, interview with the family, reports. Entry possible in most years.
What it costs in total
At about CHF 90,000 a year for boarding, the 5 years from 13 to 18 add up to roughly €532,000 in today’s money including typical extras, before fee increases, tutoring and flights. The Education Cost Calculator adds inflation, extras and a second child.
Fees are rounded 2025/26 figures from the school’s own schedule and change every year. The school’s current fee sheet prevails. The picture is an impression of the setting, not a photograph of the campus.
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