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expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked language schools in Aarau for English speakers: Academia Languages, Flying Teachers and ILS International Language School.
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live.
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Language school network; its Basel school at Heuwaage runs German level and exam courses (telc, fide), accepts Basel-City course vouchers and offers childcare during lessons.
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Is this your business?Zurich-headquartered provider teaching German, Swiss German, French, Italian and more at its schools, at clients' premises or online, incl. integration and certificate courses.
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Is this your business?Basel language school with sister schools in Bern, Zurich and more; German and 40+ languages in small groups, intensive, evening and Saturday classes, plus telc and fide prep.
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Is this your business?Local facts
The Canton of Aargau co-finances German courses that follow the fide principles. In its 2025 list, evening and Saturday courses in Aarau (48 lessons over 12 weeks, levels A1 to B1) cost participants CHF 320, an intensive A1 module of 120 lessons over six weeks CHF 600 and a literacy course CHF 720; people with a cost approval from the cantonal migration and integration office pay nothing (Kanton Aargau, checked ). The canton also funds education vouchers for basic-skills courses, German among them (City of Aarau, checked ).
Two offices handle integration questions in Aarau: the Anlaufstelle Integration Aargau at Rain 24, and the Regionale Integrationsfachstelle Aarau at Heinerich-Wirri-Strasse 3, which serves eleven municipalities and publishes a newsletter and monthly programme of free education offers (City of Aarau, checked ). Among Aarau's residents, the share of foreign nationals was 23.5% (31 Dec 2025) (FSO STATPOP, checked ).
Five fide examination institutions list an Aarau address, and the whole fide test costs CHF 250 (fide office, checked ). A language certificate is needed for family reunification, residence and settlement permits and naturalisation (City of Aarau, checked ).
Newcomers register in person at the Stadtbüro, which includes the residents' registry, at Rathausgasse 1; it is open Monday to Friday, until 19.00 on Thursdays and on the first and third Saturday morning of each month (City of Aarau, checked ). The Aargau migration office sets the deadline at 14 days after arrival and before the first working day for EU/EFTA citizens taking up a job (MIKA Aargau, checked ). See registering at your commune.
Read more The fide test in Switzerland: levels, format, fees and test centres
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