City of geneva

University IFM has chosen the unique and peaceful environment of Switzerland. For generations, this country has developed and maintained its know-how, its excellence in products and services and its multiculturalism. Reliability, neutrality, friendliness, punctuality, serenity, stability, multilingualism, are all words used to qualify Switzerland, a country with unique infrastructure and environment.

Geneva is known worldwide, it is situated in the heart of Europe in a privileged location. At the edge of “Lac Leman”, the city offers an exceptional quality of life. This idyllic setting is dominated by the “Jet d'Eau” and Mont-Blanc. Geneva is less than one hour from ski resorts and offers many sporting activities: sailing, water-skiing, golf, tennis, horse riding etc.

Its international airport places some of the big European cities, London, Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Milan, Nice, Amsterdam… only an hour away by plane.

A fascinating and dynamic city

Geneva is a fascinating city full of culture with its old town, numerous museums, thematic exhibitions, the Grand Theatre, art galleries ... The nightlife is vigorous and there are a multitude of places for all flavors.

A large amount of events are present in the calendar of Geneva

50'000 events / year for small city :
Sport events : Bol d'or, horse show, "Escalade" run , Davis tennis cup, Polo cup, moto championship...
Cultural : Film festivals, concert halls, theatres, numerous museums, art galleries, exhibitions.
Fairs and music festivals : Lake Parade, Paleo Festival, Caribana Festival, Geneva festival, Music festival, Escalade...
Geneva by night : wide range of trendy cafes, pubs, clubs, lounges and restaurants.

An international and business city

Geneva is recognised as an international city. It is one of the main meeting places in the world for congresses and conferences. It is host to 150 international organisations including the United Nations, the World Health Organisation, the World Trade Organisation, the European Free-Trade Association, the World Trade Organisation and The European Organisation for Nuclear Research where the World Wide Web was invented.

Geneva plays an important part in global financial markets. It hosts approximately 140 banks including Union Bank of Switzerland, Banque Cantonale de Genève, Pictet & Cie, l’Union Bancaire Privée and a majority of foreign banks such as HSBC Private Bank, CitiBank, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Merrill Lynch, Lloyd's Bank, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Bank, ING Bank.

Geneva is also chosen as world headquarters by numerous multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, Covance, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, DuPont , Cargill, Caterpillar, Lexmark, Rolex, Reuters, TOTAL, IBM, Energizer, Kempinski, Serono, SGS, Iomega, Yahoo, SGS amongst others.