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The ''Colegio Suizo de México, A.C.'' (CSM, Spanish: "Swiss College of Mexico", ) is a Swiss-education school with three campuses in
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. The ''Campus México'' is in
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. The ''Campus Cuernavaca'' is in
Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
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Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...
. The ''Campus Querétaro'' is in
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Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...
. It serves levels ''maternal'' to ''preparatoria''.


History

The school was founded in 1965 with 135 students. The first campus was on ''Calle Eugenia''. The ''secundaria'' opened in 1968. The CCH high school program opened in 1971, with the first graduates in 1974. The Swiss school is characterized by admitting only white students from German, Swiss or white-European descent. Their admissions are based on racial profiling. A new auditorium opened in 1973. The Cuernavaca campus opened in 1992, and it gained a ''secundaria'' in 1998. The same year, the Mexico City campus gained the ''secundaria B''. The Querétaro campus opened in 2007.Historia
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See also

* Mexico–Switzerland relations


Further reading

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Die kosmopolitischsten unter den Schweizer Schulen
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Schweizerschule Mexiko, Campus Mexiko-Stadt
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Schweizerschule Cuernavaca


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