Tutoring in Switzerland — from CHF 79/h + 8.1% MwSt.
Tutoring in Switzerland — from CHF 79/h + 8.1% MwSt.
A degree-qualified tutor at your kitchen table in Seefeld, Enge, Hottingen or Oerlikon — for the IB, IGCSE, A-Levels, the Matura or the Gymi entrance exam. Assigned in 48–72 hours, taught in English or German, refundable in full if a session falls short.
Tutoring with Rundil costs CHF 89 per hour excl. 8.1% MwSt for the tier almost every Zürich family needs (CHF 99 for exam-critical IB, A-Level, Matura and Gymi work). Tell us the curriculum, the subject and the year group; we assign a degree-qualified tutor within 48 to 72 hours, at home across the city's neighbourhoods or online at the same price — and refund any session in full if it falls short.
Tell us where your child is and which subjects are hurting. We will show you what a weekly rhythm actually costs — at home or online, the same price — with no email, no waiting and no sales call.
Our Experienced tutors handle everyday IB, IGCSE, A-Level and Matura work across every subject. Choose the second option if a predicted grade or the Matura is on the line, if your child is sitting the Gymi entrance exam, or if they need additional learning support — we assign from our Most Accomplished tutors.
Zürich is a city of parallel school systems — the international schools running the IB and IGCSE, the British schools on A-Levels, and the cantonal Gymnasien on the Matura, with the Gymi entrance exam deciding who gets in. Most tutoring services pick one lane. Rundil assigns a specialist for whichever course your child is actually sitting, comes to your home anywhere in the city, teaches in English or German, and stands behind every hour with a full refund if it falls short.
An IB HL tutor and a Matura tutor are not interchangeable. Tell us the course your child is sitting and we assign a specialist who teaches it — typically within 48 to 72 hours.
At-home sessions across every Zürich neighbourhood, from Seefeld to Oerlikon, or online at the same price. No commute, no waiting room — the tutor comes to you.
International-school students taught in English, Matura and Gymi students in German, bilingual households in both. The tutor uses whichever language moves the subject fastest.
One session a week through the year, more in the run-up to the exams, nothing once they are done. No registration fee, no minimum term, nothing to cancel afterwards.
Every Rundil tutor is degree-qualified, employed by us and vetted before a first assignment. Between them: ETH Zürich, EPFL, the University of Basel and the University of Zürich. They live and teach across the city and its lakeside communes, and cover every Zürich curriculum — the IB, IGCSE, A-Levels, the Matura and the Gymi entrance exam.
Maths — IB, IGCSE, Matura & Gymi · Seefeld & the Zürichberg
MSc Mathematics, ETH Zürich · 8+ years teaching and tutoring across curricula
Sophie teaches Maths across every Zürich curriculum — IB Higher and Standard Level, IGCSE, the Matura, and the Gymi entrance exam for younger pupils. She is unusually good at the part most tutors skip: reading the mark scheme with the student until they can see where the method marks live, and why a correct answer with no working is worth less than a wrong one with clear method. Her final-year students spend most of the last term on timed past-paper practice rather than fresh content, at home in Seefeld and Hottingen or online.
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Physics & Maths — IB HL, A-Level & Matura · Enge & the Zürichsee
MSc Applied Physics, ETH Zürich · 9+ years of international-school and cantonal teaching
Daniel covers Physics and Maths for the IB, A-Level and the Matura alongside IGCSE, which matters more than it sounds: most Physics marks lost at this level are lost in rearranging an equation, not in understanding the physics. He works through forces, waves, electricity, thermal physics and the nuclear topics with the calculation habits attached, and prepares students properly for the practical work and the Internal Assessment — the parts schools often leave until far too late. He teaches at home in Enge and Wollishofen and along the lake, or online.
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Chemistry & Biology — IB, A-Level & Matura · Fluntern & Oerlikon
PhD Molecular Biology, University of Basel · MSc Biochemistry · 8+ years tutoring the sciences, in English and German
Amira teaches Chemistry and Biology for the IB, A-Level and the Matura, and at IGCSE, in English or German. She is the tutor families ask for when the content volume is the problem: moles and titration, organic chemistry, genetics, transport and respiration, taught as a small number of ideas rather than eighty pages. Every topic ends with an exam-style question and a real mark, so revision stops being re-reading. She works at home across Fluntern, Oerlikon and Wallisellen or online.
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Physics & Computer Science — IB, A-Level & IGCSE · Altstetten & Wipkingen
MSc Physics, EPFL · 10+ years of IGCSE, IB and A-Level teaching
Matteo has taught the same students through IGCSE and then out the other side into A-Level and the IB Diploma, which shapes how he teaches the early years: he builds the habits the next course will assume rather than the ones that scrape a grade now. He covers Physics and Computer Science across the curricula, and is particularly effective with students who can do the physics verbally but freeze at the multi-step written question. He tutors at home in Altstetten, Wipkingen and central Zürich or online.
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Matura Maths & the Gymi entrance exam · across the city, in German
MSc Mathematics, University of Zürich · Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen · 11+ years teaching the Swiss curriculum
Lukas is a qualified Swiss secondary teacher who prepares Zürich pupils for the Gymi entrance exam and teaches Matura Maths at the Kantonsschulen, which makes him the obvious assignment for families in the cantonal system. He knows exactly what the Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung tests, where a competent pupil is about to hit an unexpected hole, and how to time the practice papers to the real exam. He teaches in German or English, whichever gets the maths across faster.
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English Language, Literature & Humanities — IB & A-Level · Küsnacht & Zollikon
Former international-school English teacher, IB and A-Level · examiner-level understanding of the assessment criteria
Thomas teaches English Language and Literature for the IB Diploma, A-Level and IGCSE, plus the essay-based humanities where the same problem recurs: strong ideas, poorly aimed at what the paper actually asks for. He teaches directed writing, the unseen commentary and the source questions in History and Geography by starting from the criteria and working backwards, and he is patient with students writing excellent essays in their second or third language. He tutors at home in Küsnacht, Zollikon and the lakeside communes or online.
Read full profileEvery tutor is individually interviewed, background-checked and assigned to the curricula they actually teach. You are never asked to browse profiles and guess — tell us the curriculum, the subject and the year group, and we assign the specialist, typically within 48 to 72 hours. We never promise a named tutor before the assignment is confirmed.
A free trial lesson is a promise that expires exactly when it starts to matter. Zürich families do not need protecting in September — they need it in the fortnight before the IB, the Matura or the Gymi, when there is no time left to fix a bad assignment. So ours never expires. If a session falls short in week two or week sixty, the student asks and it is refunded in full.
The 1.5-hour structure holds whether it is IB Higher Level Maths in Seefeld or Matura German in Oerlikon — find what the last paper actually cost, teach it properly, then put it back under exam conditions before the student leaves.
The hour in the room is the product, but it is not all of it. Three things arrive whether you ask for them or not.
Rundil covers the IB, IGCSE, A-Levels, the Swiss Matura and the Gymi entrance exam, across every subject. Tutors are assigned to the exact course your child sits — because IB Higher Level Maths and Matura Maths are not the same job, and neither is Gymi German and IB English.
Private tuition in Zürich is advertised from roughly CHF 28 an hour on a marketplace to CHF 260 at the elite end. We sit deliberately in the upper-middle. The useful question is not what an hour costs — it is how many hours it takes, and whether the grade actually arrives.
Three steps from booking form to a tutor at your kitchen table in Zürich — or on screen — usually inside 48 to 72 hours.
Tell us the curriculum, the subject, the year group and your Zürich neighbourhood on the booking form. Two minutes. If you are not sure which course, send us the school and year on WhatsApp.
We assign a degree-qualified tutor for that exact course — typically within 48 to 72 hours — and confirm the name and the schedule by WhatsApp. Faster is sometimes possible; we never promise it.
Session one reads the last mock and separates lost content from lost technique. From there it is teach, practise, prove — every session refundable if it falls short.
Four very different Zürich situations, one shared constraint: the exam and entrance-exam timetables belong to the school and the canton, not to your family calendar.
The year has started, one or two subjects are already drifting, and the exams are still a way off. This is the cheapest moment to fix it — a fortnightly session now costs a fraction of a rescue operation later.
A move into a Zürich international or cantonal school from another country or another system — landing in the middle of the IB, IGCSE or the Matura. We find the topics your child has never been taught and teach them, in English or German, before the mocks do it publicly.
The mocks came back below the predicted grades and the IB, A-Level or Matura is close. Add two sessions a week now, stop the week after the last exam — nothing is holding you afterwards.
A primary pupil sitting the Zürich Gymi entrance exam, an MYP student in the years before the Diploma, or a child who simply needs to steady a subject early. Same tutors, same guarantee.
Almost every Zürich booking sits at CHF 89 per hour excl. 8.1% MwSt. The tier follows the tutor's qualification and how demanding the work is — never the curriculum, the neighbourhood, or how far across the city the tutor travels.
| Tier | Best for | Rate excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Experienced Tutors — the everyday tier | IB, IGCSE, A-Level, Matura and Gymi work across every subject: Maths, Sciences, English, German, Economics and the humanities | CHF 89/h |
| Most Accomplished Tutors | Exam-critical IB, A-Level and Matura predicted grades, the Gymi entrance exam, and students needing additional learning support | CHF 99/h |
| Conversational Languages | Practical spoken German, English, French or Italian for everyday life in Zürich — not exam preparation | CHF 79/h |
| What a subject actually costs | One 1.5-hour session | Weekly, for a month |
|---|---|---|
| Experienced Tutors · CHF 89/h | CHF 133.50 | CHF 534 |
| Most Accomplished · CHF 99/h | CHF 148.50 | CHF 594 |
| Two subjects weekly · CHF 89/h | CHF 267 | CHF 1,068 |
For a settled weekly subject through the school year, billed predictably.
For families adding hours around mocks and the exams, paying only for what is used.
Zürich runs several school systems side by side, and each rewards something different. This is the map we use to assign the right tutor, whether your child is at an international school, a British school or a cantonal Gymnasium.
| Curriculum | Typical years | What it really rewards | Start here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gymi entrance | Aufnahmeprüfung | One cantonal exam in German and Maths, one chance. The gateway to a Zürich Gymnasium — sat while your child is still at primary school. | Gymi preparation Zürich → |
| IB MYP | Years 7–9 | Criterion marking that looks nothing like a percentage — and the writing habits the Diploma will start putting marks on. | MYP tutoring Zürich → |
| IB DiplomaPopular in Zürich | Years 12–13 | Internal Assessment craft, command terms and the Extended Essay. The most common curriculum at Zürich's international schools. | IB tutoring Zürich → |
| IGCSE | Years 10–11 | Externally examined papers, Core or Extended entry, and board-specific question styles — Cambridge and Edexcel genuinely differ. | IGCSE tutors Switzerland → |
| A-Levels | Years 12–13 | Depth over breadth, and the mark-scheme discipline that separates a B from an A*, at Zürich's British-curriculum schools. | A-Level tutoring Switzerland → |
| Swiss Matura | Kantonsschule | Sustained performance across many subjects, in German, written and oral — the route through Zürich's cantonal Gymnasien. | Exam preparation → |
Zürich has one of the densest concentrations of international schools and cantonal Gymnasien in Switzerland — the IB and IGCSE schools around the lake, and the Kantonsschulen across the city. These are the programmes behind the school names, and the ones we assign tutors against.
Two promises written down rather than implied — because the two things Zürich families fear are paying for hours that changed nothing, and being tied to a tutor they cannot get away from in the term that counts.
A full refund is available after any session if the student requests it. No conditions, no asterisks, and not limited to the first lesson — every session, right through the school year and into the exam fortnight itself. It applies across every curriculum we teach in Zürich, from the IB to the Gymi. If the tutor is not the right fit going forward, we reassign at no cost and with no friction.
We publish the rating we have rather than the one we would like. It is the whole Rundil review corpus across Switzerland, not a Zürich-only figure, and the six families below are Zürich-area, across the curricula.
“Our daughter had been struggling with several Maths topics and was beginning to lose confidence in Year 10. Her Rundil tutor came to our home in Seefeld, explained everything clearly, identified the gaps in her understanding and gave her a much more structured way to approach exam questions. She now feels calmer and far better prepared.”
“The tutor had an excellent understanding of the IB Higher Level Physics course and quickly worked out where our son needed support. The lessons combined clear explanations with plenty of past-paper practice, which was exactly what he needed. We booked online from Küsnacht and have seen a noticeable improvement in both his confidence and his results.”
“We were looking for a tutor who could help our daughter with the Gymi entrance exam while she was still at primary school in Oerlikon. The tutor was patient, encouraging and knew exactly what the Aufnahmeprüfung demands in both German and Maths. She passed and started at the Kantonsschule this autumn.”
“Rundil assigned a knowledgeable and reliable A-Level Chemistry tutor who connected very well with our son and came to us in Enge each week. The tutor made difficult concepts easier to understand and showed him how to apply his knowledge under exam conditions. The lessons have given him much more confidence going into his final year.”
“Our daughter needed help with Matura Biology and had very little time before her final exams. Her tutor created a clear revision plan, explained the more difficult topics in German and regularly checked her understanding with exam-style questions. The sessions at our home in Hottingen were focused, supportive and very well prepared.”
“The tutor helped our son move beyond simply memorising vocabulary and taught him how to structure stronger English essays for the IB. He now understands how marks are awarded and approaches longer questions much more confidently. Booking from Zollikon was easy and the tutor was reliable every week. We are very pleased with the support he has received.”
A tutor at your home in every Zürich neighbourhood, the lakeside communes and the nearby towns — and online everywhere else, at exactly the same price. Tell us your postcode on the booking form and we confirm at-home availability in your area.
Rundil provides one-to-one tutoring across the city of Zürich — at home in Seefeld, Enge, Hottingen, Fluntern, Oerlikon, Wollishofen, Wipkingen and Altstetten, out to Küsnacht, Zollikon and Wallisellen, and online everywhere at the same price. Zürich is unusual: within a few tram stops you will find children sitting the IB Diploma, IGCSE, British A-Levels, the Swiss Matura at a Kantonsschule, and primary pupils cramming for the Gymi entrance exam. A tutor who knows Maths is not the same as a tutor who knows what IB Higher Level Analysis rewards, or how the Matura marks a written exam, or exactly what the Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung tests.
So we do that matching for you. You tell us the curriculum, the subject, the year group and your neighbourhood; we assign a degree-qualified tutor for that exact course, typically within 48 to 72 hours, and confirm the name and schedule by WhatsApp. There is no gallery of profiles to sift through, no free-trial roulette, and no fee for changing your mind. If the fit is wrong, we reassign — and you never have to have the conversation with the tutor yourself. Lessons run in English or German, whichever your household needs.
Most of the marks we recover for students in Zürich were never lost to a failure of understanding. They were lost to a student who wrote a fine paragraph in answer to state, who reached the right number with no working on a four-mark question, who ran out of time because the first questions were done beautifully and slowly, or who froze in a German oral they knew the content for. None of that is fixed by more content. It is fixed by a tutor putting the published mark scheme on the table next to the script and going through it question by question until the student can see the marks as clearly as the examiner does.
That is also why every Rundil session is refundable in full if the student asks — not the first lesson, any lesson, all the way through to the final exam. It is a deliberately expensive promise. It is also the only honest way to say that we would rather sell you eight hours that change the grade than thirty that change the invoice.
Rundil charges CHF 89 per hour excl. 8.1% MwSt for tutoring in Zürich, or CHF 99 for exam-critical IB, A-Level, Matura and Gymi work, whether the tutor sits at your kitchen table in Seefeld or joins from a screen. At-home and online cost exactly the same, because the tutor and the preparation are identical — online simply widens which specialist can reach you across the city. There is no subscription, no registration fee and no minimum term: run one session a week through the year, add a second in the weeks before the exams, and stop when they are done. Free cancellation runs until 17:00 the day before, and on Flexi you pay only for hours completed. The tutoring is the product. Everything else stays out of the way.
IB, IGCSE, A-Level, Matura and Gymi specialists across every subject — CHF 89/h excl. VAT, at home anywhere in Zürich or online for the same price, assigned in 48–72 hours. Every session refundable, and nothing to cancel once the exams are done.
