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expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked language schools in Zug for English speakers: Academia Languages, Berlitz Switzerland and Plunge Languages.
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Arabic. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Schools and childcare providers in Zug.
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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?Language school with centres across Switzerland offering German, Swiss German, French, Italian and English lessons for expats, private or in groups, on site or online.
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Is this your business?Zug language school with Zurich and online classes, teaching German, Swiss German and other languages to expats in groups of up to five, private lessons and exam prep (telc, fide, Goethe).
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Subsidised group courses called Deutsch in der Gemeinde run in most Zug communes, including Zug itself, at levels A1, A2 and B1 from CHF 240 for 32 lessons. Courses start in February and in August or September, registration goes through the commune, and the Zug courses offer a children's room (Fachstelle Migration Zug, checked ).
The Fachstelle Migration Zug at Chamerstrasse 50 teaches a beginners' crash course of four 90-minute sessions for CHF 60 (Fachstelle Migration Zug, checked ). It also holds the fide test A1–B1 for CHF 265, including a CHF 15 administration fee, with results and the language passport posted within four weeks (Fachstelle Migration Zug, checked ). Candidates must be 16 or older, and the spoken part takes 40 minutes and the written part 60 minutes after a 15-minute introduction (Fachstelle Migration Zug, checked ).
Language levels count for status. Zug asks for A1 written and A2 oral German for a C permit (Canton of Zug, Amt für Migration, checked ). Ordinary naturalisation applications from 1 January 2025 need B2 oral and B1 written, with a certificate (Canton of Zug, checked ).
Foreign nationals arriving in Zug register with the cantonal migration office (Amt für Migration, Aabachstrasse 1) within 14 days (2026) (Amt für Migration Zug, checked ), EU/EFTA citizens by posting form A1. The City of Zug's residents' office in the Stadthaus receives the registration automatically and charges nothing (stadtzug.ch, checked ). Swiss citizens report a move through eUmzug. More in registering at your commune.
Read more The fide test in Switzerland: levels, format, fees and test centresC permit in Switzerland: requirements and how to switch from B to C
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