Editing Geneva (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Maison de la paix petals 1 and 2.jpg|left|thumb|[[Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies]]]]
The Canton of Geneva's [[State school|public school]] system has ''écoles primaires'' (ages 4–12) and ''cycles d'orientation'' (ages 12–15). Students can leave school at 15, but secondary education is provided by ''collèges'' (ages 15–19), the oldest of which is the [[Collège Calvin]], which could be considered one of the oldest [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]] in the world,<ref name="rts.ch"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Du Collège de Genève au Collège Calvin (historique) |trans-title=From the College of Geneva to the Calvin College (historical) |url=http://wwwedu.ge.ch/po/calvin/histoire_college.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218010603/http://wwwedu.ge.ch/po/calvin/histoire_college.htm |archive-date=18 February 2008 |access-date=4 February 2008 |publisher=Geneva Education Department |language=fr}}</ref> ''écoles de culture générale'' (15–18/19) and the ''écoles professionnelles'' (15–18/19). The ''écoles professionnelles'' offer full-time courses and part-time study as part of an apprenticeship. Geneva also has a number of private schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Introduction to the Geneva Association of Private Schools |publisher=Geneva Association of Private Schools |url=http://www.agep.ch/eng/agep_presentation2.php |access-date= 4 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080119133412/http://www.agep.ch/eng/agep_presentation2.php |archive-date= 19 January 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

In 2011 89,244 (37.0%) of the population had completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 107,060 or (44.3%) had completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 107,060 who completed tertiary schooling, 32.5% were Swiss men, 31.6% were Swiss women, 18.1% were non-Swiss men and 17.8% were non-Swiss women.

During the 2011–2012 school year, there were a total of 92,311 students in the Geneva school system (primary to university). The education system in the Canton of Geneva has eight years of primary school, with 32,716 students. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced study. There were 13,146 lower-secondary students who attended schools in Geneva. There were 10,486 upper-secondary students from the municipality along with 10,330 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 11,797 students were attending private schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Service de Recherche en éducation, Geneva Education department |url=http://www.ge.ch/recherche-education/statistiques/annuaire-2012.asp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240916021002/https://www.ge.ch/recherche-education/statistiques/annuaire-2012.asp |archive-date=2024-09-16 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.ge.ch |language=fr}}</ref>

[[File:University of Geneva 2015.jpg|thumb|The [[University of Geneva]].]]
Geneva is home to the [[University of Geneva]] where approximately 16,500 students are regularly enrolled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and Figures |url=https://www.unige.ch/international/files/6414/9493/4654/FACTS_AND_FIGURES_2017_V3_light.pdf |website=University of Geneva |access-date=7 June 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117225915/https://www.unige.ch/international/files/6414/9493/4654/FACTS_AND_FIGURES_2017_V3_light.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1559 [[John Calvin]] founded the Geneva Academy, a theological and humanist seminary. In the 19th century the academy lost its ecclesiastic links and in 1873, with the addition of a medical faculty, it became the University of Geneva. In 2011 it was ranked {{ordinal|35}} European university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carrentalgenevaairport.net/the-complete-list-the-top-100-global-universities/ |title=The Top 100 Global Universities |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205542/http://www.carrentalgenevaairport.net/the-complete-list-the-top-100-global-universities/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Geneva Graduate Institute]] was among the first academic institutions in the world to teach international relations. It is one of Europe's most prestigious institutions, offering MA and PhD programmes in anthropology and sociology, law, political science, history, economics, international affairs, and development studies.

Geneva is also home to more than a dozen private, for-profit universities whose activities have come under scrutiny for offering degrees that are not recognized in Switzerland and engaging in "unscrupulous practices". These schools include the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, the [[International University in Geneva]], the [[Geneva Business School]] and [[IFM Business School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=RTS |first=Camille Lanci |date=2022-11-16 |title=Geneva private universities come under the spotlight |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/geneva-private-universities-come-under-the-spotlight/47786510 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}</ref>

The oldest international school in the world is the [[International School of Geneva]], founded in 1924 along with the [[League of Nations]].

Founded in 1954, [[CERN]] was one of Europe's first joint ventures and has developed as the world's largest [[particle physics]] laboratory. Physicists from around the world travel to CERN to research matter and explore the fundamental forces and materials that form the universe. It hosts the [[Large Hadron Collider]].

Geneva is home to five major libraries, the ''Bibliothèques municipales Genève'', the ''Haute école de travail social'', the ''Institut d'études sociales'', the ''Haute école de santé'', the ''École d'ingénieurs de Genève'' and the ''Haute école d'art et de design''. There were ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) 877,680 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year 1,798,980 items were loaned.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706231342/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |date=6 July 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 May 2010.</ref>
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