Aiglon College, Switzerland: Top Education in the Alps Mountain

Aiglon College, located in the Swiss Alps, with great views of famous Mont Blanc,defines  top elite education.Switzerland are proud of the country's security, beautiful towns, fresh air, and education concepts that value individuality and comprehensive development,  the Swiss Aiglon College is perfect combination.

Aiglon College adopts the traditional boarding model, where students will receive all education from 9 to 18 years old. Notable student include Greek Princess and former Google Chief Financial Officer, Danish Princess and more.

To explore the the success code of the elite education in Switzerland, the European REEC magazine interviewed Aiglon College and head of College,Madam Nicola Sparrow.

Embracing Alps: Unique environment and adventure spirit

The Alps have been the favorite alpine sports place for European elites since ancient times. At Aiglon College, the Alps is the background picture of the entire school. Skiing, adventure and outdoor sports are full of students' extracurricular life. This spirit of adventure is genuinely in the bones of every Aiglon student.

Aiglonians discover that their unique mountain top position provides a fresh perspective while offering the opportunity for challenge. Mountains have always represented ambition to humanity, a call to push harder, higher than Aiglon could have imagined possible. their students and faculty only have to look out of the window to be inspired.

In the embrace of the Alps, College can make the most of this advantage and get out of the classroom and apply teaching directly in the nature.

Every day in the Alps, Life likes in a movie, skiing and adventure are like the instinct engraved in students’ bones. In the equipment room of Aiglon College, you can borrow any alpine sports equipment and tools that challenge the Alps.

The students climbed the mountain together. Through these experiences, college encourages students to take every bold new step in life with confidence because they know that their spirit has flourished in this rapidly changing world.

In addition to alpine sports, Aiglon College often hosts a variety of sports competitions,so that to Cultivate team spirit and friendly competition concept.

To earn a diploma from Aiglon College, students in the middle school must complete at least two or three alpine expeditions each semester, including rock climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, ski trips, cross-country skiing, independent camping trips, and three-day long-distance adventures. Every sport is deeply connected to the Alps: Camping trips require students to use tree stumps to set up the tents on the mountain, to set fires to cook, and to hold kayak competitions in bright and clean lakes, which are among their favourite summer projects. Rock climbing, skiing, and mountain biking are all necessary travel skills for every student.

Internationalization: Making Children Global Citizens and Tomorrow’s Leaders

Aiglon College currently has a total of 375 students from 64 different countries around the world.

For some families, they do not want their children to grow up in a mono-cultural and highly nationalistic environment. Although they may be impressed with independent schools in the UK or North America, these schools may be too monotonous and too British or North American style. Parents may not want their children to be stuck in British norms, but in Aiglon, children can maintain their identity and experience different cultures.

The advantage of Aiglon College is that every student is one of the minority groups here. As a result, the school's dominant culture is not a value system for specific national identities.Students are surrounded by a group of outstanding peers from different parts of the world, helping them to achieve significantly higher than the global average. Aiglon provides students with a more open academic environment. For example, in addition to French as a compulsory language, students can also learn Spanish, German, Russian, and even Mandarin Chinese.

Aiglon consider their position as a non-profit school to be one of both privilege and responsibility. Maintaining this status allows us to educate and nurture with their full focus on student success. Aiglon are dedicated to impressing upon Aiglonians the importance of contributing to the community both locally and internationally. As a result, Aiglon craft opportunities for their students which guide them toward taking their place as true global citizens and future leaders, through volunteer work and connecting with an array of communities both local and abroad.

The college also allows students to develop a sense of concern for the planet, society, and environmental protection. Every year, the head and teachers will organize some students to travel abroad,say, African,South America and Asia countries, let them see the social reality and culture, and actively provide assistance to the local people within their ability, such as supporting education, raising funds, etc.

Maybe roommates in this school's dormitory are members of the Royal Family in Bahrain or the Danish royal family, or are descendants of prominent entrepreneurs or Hollywood superstars, on the campus, students could feel that efforts are made to eliminate the inequality.

Custom Education: Cultivate Complete Talent

Aiglon College has always adhered to the teaching purpose of the founder: Let every student develop comprehensively.

Here, in addition to sports, students can also pursue creative and artistic development, and each student can receive an exclusive customized education and the required skills and tools. According to the introduction, the college adopts the "private school" small class teaching mode, with a teacher-student ratio of only 1: 5, one teacher corresponds to five students. Even in comparison with other top private schools, this teacher-student ratio is extremely "luxury". Aiglon College adheres to the guiding and heuristic educational philosophy, allowing students to use their strengths and talents.

Cultivating "complete talents" is the clear educational commitment of Aiglon to develop students' intellectual potential fully; The clubs and societies activities allow students to learn how to lead and serve others and establish an independent self-awareness and gain high EQ; The financial courses and practical training opportunities from well-known Swiss banks cultivate students' wealth management ability from a young age; The challenging hiking activities can enable students to exercise fully and have a healthy physique.

Traditional disciplines have been considered to be the core of good education for centuries, and now they are matched by entrepreneurship, cross-cultural awareness, cultural diversity, and challenges and problem solving ability.

Aiglon's graduates are spread all over the world, and the Aiglon Alumni Association has also been established in Brown University and Stanford University in the American Ivy League.

When students complete their studies here and start to be admitted to the top universities around the world, when they start their brilliant careers, Aiglon College understand deeply that students' achievements and glory, have just begun.