City of Influence
“There is not a single person on the planet that is NOT touched every day by something that happened in Geneva.”
12th Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and 2015 Webster Geneva Campus Commencement speaker
Founding City of Humanitarian Action
City for Regional and Global Headquarters
The Lake Geneva region is also regional or global headquarters for dozens of multinational companies, and the city has a longstanding tradition as a vibrant banking and trading center. Geneva is home to high-quality universities, a leader in science, technology and innovation, and host of the CERN, where the internet was founded.
Our programs and courses at Webster Geneva Campus take full advantage of this rich learning context. Professors regularly invite guest speakers to the classroom, integrating real-world exposure at the forefront of their disciplines. The university hosts various academic conferences and public panel discussions ranging across topics that inspire creativity or address the more critical global challenges of our time. Our students regularly conduct internships in the international public, private and NGO sectors, and many of our graduates stay to live and work in the region.
Central for Exploration
Geneva’s location is also ideal for those who want to explore Switzerland and Europe. The city is a gateway to recreation in the Swiss and French Alps. There is a train station right on the Webster Geneva Campus, with trains to Geneva city center every 15 minutes that gives students direct access to the rest of Switzerland's cities and connections by train to even its high mountain villages.
Our American-style campus is just a few kilometers from the Geneva International Airport (also accessible by train). One can easily fly directly to most major European cities from Geneva in less than one hour for weekend excursions.
