Neuchatel Junior College

Neuchâtel Junior College ignites a lifelong sense of adventure, courage and purpose through an extraordinary, immersive education. Our purpose is reflected in every aspect of life at NJC and serves as the foundation for our progressive approach to education. For over 60 years, our program has consistently resulted in graduates who are knowledgeable, confident, independent and leaders of their own lives.

Our purpose is reflected in every aspect of life at NJC and serves as the foundation for our progressive approach to education. For over 60 years, our program has consistently resulted in graduates who are knowledgeable, confident, independent and leaders of their own lives.

Our purpose is reflected in every aspect of life at NJC and serves as the foundation for our progressive approach to education. For over 60 years, our program has consistently resulted in graduates who are knowledgeable, confident, independent and leaders of their own lives.

Our unique school, perched on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel in the beautiful Swiss town of the same name, is ideally suited to students of this kind. Students come to us eager to learn more about the world around them; drawn to change, they sense that the world has more to offer them if they could just step outside the boundaries of their local experiences. Neuchâtel Junior College exists for these types of students at this pivotal time in their lives, and here, they learn about themselves as much as they learn about the world.

Over the course of many months, our students explore centres of Western European civilization, which helped to shape our own culture, giving them knowledge of the past with which to consider the future. They visit unfamiliar and exotic places to gain an insight into the similarities and differences of other cultures in this increasingly global community. Inspired by NJC’s program, our students also learn that they can have a positive impact on each place they visit. This may be through participation in a service rip, involvement in a Model UN activity, or by helping to make our school community a better place through personal character, talent, ideas and leadership. All of this they experience while immersed in their studies, surrounded by inspiring teachers and classmates, and living with a local Swiss, French-speaking family. This formula, unique in the world for over 60 years, consistently opens minds, broadens perspectives, and inspires graduates to make their place in the world more meaningful and purposeful.