Every year many expats, students, and tourists are drawn to multicultural Lausanne, the fourth largest city in Switzerland with a population just shy of 130,000 inhabitants. The attraction lies in its unique location with its beautiful lakefront, proximity to the Swiss Alps and key business centres such as Geneva and the national capital Bern. For many businesses and students, the attraction also lies with some of the top international higher education institutions who all hail from Lausanne.

Lausanne is located in the heart of the Romandie region of Switzerland where French is spoken. However, Switzerland has four official languages – German, French, Italian and Romansh – so exposure to all of these, plus English, often the language of business, is common daily. This allows students to put their classroom language learning to work in day-to-day circumstances around the city through direct immersion.