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expat-services.ch lists 6 hand-checked language schools in Lausanne for English speakers, including Academia Languages, Berlitz Switzerland, Ecole Lémania and Flying Teachers.
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Schools and childcare providers in Lausanne.
6 providers
Language school network; its Basel school at Heuwaage runs German level and exam courses (telc, fide), accepts Basel-City course vouchers and offers childcare during lessons.
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Is this your business?Language school with centres across Switzerland offering German, Swiss German, French, Italian and English lessons for expats, private or in groups, on site or online.
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Is this your business?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?Zurich-headquartered provider teaching German, Swiss German, French, Italian and more at its schools, at clients' premises or online, incl. integration and certificate courses.
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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
Vaud subsidises French courses given by associations: they are taught by trained staff, priced for small budgets and sometimes offer childcare during the lesson, and the canton's portal lists them by district, with Lausanne entries from women's courses with childcare to conversation workshops (Canton of Vaud, checked ). Private language schools offer flexible timetables and varying admission conditions at a higher cost, and the same portal points to the directory kept by the Vaud association of private schools (Canton of Vaud, checked ).
The University of Lausanne runs an intensive French programme in three-week sessions; the 2027 sessions are 1 to 19 February, 5 to 23 July and 23 August to 10 September, and the 50-hour morning course costs CHF 750 and the 80-hour full-day course CHF 1,050 (UNIL, checked ). Its Certificat de Qualification en Français tests four skills against CEFR levels A1 to C1 (UNIL, checked ). The city's brochure «Apprendre à Lausanne» lists adult courses from institutions, associations and private schools, free or paid (lausanne.ch, 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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