Living the Glion Spirit

Whether experiencing life on-campus or venturing to the nearby towns, being a Glion student is exciting! At both of our campuses—Glion and Bulle—you'll:

  • Enjoy the culture and beauty of the surrounding area
  • Have the opportunity to easily travel to many international destinations
  • Feel at home, sharing great times with new friends from all around the world

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Your Social Life On Campus

Glion creates a strong social environment, which encourages lifelong friendships. You'll have a broad range of social and leisure activities to choose from. Each campus has a social coordinator who organises all sorts of events, on and off-campus.

Team sports can play an important part in your student life as they contribute to developing valuable team skills. Each semester students may choose to join various team sports, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, rowing, and table tennis.

Social events are just for Glion Students!
Have fun with your friends at:

  • Theme dinners
  • Outings
  • Competitions
  • Parties
  • Travel adventures, weekend trips to Italy, France and beyond!

Glion Campus: Majestic

When you first come to Glion Institute of Higher Education as an undergraduate student, you will reside on the Glion campus, as it is the starting point for all hospitality and sports management programmes. This majestic campus overlooks Lake Geneva and the “Swiss Riviera”, which boasts an unusually mild microclimate. You'll live and learn in a land of supreme beauty.

Montreux is famous worldwide
for its Jazz Festival!

Situated directly above the world-famous resort town of Montreux, and facing the Swiss and French Alps, the Glion campus gives you direct access to music festivals and many other cultural activities. The area offers a wide range of summer and winter sports activities, as well as venues for entertainment. And Lausanne, the capital of the Canton of Vaud, is only 25 minutes away by car or by train, while the international city of Geneva can be reached in less than an hour.

Both campus locations offer an array of exciting activities:

  • Skiing
  • Biking
  • Hiking & canyoning
  • Sailing & paragliding
  • Clubs & bars
  • Cinemas & theatres
  • Soccer
  • Rafting
  • Snowboarding
  • Horseback riding
  • Restaurants & concerts
  • And so much more!

Bulle Campus: Dynamic

As a second-year degree student, you'll move to the Bulle campus to join your “older” peers and colleagues, as well as graduate students. Bulle is a modern, dynamic campus, specifically designed for higher education.

Bulle is located at the heart of the Gruyère region, a magnificent area famous for its tourism, cheese and other food specialities. Just like the Glion campus, it offers a rich cultural life, many entertainment options, as well as plenty sporting activities.

Bulle was elected the most pleasant town in which to live, out of 33 cities in Switzerland!

The Bulle campus is located within a few minutes' walk from the town centre, a 30-minute drive from Montreux and just over an hour's drive from Geneva.