Language schools
expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked French courses in Lausanne for English speakers: Ecole Lémania, Swiss French School and VOXEA.
Besides English, they also work in French, German and Italian. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Schools and childcare providers in Lausanne.
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Private school in Lausanne running intensive and super-intensive daytime French courses (A1-C1) with weekly start dates and DELF/DALF prep, for learners aged 15 to 40.
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Is this your business?French school with centres in Geneva, Lausanne and other Romandie towns offering flexible and intensive French (8-25 h/week), private and online lessons, DELF/DALF and fide prep.
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Is this your business?Lausanne language school teaching French as a foreign language at all levels, with fide test prep, private lessons and corporate programmes, plus English, German and Italian courses.
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Is this your business?Local facts
The share of residents aged 15 and over who named English among their main languages was 9.9% (2024) (lausanne.ch statistics, checked ). Each summer the BLI runs five weeks of free beginners' French at Vidy Plage, with care for children aged 2 and over (lausanne.ch, checked ). The levels attached to permits are A1 oral for a B permit outside EU/EFTA, A2 oral and A1 written for an ordinary C permit, B1 oral and A1 written for an early C permit, and B1 oral and A2 written for naturalisation (Canton of Vaud, checked ).
Vaud accepts a fide certificate, a DELF diploma, three years of compulsory school in French or secondary or tertiary education in French as proof for a C permit (Canton of Vaud, checked ). The fide list of examination institutions shows 13 in Lausanne. The full test costs CHF 250, the oral part alone CHF 170 and the written part alone CHF 120, registration closes 15 days before the exam, and the oral part lasts 40 minutes and the written part 60 (fide, checked ). At B1 or above, the canton notes that a fide dossier can be the simplest route, and that a recognised certificate converts into a language passport for CHF 20 (Canton of Vaud, checked ).
Newcomers register with the Service du contrôle des habitants at Rue du Port-Franc 18. The registration deadline is 14 days (2026) (lausanne.ch, checked ). Arrivals from abroad or from another canton book a counter appointment and attend in person with a complete file (lausanne.ch, checked ), and the city's fee schedule sets CHF 30 for registering an arrival (lausanne.ch, checked ). For the national rules, see registering at your commune.
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