Ecole d'Humanité

Ecole d'Humanité is a unique international boarding school founded in 1934 and located in the Swiss Alps above Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland (near the German border). Educating students aged 8 to 20 from over 30 countries, Ecole d'Humanité offers a progressive, alternative educational philosophy inspired by the work of Paul and Edith Geheeb. The school offers the Swiss Matura and the IB Diploma, with a strong emphasis on arts, crafts, music, and outdoor education. The school operates as a democratic community where students participate in decision-making alongside teachers. Classes are small (typically 5-8 students), enabling deep personal engagement with every learner. The mountain setting provides extraordinary skiing, hiking, and outdoor learning opportunities year-round. Ecole d'Humanité is one of the most distinctive and philosophically coherent international schools in the world, attracting families who value individual freedom, creativity, and authentic community living within a rigorous academic framework.