Institut Le Rosey

Institut Le Rosey

One of the most prestigious and expensive schools in the world, Le Rosey accustomed to the students of blue blood and famous not only for its strong academic program, but also a serious approach to the sport, which every winter and the teachers and the students for a few months moved closer to the ski slopes.

History

In the late 19th century a man named Paul-Emile Carnal, a great lover of history, nature and the countryside, decided to establish a new private school and chose for her historic Chateau in the small town of Role, in which Le Rosey is today. From the beginning, the school emphasized the study of foreign languages and international and quickly became popular among foreigners: in the middle of the 20th century there had already studied the Americans, the Italians and Greeks, then came the students from Arab countries, South Korea, Japan and Russia. Today, Le Rosey is a prestigious and expensive school.

Notable alumni: Le Rosey has educated several generations of the Hohenzollern dynasty, the Rothschilds, the Radziwill, Metternich, Borghese and other noble families. Among graduates of school - Belgium's king albert II, king of Spain Juan Carlos I, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Le Rosey for his children chose Elizabeth Taylor, Roger Moore, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Diana Ross, Aristotle Onassis, Mohammed al-Fayed.

Features

Institut Le Rosey

Inside the school Le RoseyФилософия schools is that the talented person is talented in everything, so here the same attention and academic subjects, music, and sports.

Sport plays a huge role in the curriculum. The school has its own sailing centre on the shores of lake Geneva. Winter sports, especially Alpine skiing in Switzerland is considered the most important, therefore, for the sake of the students were able to practice on the slopes of the Alps, the school changes its location depending on the season: spring and fall lessons are in place between Genisoy and Lausanne, and for the winter school moved to a Chalet at a ski resort in Gstaad in the Canton of Bern.

Another distinctive feature of this Swiss school - multiculturalism, there is a rule according to which representatives of one country may not constitute more than 10% of students. The school has children from 58 countries, and the Europeans are only slightly more than half. Le Rosey are cosmopolitan and the people of the world, familiar with different cultures and fluent in several languages.

Classes are small at Le Rosey, no more than 10 people, allowing you to find individual approach to every student.

Language of instruction: English and French

The training program

Institut Le Rosey

International baccalaureate (International Baccalaureate, IB) or French baccalaureate. The choice of specific programs, generally depends on where a high school graduate intending to pursue higher education. Both degrees obtained at Le Rosey, will open doors to the leading University of the world, but French baccalaureate choose usually those who are seriously interested in French culture and is going to continue education in the universities of France or French-speaking Switzerland.

Subjects: literature, languages (English and French mandatory, others optional), history, mathematics, exact and natural Sciences, Informatics, Economics, geography, music, visual and dramatic arts sport.

Age of students: 7-18

Admission requirements

Institut Le Rosey

Admission to Le Rosey occurs in several stages:

Fill out the form on the school website. The application must be attached:

information about the child's performance in school over the past two years (the ratings and comments of teachers);

recommendations;

copy of the passport;

photograph;

registration fee in the amount of 2.500 francs.

Visit schools, interview applicants and entrance examination.

The decision of acceptance.

Despite the high cost of training, wanting to get into Le Rosey a lot, so the application for admission should be served within two years before the anticipated start of training.

Tuition fees: from 45 to 103 thousand Swiss francs per year, depending on the class. Training in high school is more expensive.

Scholarships: Foundation school Le Rosey annually provides scholarships for gifted children. Talented guys, as a rule, more than scholarship, so the application should be submitted in advance, at least a year and a half, and it does not guarantee the scholarship: the competition is very high.