Introduction
Top prestigious Swiss boarding school. Boarding schools in Switzerland belong to top residential schools in the world! This is one of these schools!
Le Rosey’s 380 students are all boarders and share life on two campuses: the first an attractive manorial estate in Rolle beside Lake Geneva, and the second, during the winter months, in the picturesque alpine ski resort of Gstaad.
All students must sit either the International Baccalaureate (IB) or French baccalauréat after following an academic programme with the chance to take each subject in either English or French, as well as studying one, two or even three further foreign languages.
They live in an international community to which each Rosean contributes through his or her own language, culture and religion; making the campus a true “global village” to share with friends.
School size and facilties
Le Rosey main campus (for the boys) and the La Combe campus (for the girls) are situated in Rolle by Lac Léman, 30km from Geneva, with landscaped grounds covering 28 hectares.
School and boarding facilities:
179 bedrooms (1-3 beds) most with ensuite bathrooms
53 classrooms
8 science laboratories
14 specially-equipped rooms (music, orchestra, art, IT, study halls, conference rooms)
13 games rooms, lounges and fully-equipped kitchens in the boarding houses
48 apartments for teachers living in the boarding houses
2 Health Centres
A library/media centre containing 17,000 literary and reference works and a theatre
2 gymnasia and 4 specially-equipped sports rooms (2 fitness rooms, 1 martial arts and 1 dance studio)
3 dining rooms and 2 cafeterias: an industrial laundry (providing laundry services for both bedlinen and personal laundry), 2 professional kitchens
An ecumenical chapel, an auditorium, a graphic arts studio, a shop, an IT shop, an IT centre, a travel office.
Sports and arts facilities:
10 tennis courts
a 25-metre indoor pool with a Wellness centre (sauna, steam bath, jacuzzi)
a 25-metre open-air pool with diving board and shallow area
3 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, 2 basketball courts, 2 beach volleyball courts, 1 baseball pitch, 1 wood chip running track, 1 skateboard park, 1 playground for the juniors equipped with apparatus, an open-air theatre, a circus tent, a shooting range, an archery range
Gardens, trees, some of which are over two hundred years old, fountains, a computer-regulated greenhouse.
Off campus, Le Rosey also owns:
A private equestrian centre housing 30 horses, 1 indoor riding school, 1 dressage area, 1 clubhouse
A private sailing centre equipped with 10 dinghies, 3 motor-boats, 3 yawls and a 38-foot yacht
Le Rosey also uses a local 18-hole golf course with driving range, and a karting track situated nearby.