How much is annual tuition for a child aged 3–5 at Christliche Deutsche Schule Chiang Mai (Christian German School Chiang Mai, CDSC)?

156,000 THB per year (226,000 THB in the first year, including one-time fees).

How much is annual tuition for a child aged 17–19 at Christliche Deutsche Schule Chiang Mai (Christian German School Chiang Mai, CDSC)?

328,000 THB per year (428,000 THB in the first year, including one-time fees).

Christliche Deutsche Schule Chiang Mai (Christian German School Chiang Mai, CDSC)

Ages: 3–19Kindergarten–Sixth Form
Location: Saraphi, Chiang Mai

Cost per year

From156,000 THBFollowing years

First year: 226,000 THB

Ages	First year	Following years
	226,000 THB	156,000 THB
	326,000 THB	156,000 THB
	351,000 THB	251,000 THB
	361,000 THB	261,000 THB
	382,000 THB	282,000 THB
	405,000 THB	305,000 THB
	428,000 THB	328,000 THB

First year includes one-time fees such as registration and deposit

Additional fees that may apply

These are not included in the figures above. They are charged only in certain cases — not to every family — so read the note on each line to see when it applies.

Other14,000–34,000 THB per year
Additional lessons (DaZ/remedial/special education), per 1 lesson per week: large group (4 or more students) 14,000 THB/year, up to small group (no more than 3 students) 17,000 THB/year, per lesson (the maximum figure is for 2 lessons in a small group); no sibling discount applies to this item
Other5,000 THB, one-time
New-student visa processing fee, in cases where parents fail to submit documents on time / miss appointments requiring the process to restart; Guardian Visa fee is also charged at 5,000 baht, or 500 baht if the school only issues supporting documents

Location

Saraphi, Chiang Mai · Open in Google Maps

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Basic information

Founded in October 1994 by the Marburger Mission Foundation and the German Embassy in Bangkok, this Saraphi school is a government-recognized German school abroad, honored as an Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule, teaching the German curriculum from kindergarten to the Abitur.

Curriculum	German
Language of instruction	German
Founded	1994
Accreditation	German Auslandsschule
Student count	232
Religious affiliation	Christian
Organisation type	Not-for-profit
Website	https://cdsc.ac.th

Nationality mix: No published nationality breakdown found on the official website; many students come from bilingual/trilingual families (German-English-Thai)

Admissions

Intake	Applications open	Deadline	Status
August	—	Rolling	Unknown — Main new-student intake is at the start of the academic year in August each year; no clearly stated general application closing date was found for students who already have a German-language background.
January	—	2025-11-14	Unknown — The German Preparation Course (for students without a German-language background) runs January-June, before entering the regular Grade 5 the following August; the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic year is November 14, 2025 (Open Day October 29, 2025; placement tests November 21 and 24, 2025).

Admission assessment: Entrance exam · Subject test · Language proficiency test

Daily life

School lunch	Yes
School bus	No
Boarding	No

Activities: Has a Guest Student program for exchange students from Grade 10 upward; a CDSC Forest community and other extracurricular activities; history is taught bilingually (German/English) from Grade 8, and physics is taught entirely in English from Grade 10 to prepare for the DIA exam