Living in the Canton of Vaud
Are you looking for an authentic and a safe and stimulating region where you can make the most of your life? Are you into culture, thrills and innovation to spice up your everyday life? Welcome to the Canton of Vaud!
The art of living, Vaudois style
An exceptional setting where everyone can find fulfilment
One single stay in the Canton of Vaud is sufficient to discover an extraordinary environment and a state of mind that meets all the conditions needed to enjoy a fulfilling life. Indeed, you will find a region where life is good… and where you can live well!
Because the Canton of Vaud is:
- A region of breathtaking beauty and great diversity: Lake Geneva and its subtle reflections, its multicoloured vineyards, mountains, and paradisical sites will soon win over your heart.
- Thirteen regions to explore: they’re all as unique as they’re different! Their abundant terroir and fantastic gastronomic and cultural offers will amaze you.
- A stimulating collective energy: its network of talents and its economic and intellectual abundance will make all the difference for each of your projects.
- A sense of security and reliability: its political stability, the efficiency of its institutions and the Vaudois-style art of living will incite you to make long-term plans.
- A perfect balance between professional and academic opportunities and rejuvenating leisure activities: in other words, a place where everyone can fulfil themselves.
- Recognised expertise
- Innovation and health
- A good place to settle
Thanks to its two labels, the Canton of Vaud values local companies and terroir products that contribute to the canton’s national and international reputation.
- The VAUD AMBASSADEUR label brings together companies and institutions that promote and defend fundamental values such as respect, ethics and sustainability.
- The VAUD CERTIFIÉ D’ICI label guarantees the proximity, diversity, authenticity, and traceability of more than 1,800 Vaudois products.
In short: the Canton of Vaud stands for the dedication to excellence at the service of quality.
As a fundamental asset for good living, the Canton of Vaud features research and innovation centres, incubators, colleges, and a health care network.
- The Canton of Vaud offers a truly stimulating innovation hub by bringing together and connecting universities, colleges, research centres, investors, and entrepreneurs.
- The Canton of Vaud is often referred to as “Health Valley” because of its University Hospital Centre (CHUV) and the high-level specialists active in and around it. The canton is therefore in a position to offer a variety of treatments ranging from advanced medical care to rest cures, which guarantee better physical and mental health.
Being built with enthusiasm and dynamism, Vaudois excellence owes nothing to chance.
The Canton of Vaud is one of Switzerland’s most cosmopolitan regions. Would you like to settle here? We accompany you step by step.
- All related information is on our “Practical Tips” page.
- The website of the Cantonal Office for the Integration of Foreigners and the Prevention of Racism will inform you about the administrative procedures related to you moving here, labour market conditions, how to find a place to stay, and the various ways of learning French.
Welcome to the Canton of Vaud!
