International Students Office

Contact Information

At IBAS, we want to make sure you can get help quickly and from the right person. Depending on your question or concern, different departments handle different types of issues. Please make sure to contact the appropriate office for faster support.

Current Students: All communication must be made either through OpenSIS or using your school-issued IBAS email account. This ensures your query is verified and can be processed efficiently.

OpenSIS can be found HERE

Role Contact Support Areas Availability / Notes
Admissions
Applications
Documents
Admission process
 Before enrollment only
Registrar
Student Verification/Alumni
Programme changes or clarifications
LMS access or issues
Grades and transcripts
Financial requests
After enrollment.
Typical response time: 1–3 business days.
IT Support
Technical help
IT-related issues
 Responses provided during regular working hours.
On-Site Campus Manager
Beata Hubnerova
General On-site Inquiries
Gemeinde registration
Health insurance
Administrative matters
Available during set office hours (Mon & Thu) 09:30–17:00
Messages outside these times may be answered later.
Study Abroad Agents Contact your assigned agent
Programme changes (duration, specialisation)
Documentation
Communication with IBAS
 Available throughout your studies; agents continue to support you both
for online studies and after you arrival in Switzerland if you are on-site.

International Students at Campus Thalwil

If you are an international students planning to attend or already attending International Business Academy of Switzerland at Campus Thalwil, then you will find resources and services here to support you throughout your time as an IBAS student.

What can we do for you?

Age Requirement: 18 to 30 ages

Financial Requirement: CHF 21000 in bank account

Academic Requirement:

  • to study a Bachelor degree: a High School or Senior Secondary School diploma
  • to study a Master degree:  a Bachelor degree or equivalent
  • to study a Doctorate: a Master degree or equivalent

English Requirement:

  • to study a Bachelor degree: IELTS 5.5 or equivalent
  • to study a Master degree: IELTS 6.0 or equivalent
  • to study a Doctorate degree:  IELTS 6.0 or equivalent

  • Valid National Passport
  • Picture of Applicant (passport size)
  • Visa Application Forms
  • Motivation Letter (purpose, future plan and reason for studying in Switzerland)
  • Declaration Letter (declaration & commitment to leave Switzerland after graduation)
  • Applicant’s CV
  • Admission Letter from IBAS
  • Finance Requirement:
    • Bank statement of the applicant
    • Written confirmation letter of sponsor (case-by-case)
    • Copy of passport of sponsor (first & last page) (case-by-case)
    • A solvency proof of sponsor (case-by-case)
    • Bank account statement of sponsor for last 3 months (case-by-case)

Prospective students must apply for a Swiss Student Visa at the Swiss Embassy in your home country.

After receiving all the necessary documents from IBAS Admissions Office, students must schedule an appointment with the Swiss Embassy to submit their visa application.

The student must submit all required documents and attend an interview at the Swiss Embassy.

Students must show a minimum of 21,000 CHF in their bank account at one of the Swiss approved banks. Click –> Authorised-Banks

All visa required documents must be in English or officially translated in English and notarized.

Students must inform the Admissions Office after they have submitted all the required documents and attended the interview at the Swiss Embassy in their home country.

It takes a minimum of 2-to 3-months to receive the Swiss Student Visa result from the Migration Office in Switzerland.

The Admissions Office will follow-up with the IBAS School Secretary to check on the status of the student visa with the Migration Office in Switzerland.

If the Migration Office in Switzerland needs more information, the Admissions Office and IBAS’ School Secretary will support the student in preparing any needed information and provide a letter to the Migration Office.

When the Migration Office approves the student visa:

  • The Admissions Office will inform the student and Finance to issue the student an invoice for the 2nd total fees payment.
  • The balance of your total fees must be paid after IBAS has presented a proof of your visa confirmation but not later than 4 weeks prior to the term commencement date.

Upon receiving full payment, IBAS will issue a Confirmation of Full Payment (CFP) letter and will send it directly to the Swiss Embassy in your home country so you may receive your visa stamp. After that, you may book your flight ticket.

Kindly contact IBAS Admissions Office to arrange your arrival date before purchasing the flight ticket. The Admissions Office will prepare an arrival plan once the student purchases the flight ticket to Zurich airport. IBAS does not provide airport pickup services.

Upon arriving in Switzerland, the Registrar will send information of class schedule, training plan, resources (if any), guidelines of Registrar, etc. to students.

Your International Education Experience Begins …

When the Migration Office approves the student visa and you have paid your fees, IBAS will issue a Confirmation of Full Payment (CFP) letter and will send it directly to the Swiss Embassy in your home country so you may receive your visa stamp. After that, you may book your flight ticket.

Kindly contact IBAS Admissions Office to arrange your arrival date before purchasing the flight ticket.

The Admissions Office will prepare an arrival plan once the student purchases the flight ticket to Zurich airport. Staff will not pick up student in the airport.

Upon arriving in Switzerland, the Registrar will send information of class schedule, training plan, resources (if any), guidelines of Registrar, etc. to students.

Your International Education Experience Has Began …

According to Swiss immigration laws, students must register within 7 days upon arrival at the local Gemainde (municipality).

IBAS will assist students will this process.

Upon the request of an international student, IBAS will assist in securing a translator if needed.

IBAS will assistance students with purchasing proper Swiss health insurance from a list of approved Swiss health insurance providers.

Students are must to purchase Swiss health insurance within 3 months upon arrival.  IBAS requires students to purchase health insurance as within one week of registering at their gemeinde.

If students need assistance with purchasing travel card (transporation), bank account etc. they may request assistance with IBAS secretary.

International Students
International Students

IBAS provides information about local customs and culture.

IBAS students can go to any doctor in Canton Zurich, but IBAS students prefer the Airport Medical Center as they are open 365 days a year from 7.30 till 19.00 and speak English.

Airport Medical Center – SERVICES
We treat all diseases, chronically ill patients and emergencies.
Our cross-linked range of services – the combination of basic medical care and specialists in one place – enables comprehensive patient-oriented medical care.

https://www.airportmedicalcenter.ch/home-en.html

Airport Medical Center Website

MEDICOPRAXIS Thalwil
Bahnhofstrasse 12, 8800, Thalwil

http://www.medicopraxis.ch/

Medico Website

Praxis in Centrum
Alte Landstr. 130
8800 Thalwil
https://www.hausarzt-thalwil.ch/

praxis website

IBAS assists all students in locating and renting rooms in student dorm facilities in the surrounding area.

Studentenhaus-WOKO

There are over 3,500 rooms available in 65 properties throughout the cities of Zurich and Winterthur. All the properties can be reached very easily by public transport and the majority are conveniently located near one of the university campuses. They range from houses in the older part of the city with simple furnishings to purpose-built student residences and complexes with a modern infrastructure.

  • FUHRSTRASSE 2, 8820 WÄDENSWIL
    • The old timber-framed house on Fuhrstrasse offers luxurious accommodation for 15 students. The property was remodeled in 2019 and equipped with new sanitary facilities. The mix between listed furnishings and modern furniture, makes this property a new gem. The common areas are furnished – the rooms unfurnished.

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For International Student Living in Switzerland and Attending Class at IBAS Campus

Required documents to apply for extending visa should be sent to Gemeinde 3-months or the latest 2 weeks before expiring old visa. If a student doesn’t follow the required due dates, then the school secretariat will report such case to Migration.

Required documents:

  1. personal visit to Gemeinde with valid passport and old visa permit card
  2. application form for visa prolongation (form must be filled and signed at Gemeinde)
  3. admission letter from IBAS
  4. valid rent contract (please be aware it’s not recommended to change the address during the process of visa prolongation)
  5. financial statement / financial means of livelihood * (details see below)

Gemainde checks all required documents (as above 1 – 4) and sends it to Migration’s Register to Zurich, Berninastrasse for final processing. Migration will contact you soon to prove your financial statement.

Please note that Migration’s Register Zurich can always ask students additional questions about the school or living in Switzerland. It’s highly recommended to cooperate and abide by the given due dates and answer all questions to avoid any misunderstandings and not to delay the time of the whole visa prolongation process.

Answers to additional questions from Migration Zurich can be sent by the student or by an authorised person (if power of attorney is given ) via post or as PDF file to Migration’s email info@ma.zh.ch. Please always attach the given ZH-number of student’s file.

For Onsite IBAS Students Leaving Switzerland Permanently

Students who intend to leave Switzerland permanently are required to “deregister” at the local Gemeinde (municipality).

  • 2-4 weeks before leaving Switzerland deregistration in Gemeinde (municipality) is needed.

Old residency permit card must be given back to Gemeinde (municipality) at the end of residency.

Gemeinde (municipality) also requires the new address in new country of residence, so all documents, bills etc., will be sent to student after his/her departure (e.g., the end of year heating cost calculation and so on).

Official letter of deregistration from Gemeinde (municipality) shows the date of end of residency in Switzerland.

  • The official letter of deregistration is critical since it’s required to cancel services such as utilities, mandatory medical insurance, cell phone contracts, etc. and receive reimbursements for any services a person may have pre-paid.

Students will likely be required to show the letter of deregistration to Customs, if they are moving to another country with household items, so as to avoid paying import taxes on private possessions.

  • Letter of deregistration also dictates when a person is no longer liable to pay into Swiss taxes.

Termination notice on a student’s rental property must be submitted in time.

End date of residency permit reflects the end date of Admissions letter.

If student finish his/her study in IBAS earlier than end date shown on his/her residency permit, then the school secretariat has to report the student’s leaving from IBAS to the Migration office.

Notice agreement between student and the school is appreciated.