Japanese School in Zurich
The Japanese School in Zurich is a Japanese international school in Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, situated in the Zurich metropolitan area. It has a day school division and it has a weekend complementary school that meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is the sole non-boarding Japanese day school in Switzerland, and it serves kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school.
Japanese School in Zurich's primary education program is approved as Primarstufe by the bureau for elementary school, administration for education, canton of Zurich. However, not the Kindergarten.
The Japanese School in Zurich's lower secondary education program is approved as Sekundarstufe by the bureau for elementary school, administration for education, canton of Zurich.
On October 20, 1975, the Japanese Language School in Zurich, the predecessor institution, opened with 15 students. On April 23, 1988, the permanent day school Japanese School in Zurich opened with 57 students, of which 50 were elementary school students and 7 were junior high school students.
Students take Japanese and English courses, and they also take German two times every week.
