Going to a boarding school to study abroad is a formidable opportunity. Discover The Best Boarding Schools in the World.
Why choosing a Boarding School?
Students and parents initially choose a boarding school for more challenging academics. Students are stimulated intellectually in ways they never were before in their schools. A boarding school ensures that students are immersed in an educational world where learning is central to all activities. A class size of 12 is the average at most boarding schools. Students are encouraged to think and share. They actively participate in their learning. Teachers live on campus and are available for extra help after the school day ends.
Study abroad
Education experts around the world agree on many benefits of studying abroad. The choice of the country will depend on the individual preferences but any destination will bring the student to experience a new culture, meet international friends, create more independence and confidence, develop new language skills, boost social network and increase future professional opportunities.
Our selection of the Best Boarding Schools in the World
International School Moshi
Tanzania
International School Moshi is a fully accredited international school providing an education for children from both the local and expatriate communities from age 3 to age 19. With over 500 ...
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The English School of Kyrenia
The English School of Kyrenia is a day and boarding school in the heart of the Mediterranean. The school is located in Bellapais with immaculate views of the sea and ...
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Canadian College Italy (CCI The Renaissance School)
Canadian College Italy is Canada's first high school in Italy. It is a co-educational boarding school that ofers an academically rigorous curriculum in a semester format. Founded in 1995, CCI ...
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Schloss Neubeuern
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Welcome! This page will introduce you to a very special boarding school in the beautiful foothills of Upper Bavaria. Schloss Neubeuern derives its uniqueness from its current students and staff, ...
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Phillips Exeter Academy
United States
Welcome to Phillips Exeter Academy, founded by John Phillips in 1781, who believed every student should have access to the very best education — one that embraces the ideals of ...
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Branksome Hall
Canada
Each day, Branksome Hall challenges and inspires girls to love learning and to shape a better world. Established in 1903, Branksome Hall is Toronto’s all-girls, all-years International Baccalaureate (IB) World ...
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The American School of Bangkok
Thailand
The American School of Bangkok (ASB) is a private Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 school offering an exceptional education based on an American curriculum with an international perspective. The rigorous academic ...
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Prem Tinsulanonda International School
Thailand
Prem Tinsulanonda International School is a leading co-educational boarding and day International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. Located on its lush 100-acre campus set in the foothills north of the ancient ...
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La Garenne International School
Switzerland
Founded in 1947, La Garenne International School is one of the leading boarding schools located on a sunny plateau in the Swiss Alps. Owned and managed since two generations by ...
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The Thacher School
United States
The Thacher School, a coeducational boarding high school perched at the foot of the Topa Topa Mountains in Ojai, California, is anything but typical. Here, students encounter a combination they ...
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St. George’s International School
Switzerland
St. George’s International School is an independent international Day and Boarding School community, of over 400 boys and girls aged between 1.5 and 18. Approximately 20% of our students are ...
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Knightsbridge Schools International Montenegro
KSI Montenegro is an international day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 3-18 years. As the only IB World School in Montenegro, and one of few in the ...
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Collège et Lycée Saint Charles
The Collège and Lycée at Saint-Charles is an ideal blend of historical tradition and time-honored educational best practices mixed with modern innovation that every student needs to thrive. Located in ...
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Préfleuri International Alpine School
Switzerland
Préfleuri is an exclusive international boarding school in the Swiss Alps that caters for children from 3 to 13 years of age. Since 1948, Préfleuri has been a loving home ...
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Hochalpines Institut Ftan (HIF)
Founded in 1793, HIF Swiss International Boarding School and Sports Academy has been guided throughout its 225-year history by the values of world-renowned Swiss educationalists. HIF is committed to the ...
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American International School-Salzburg
The American International School-Salzburg is an international, college-preparatory boarding school for students in U.S. grades 7 through 12 (ages 12 to 18) located in one of the most beautiful and ...
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Harrow School
United Kingdom
Being a great school is about providing the best possible education - one that creates an appetite for life and develops the talent to live it productively. It is about ...
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King’s Academy
Jordan
Founded in 2007 and inspired by the vision of His Majesty King Abdullah II and his experience as a student at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, King's Academy offers an educational ...
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Harrow International School Bangkok
Thailand
Harrow International School in Bangkok was the first Harrow International School in Asia. With over 1,700 students on a 35-acre garden campus in north Bangkok, Harrow Bangkok provides a world-class ...
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Beijing Huijia Private School
China
Chinese education must cast off the shackles of traditional education concepts. Whether it is public or private education, both receive selection and evaluation from society. Huijia adheres to the "new, ...
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The Hutchins School
Australia
The Hutchins School is an Anglican day and boarding school for boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. The School was established in 1846 in memory of The Venerable William Hutchins, ...
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Leysin American School in Switzerland
Switzerland
Located in picturesque Leysin, facing the panorama of the Southern Alps, LAS has both a strong academic ethos and an inspirational setting! The school combines an American educational philosophy with ...
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Robert College of Istanbul
Turkey
Robert College has been a well-respected leader of education in Turkey for over 150 years. The students who enter our school are already distinguished by having scored top marks on ...
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TASIS The American School in Switzerland
Switzerland
Founded by international education pioneer M. Crist Fleming in 1956, TASIS The American School in Switzerland is a day and boarding school committed to creating global citizens through education, travel, ...
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Le Régent College
Le Régent College is a British International boarding and day school in the Swiss Alps town of Crans-Montana, for children aged 4-18. WE AIM TO Produce well-rounded, internationally-minded young men ...
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Aiglon College
Switzerland
Education should be a way of life. School should be about the development of the whole person. When John Corlette founded Aiglon College in 1949, he had a unique vision: ...
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American Schools of Angola
American Schools of Angola brings together excellence in Curriculum, proven innovation and specially selected staff to help your children develop into proud, successful, culturally sensitive global citizens and leaders. Every ...
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Stowe School
United Kingdom
Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It was opened on 11 May 1923 by J. F. Roxburgh, initially with 99 schoolboys. It is a member of the ...
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Merrick Preparatory School
Distinctly Canadian - Uniquely Global!Since its opening in 2012, students from more than 22 countries have called Merrick International School home. International students come for the focused academic attention and ...
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YK Pao School
YK Pao School is a pioneering international Chinese school. The school is a non-profit private institution founded in 2007, in memory of shipping magnate Sir Yue-Kong Pao, the renowned Chinese ...
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Pembroke House
Pembroke House is one of Kenya’s leading British Curriculum co-educational Preparatory Schools.We offer a first-rate educational experience for children aged 2 to 13 in 155 acres of the stunning Kenyan ...
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Dwight School Seoul
South Korea
Dwight School Seoul opened in August 2012 with Dwight School campuses in New York, USA; London, UK; Vancouver Island, Canada and Shanghai, China. Students in Seoul and across our international ...
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British International School, Phuket
Thailand
British International School, Phuket (BISP), is an English medium, co-educational, day and boarding school that was established in 1996 in the heart of Phuket, Thailand. Its purpose-built 44 acre campus ...
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Surval Montreux
Switzerland
Surval Montreux is a unique international full boarding school in Switzerland for girls aged 12-19. We offer a broad range of study programmes: internationally recognised IGCSE/A Level and American High ...
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BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School
Germany
BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School is a coeducational English-language day and boarding school serving the internationally-minded community of Germany’s capital region and beyond. The school is a limited-liability, non-profit entity ...
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Salem Academy
United States
For bright, motivated young women, Salem Academy is more than a school—it's the beginning of possible. Since 1772, Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has focused solely on educating young ...
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Pickering College
Founded in 1842, Pickering College is an independent boarding (Grades 7 to 12) and day (Kindergarten to Grade 12) school for boy and girls in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, just 40 ...
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Colegio Mas Camarena
Mas Camarena is a multilingual private School with following a Spanish curriculum that ranges from the first cycle of the Elementary school up to Baccalaureate and Vocational training Cycles. Our ...
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International School San Patricio Toledo
Spain
International School San Patricio Toledo, founded in 2006, belongs to San Patricio institution dedicated to education since 1958, which has three centers in Madrid, one center in Toledo and a ...
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Branksome Hall Asia
Founded in 2012, we are the sister school of Branksome Hall Canada, an independent girls’ school in Toronto founded in 1903. We are an International Baccalaureate World School that offers ...
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Institut Montana Zugerberg
Switzerland
Institut Montana Zugerberg is a fully accredited Swiss international boarding school for 90 years now and since 1987 an official IB World School. We offer four academic programmes: The Bilingual Elementary School ...
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Schule Schloss Salem
Germany
Schule Schloss Salem is Germany's most prestigious boarding school for students aged 10 to 19. It was founded in 1920 by Kurt Hahn, who later also founded Gordonstoun School, the ...
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Stiftung Louisenlund
Germany
The Louisenlund Foundation is a state recognised grammar school for approximately 440 boys and girls. For the last 65 years Louisenlund has stood for a harmonious combination of school and ...
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APU American International School
Since its inception in 2004, APU has provided a pathway to US universities by delivering a quality American education in Vietnam. We offer a rigorous curriculum approved by the state ...
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The Hill School
United States
Founded in 1851 as The Family Boarding School, The Hill School prepares young men and women from across the country and around the world for college, careers, and life. Within ...
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College du Leman – International School
Switzerland
Collège du Léman is a Private, Day & Boarding, International school located in Geneva, Switzerland and offers individual growth, academic excellence and life-long learning to students from Pre-K through Grade ...
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Institut auf dem Rosenberg
Switzerland
Institut auf dem Rosenberg is a Swiss international private boarding school for boys and girls aged 6-19 years. Passionate about education and the development of meaningful learning and free-time experiences, ...
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THINK Global School
United States
Welcome THINK Global School is a fully accredited traveling high school where you’ll live and learn in four countries a year, making unforgettable connections between your education and the world ...
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Fulford Academy
Canada
Fulford Academy is a coeducational, private day/boarding school located in Brockville, Ontario Canada, home of the famous 1000 Islands on the majestic St. Lawrence River. Established in 2002, Fulford Academy ...
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Merchiston Castle School
United Kingdom
‘A balanced curriculum, excellent pastoral care and a high A level pass rate make Merchiston one of the UK’s leading independent schools’ – www.ukboardingschools.com Merchiston is the only boys’ independent ...
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St. Andrew’s School
United States
Founded in 1929 with an unprecedented approach to financial aid, St. Andrew's is an independent, co-ed, all-boarding, Episcopal high school. We stand today as a community dedicated to tying education ...
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Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
Switzerland
The Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, founded in 1904, is a Swiss international boarding school set in spectacular alpine landscape near St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Lyceum campus occupies an extensive site with ...
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St. Timothy’s School
St. Timothy’s is a private, all-girls boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (DP) and Middle Years Program (MYP). Our goal is ...
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The International School of Catalunya (ISCAT)
The International School of Catalunya (ISCAT) is a coeducational British Day and Boarding School located in La Garriga, Barcelona, following the British National Curriculum from Nursery through to Year 13 ...
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The Loomis Chaffee School
United States
The Loomis Chaffee School is a renowned New England boarding school located on a 300-acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874 by five siblings whose children all died tragically ...
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Rosseau Lake College
Canada
Rosseau Lake College is an independent co-ed, day and boarding school offering Grades 7 – 12, located along the natural, picturesque setting of Lake Rosseau in the Muskoka region. With ...
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Institut Monte Rosa
Switzerland
Since 1874, Monte Rosa has been offering a wide range of academic programs in both general subject areas and intensive language studies, taught by enthusiastic teaching experts, in a family-like ...
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Brookhouse Schools
Kenya
Brookhouse is a co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 2 – 19, offering an adapted form of the British National Curriculum to Kenyan and international pupils. The pursuit ...
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Kodaikanal International School
India
Kodaikanal International School is an international residential school located in the hills of South India. At 7000 feet above sea level, the beautiful hill station town of Kodaikanal provides an ...
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Rugby School Thailand
Rugby School Thailand is an international day and boarding school, whose approach is based upon the world-renowned British private school model, and whose curriculum is drawn from the best of ...
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Bishop’s College School
Canada
BCS is a world-renowned, English boarding and day high school located in the heart of Quebec, bordered by farmland and rolling hills in the Eastern Townships. BCS offers its students ...
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Lakefield College School
Canada
"Established in northeastern Ontario in 1879, Lakefield College School provides a world-renowned co-educational day and boarding school experience for Grades 9 through 12. LCS is inspired by a belief in ...
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St. Stephen’s School Rome
Italy
Nestling at the foot of the Aventine, the most exclusive of Rome’s seven hills, and a stone’s throw from the city’s great imperial sites, our international non-denominational high school for ...
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Squaw Valley Academy
Squaw Valley Academy is private, coed, international, college-preparatory boarding school located at Lake Tahoe, California, USA, since 1978. We enroll students who are between ages 14 and 18 in grades ...
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St. John’s International School
Belgium
St. John’s is a wonderfully unique educational institution which combines the values of companionship, integrity and respect with the rigours of a 21st century international education. We celebrate diversity and have ...
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Brillantmont International School
Switzerland
Brillantmont International School is one of the oldest schools in Switzerland. It was founded in 1882 and is still owned by the founding family. What makes Brillantmont special is not ...
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Chatham Hall
United States
Chatham Hall is about the whole girl—intellectual, moral, athletic, and spiritual. No other school has the blend of academics, honor code, athletic competitiveness, and spiritual tradition in a small school, ...
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AMADEUS International School Vienna
AMADEUS International School Vienna is a unique coeducational day and boarding IB World school with an integrated Music and Arts Academy. The mission of the school is to create an ...
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Ruamrudee International School
RIS is a pre-school through grade 12 private, not for profit school located in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded by Redemptorist Fathers 60 years ago, RIS fosters a “Union of Hearts” in ...
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St Mary’s International College
ExcellenceThe inner wealth of man and the complex, changing and globalized world in which we live, expect from our educational centers something more than a transmission of knowledge.DisciplineThe technical-pedagogical team ...
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Bromsgrove International School Thailand
Thailand
At Bromsgrove we recognise the importance of an academically rigorous education; it is important that pupils are stretched in order to make good progress and ultimately gain the best achievable ...
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College Alpin Beau Soleil
Switzerland
Founded in 1910 Beau Soleil is one of the oldest private boarding schools in Switzerland. It provides a full boarding education for students from over 40 different nationalities aged 11-18 ...
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Utahloy International School Zengcheng
China
Utahloy International School Zengcheng (UISZ) was founded in 2003 and is part of the Utahloy Education Foundation. It is located in a dynamic region of Southern China. The campus is ...
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Global Village School
Have you ever dreamed of living on a tropical island where the beaches are perfect, the food is great, and the air is pure… A place between Heaven and Earth? ...
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Dulwich College
United Kingdom
Welcome to Dulwich College, an academically selective independent boysÍ school in south London. It is an exciting time to be here and a great honour to be leading the College ...
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Collège Champittet
Collège Champittet is a school of reference in the Lausanne region and has two campuses, one in Pully-Lausanne (for students from 3 to 18 years old) and one in Nyon ...
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Trinity College School
Canada
Trinity College School is a co-educational, independent boarding/day school located on 100 acres of rolling countryside in picturesque Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, one hour's drive east of Toronto. Our Senior ...
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Cologne International School
COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - a state-approved, IB World School - provides an excellent bilingual, international education from grade 1 through to the IB Diploma or the Abitur (German high school ...
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The Brook Hill School
United States
Whether one is gifted academically, artistically or athletically, the students at Brook Hill are provided countless opportunities to be challenged: Advanced Placement and Dual Credit courses, vocal and instrumental music ...
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Taejon Christian International School
South Korea
Taejon Christian International School was established in 1958. As the first three-program IB World School in Korea, TCIS provides an excellent student-learning environment. We pride ourselves on providing a large ...
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