Autonomous School Zürich
Education for everyone: Self-organised. Emancipatory. Together.
The Autonomous School Zurich is a project against racism and injustice. For more than 15 years, we have been organizing free courses for everyone and creating a community space. We are independent of the state and politically active.
In addition to many courses, we also look after children, run a café and even have our own football team. So we’re always looking for help with the organization, but also offer space for self-realization and learning.
Regardless of your experience, skills, ethnicity, age, gender, etc., you are always welcome at the ASZ!
The ASZ also does political work outside the school:
Together with the Alliance against Racial Profiling, we are committed to combatting racial profiling in Switzerland. We also support the alliance “Wo Unrecht zu Recht wird…” (Where Injustice Becomes Law…). This alliance campaigns against the repressive emergency aid regime for rejected asylum seekers in the canton of Zurich. We are also part of the Justice for Nzoy alliance. Delegates of the ASZ are part of the committee that organizes the charity run “Lauf gegen Rassismus” (Race Against Racism) each year in Zürich, ASZ is among the organisations supported by this charity run.
News
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Sommerferien 2026 – Summer Holidays – Vacances d’été – Літні канікули
WE ARE ON HOLIDAY!Holiday starts: 13 July 2026Back for you on: 17 August 2026We look forward to seeing you!
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Winterpause – Winter holidays – Vacances d’hiver 2025/2026
Die Autonome Schule Zürich bleibt vom 21. Dezember 2025 bis zum 4. Januar 2026 geschlossen. Der Unterricht beginnt regulär wieder am 5. Januar. The Autonomous School Zurich will remain closed from December 21, 2025 until January 4, 2026. Classes will resume regularly on January 5. L’école autonome de Zurich restera fermée du 21 décembre 2025…
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Suspending enrollment
The autonomous school is experiencing a great rush. For this reason, we are suspending enrollment from 8. September to 30. Oktober, 2025. During this time, we will not be accepting new participants for the German Course.
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Freedom for Everyone: a Spontaneous Protest
People are dying in the Mediterranean sea, in the Sahara desert, at the borders of Greece, Croatia, Spain. And they die in Zürich prisons. Fortress Europe is very close. On the 30th of April 2025 an old man from Ukraine in the deportation prison Kloten took his own life. He was justifiably afraid of being…
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No new registrations until August 18, 2025
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to register new people until August 18th, 2025. Thank you for your understanding.
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Information: No new registration for people who have no previous knowledge of German
Unfortunately, we cannot take any new beginners in our German courses at the time. New courses and registration beginning 10th of February 2025.
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Event: Scenes of fleeing
How loved ones get lost in the Mediterranean while fleeing. Or how they lose themselves in the asylum process. Why women* are taking to the streets all over the world – including in Switzerland. But also: how people are joining forces to renovate an important meeting place. How we could restructure the system to empower…
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Event: The Asylum process in Switzerland
Tuesday, 28. January 2025, 18:30 / Autonomous School Zürich, Dachstock, Sihlquai 125, Zürich Anyone who applies for asylum in Switzerland goes through a procedure with an uncertain outcome. How does the asylum procedure work and which criteria are used to make which decision? Who gets “F” and who gets “B”? What rights and restrictions are…
