Switzerland · Montagnola, Lugano · Founded 1956
TASIS The American School in Switzerland
The most beautiful campus in the Ticino, a strong arts and architecture programme and a Mediterranean climate on the Swiss side of the border.
The character
TASIS is the sunny Swiss option: palm trees, Italian food, an American high school culture and boarders from sixty countries alongside a large day community from Lugano. It is good at the arts and at settling children who have moved a lot. Skiing is a weekend trip, not a way of life.
Good for
Families in Milan and Lugano, children who love the arts, those who want warmth
Less suited to
Families who want a fully boarding school, ski-obsessed children
Getting in
Rolling admissions, reports, interview and English assessment. Boarding from grade 7.
What it costs in total
At about CHF 100,000 a year for boarding, the 5 years from 13 to 18 add up to roughly €588,000 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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