The joy of learning

Lausanne, the capital of the canton of Vaud, is a major university town and a centre of research and education of international scope.

No matter whether you are an employer looking for trained staff, a professional wanting to complete your education, a company seeking to collaborate in top-drawer university research, or even an expatriate looking to put your children through school, you will find schools and universities with a global standing and reputation in the canton of Vaud.

Some examples? IMD, a business school on a par with Harvard and INSEAD (Paris), whose MBA programmes are ranked among the best in the world by BusinessWeek and the Financial Times year after year. The EPFL, whose excellence in the fields of science and engineering helped to bring victory to the yachtsmen of Team Alinghi in the 2003 and 2007 America's Cup. The ECAL, recently also named by U.S. magazine BusinessWeek one of the best schools of applied art and design in the plaent. Or even Lausanne Hotel School (EHL), the premier and most prestigious educational establishment in the hotel trade and receptionist professions.

highlights

  • Lausanne (UNIL-EPFL): the biggest university campus in Switzerland (25’000 students and researchers)
  • 4 academic universities and 11 universities of applied sciences (HES)
  • EPFL: 2nd place in Europe according to the Shanghai ranking of technical universities
  • More than 200 professional education institutions
  • Approximately 30% of the population has completed higher education (university)
  • A free public education system of very high quality by international standards
  • Approximately 50 private schools enjoying an excellent international reputation (www.avdep.ch)