Japanese School in Zurich

Primary & middle school in Uster, Switzerland

47°20′51″N 8°43′14″E / 47.347464°N 8.720460°E / 47.347464; 8.720460InformationTypePrimary & middle schoolGrades1-9Websitejszurich.ch

The Japanese School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule in Zürich, Japanese: チューリッヒ日本人学校 Chūrihhi Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, situated in the Zurich metropolitan area.^[1] It has a day school division and it has a weekend complementary school that meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays.^[2] It is the sole non-boarding Japanese day school in Switzerland,^[3] and it serves kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school (equivalent to Zurich cantonal Sekundarstufe I).

Japanese School in Zurich's primary education program (elementary) is approved as Primarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. However, not the Kindergarten.^[4]

The Japanese School in Zurich's lower secondary education program (junior-secondary) is approved as Sekundarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich.^[4]

On 20 October 1975, the Japanese Language School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule Zürich), the predecessor institution, opened with 15 students. On 23 April 1988, the permanent day school Japanese School in Zurich opened with 57 students, of which 50 were elementary school students and seven were junior high school students.^[5]

Students take Japanese and English courses, and they also take German two times every week.^[3]

References

^ Home page. Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 2 January 2014.
^ "English page Archived 2014-01-02 at archive.today." Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Eine Insel Nippons mitten in der Schweiz" (Archive). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 June 2005. Retrieved on 23 April 2015. "Bei der 1988 gegründeten Tagesschule in Uster handelt es sich um die einzige japanische Schule in der Schweiz,[...]" and "[...]lässt das Gespräch mit der Journalistin durch den japanischen Englischlehrer und die Schulsekretärin übersetzen und versichert, die Schüler aller Stufen müssten zweimal pro Woche Deutsch büffeln - neben Englisch und Japanisch."
^ ^a ^b "Aufsicht Privatschulen" (official site) (in German). Zurich, Switzerland: Volkschulamt, Bildungsdirektion, Kanton Zürich. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ Home page (English) (Archive). Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 2 January 2014.

External links

Official website
Japanese School in Zurich (in Japanese and German)
Japanese School in Zurich (Archive) – Mid-2000s
Japanese School in Zurich (Archive) – 1999–2000

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International schools in Switzerland

SIS Swiss International School (Suhr) (Kindergarten only)

Bern

International School of Berne (Muri bei Bern-Gümligen)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}

Institut Le Rosey (Schönried BE)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}

John F. Kennedy International School (Saanen)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}

Basel-Stadt

Geneva

Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz

Four-Forest Bilingual International School (Luzern)

Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel Junior College^{[note 2]}

St. Gallen

Institut auf dem Rosenberg (St. Gallen)^{[note 4]}^{[note 2]}

Solothurn

SIS Swiss International School (Schönenwerd)^{[note 2]}

Schwyz

SIS Swiss International School (Pfäffikon SZ)

Ticino

Istituto Leonardo da Vinci (Lugano)^{[note 2]}
Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco (Lugano)^{[note 2]}
The American School In Switzerland (Collina d'Oro-Montagnola)^{[note 2]}

Vaud

Zug

Zürich

Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich (Dübendorf)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}
Liceo Vermigli (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}
International School Zurich North (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}
Japanese School in Zürich (Uster)
Inter-Community School Zürich (Zumikon)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}
SIS Swiss International School (Männedorf, Winterthur, Zürich-Wallisellen, Zürich-Wollishofen)
Zurich International School (Adliswil, Wädenswil)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}

Former schools

List by far not complete

^ ^a ^b ^c Not approved as Gymnasium (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education MBA (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt MBA), administration for education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Berne
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap Not approved as Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
^ Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt
^ Not approved as Mittelschule (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial education (Amt für Mittelschulen), department of education (Bildungsdepartement), canton of St. Gallen
^ Not approved as Sekundarstufe II (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and pedagogic education (Amt für Mittelschulen und Pädagogische Hochschule), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zug
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Not approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich.

Overseas Japanese day and boarding schools

Schools with Japan system senior high school classes are marked with asterisks (*). Weekend/supplementary schools (hoshū jugyō kō) are located in a separate template

Nihonjin gakkō

Africa	Cairo Johannesburg Nairobi
Australia	Melbourne Perth Sydney
East, South, and Southeast Asia	Bandung Bangkok Beijing Busan Colombo Dalian Dhaka Guangzhou Hangzhou Hanoi Hong Kong Ho Chi Minh City Islamabad Jakarta Johor Kaohsiung Karachi Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Manila Mumbai New Delhi Penang Phnom Penh Qingdao Seoul Shanghai (*) Shenzhen Singapore Sriracha, Thailand Surabaya Suzhou Taichung Taipei Tianjin Yangon
Europe	Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Brussels Bucharest Budapest Düsseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg London Madrid Milan Moscow Munich Paris Prague Rome Rotterdam Vienna Warsaw Zurich
Middle East	Abu Dhabi Doha Dubai Istanbul Jeddah Riyadh Tehran
Mexico and Central America	Aguascalientes Guatemala Mexico City Panama City San José
South America	Asunción Bogotá Buenos Aires Caracas Lima Manaus Rio de Janeiro Santiago (JA) São Paulo
United States	Chicago Greenwich (New York area) Guam New Jersey (New York area)

Shiritsu zaigai
kyōiku shisetsu

Unapproved by MEXT

Closed

Closed nihonjin gakkō	Algiers Athens Baghdad Bahrain Beirut Belém Belgrade Belo Horizonte Calcutta (Kolkata) Las Palmas Kuwait Lagos Medan Quito Vitória
Closed Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu	Gyosei International School UK () Lycée Konan () Lycée Seijo () Seigakuin Atlanta Shi-Tennoji School in UK () South Queensland Academy () Sundai Ireland () Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School () Toin Gakuen Schule () Tokai University Boarding School (*)
Closed unapproved schools	International Bilingual School

Turkey is not included in the classification of Europe by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT).
Nihonjin gakkō are day schools operated by Japanese associations and usually only include, within the Japanese system, primary and junior high school levels. Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu are overseas branches of Japanese schools; these are boarding and day schools.
MEXT categorizes Japanese sections of European international schools as hoshū jugyō kō part-time schools and not as full-time schools. See the template for part-time schools.

Overseas Japanese weekend/supplementary schools (Hoshū jugyō kō)

With Japanese
gov't teachers

Europe	Brussels Geneva London
North America	Chicago area Greater Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio Dallas Detroit Guam Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles area Miami area JWS of New York Portland, Oregon Princeton, New Jersey San Diego (Minato) San Francisco JS Seattle area Toronto
Oceania	Queensland

W/o Japanese
gov't teachers

Europe	Düsseldorf Madrid Zurich
North America	Hartford Minneapolis JS Minnesota JS Montreal Nishiyamato Academy Orlando St. Louis
Oceania	Australia (Canberra, Melbourne, Queensland)
South America	Quito

Int'l schools w/
MEXT-designated
Japanese sections

Unapproved
by MEXT

Sundai Michigan International Academy

The Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) designates most of these schools as hoshū jugyō kō. Schools in italics are not designated as such by MEXT.

v t e Zürich
Districts	Altstadt (1) 2 Wiedikon (3) Aussersihl (4) Industriequartier (5) 6 7 Riesbach (8) 9 10 11 Schwamendingen (12)
Transport	Zürich S-Bahn template Zurich Airport Funicular Rigiblick Dolderbahn Polybahn Glattalbahn Limmattal light rail line Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
Education	ETH Zurich University of Zurich Kantonsschule Rämibühl Kantonsschule Stadelhofen Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Liceo Vermigli
Schools for foreign students in the Zurich area, outside the city limits, include Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich (in Dubendorf) and Japanese School in Zurich (in Uster)