Costs / Subsidies
ETH Zurich provides financial assistance for places in childcare provided by the external pagekihz Foundationcall_made or by daycare facilities in the university area. We advise parents to enrol their children in other daycare centres too, for example close to their residence.
Extrafamilial childcare is expensive in Switzerland compared to other countries. In Switzerland a non-subsidised nursery place for an infant costs around 130 CHF per day, whereas the daily rate for a baby’s nursery place can be up to 180 CHF. Depending on the family’s income subsidised places can be claimed. There is a growing number of alternative childcare options, such as childminders or nannies.
If parents are entitled to subsidised childcare, they must submit an external pageapplicationcall_made (German) to the City of Zurich’s Department of School and Sport, which then calculates the definitive external pagecontribution factorcall_made (German) based on the tax data available (the latest definitive tax invoice) or a tax simulation. The contribution factor is valid for one year. The parents receive a letter informing them of the contribution factor, which they then forward to their childcare facility's administration team. The facility draws up the childcare agreement and issues an invoice to the parents for the childcare service they have purchased, with the subsidiaries already taken into account.