Lycée Jean Piaget, Neuchatel

What Lycée Jean Piaget, Neuchatel does

Lycée Jean-Piaget is a public upper secondary school (lycée/gymnasium) operated by the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, founded on July 1, 1998 through the merger of the École supérieure de commerce de Neuchâtel (tracing to 1883) and the École supérieure Numa-Droz (tracing to 1788). The institution delivers four pre-university and tertiary-preparation programs — Maturité gymnasiale (3 years), Certificat d'école de culture générale (CECG, 3 years across five professional domains), Maturité spécialisée (1 year, in pedagogy, health, or social work following CECG), and Passerelle vers l'Université (1 year for holders of professional or specialized maturity) — across two city-centre campuses at Quai Léopold-Robert 10 and Rue des Beaux-Arts 30 to 1,291 students taught by 127 teachers across 55 classes. The school is also a recognized Goethe-Institut and DELF-DALF national examination center for German and French language certifications. Technology stack consists of the Pronote student information system, Microsoft Teams and OneDrive, a BYOD digital learning program in CECG classes, and shared SiS2 IT infrastructure across all post-obligatory schools in the Neuchâtel canton. Partnership ecosystem includes Université de Neuchâtel (Jeunes talents programme), Haute École Arc (MSSA specialization), the BEJUNE intercantonal ECG Delémont collaboration, and Young Enterprise Switzerland (the first Romande participant since 2014).

The school's business model is dominated by public cantonal funding with no tuition charged to Neuchâtel residents, supplemented by intercantonal and international student fees (CHF 20,400/year), Passerelle tuition (CHF 3,200/year plus CHF 250 registration), and optional paid summer courses (CHF 595 languages, CHF 370 mathematics). Go-to-market operates as direct-to-consumer through the canton-wide Guichet Unique single-window registration system for first-year students, supplemented by direct application for transfers, information sessions, and weekly OCOSP career guidance permanences. The current Directrice is Mme Violaine Sabbah, appointed in 2020. The school is governed by a Commission du Lycée Jean-Piaget under Article 11 of cantonal lycée regulations and is part of the CPNE network of post-obligatory education institutions; the complete fusion of the two founding schools was finalized in summer 2025 with the abandonment of Collège Latin and Quai Robert-Comtesse.

Name

Lycée Jean Piaget, Neuchatel

Legal name

Lycée Jean-Piaget

Website

https://lyceejeanpiaget.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lycée Jean-Piaget is a public upper secondary school in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, founded in 1998, delivering four pre-university programs (Maturité gymnasiale, CECG, Maturité spécialisée, Passerelle) to 1,291 students across two campuses under cantonal government funding, with no tuition for canton residents.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuchâtel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public cantonal funding: As a public secondary school (post-obligatoire) operated by the canton of Neuchâtel, the Lycée Jean-Piaget is funded through cantonal government education budgets. No tuition is charged for residents of Neuchâtel canton.
2. Intercantonal / international student tuition: Students from outside Neuchâtel canton without fiscal domicile of a legal representative pay an annual fee of CHF 20,400. International students and intercantonal students contribute to operational funding.
3. Summer courses fees: Optional summer language and mathematics courses are offered for a fee (e.g., CHF 595 for language courses, CHF 370 for mathematics courses).
4. Passerelle tuition: The Passerelle university admission program charges CHF 3,200 annual tuition for Neuchâtel residents, with registration fee of CHF 250.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lycée Jean-Piaget is a public upper secondary school offering four pre-university education programs: Maturité gymnasiale (3-year academic track), Certificat d'école de culture générale (3-year general culture certificate with five professional domains), Maturité spécialisée (1-year specialized maturity in pedagogy, health, or social work), and Passerelle vers l'Université (1-year university gateway program). The school also operates as an official Goethe-Institut and DELF-DALF examination center for language certifications.

Product overview

Lycée Jean-Piaget is a public upper secondary school in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, founded in 1998 through the merger of the École supérieure de commerce de Neuchâtel and the École supérieure Numa-Droz. The school offers four main educational programs: Maturité gymnasiale (3-year academic track to university), Certificat d'école de culture générale (3-year general culture certificate with 5 professional domains), Maturité spécialisée (1-year specialized maturity in pedagogy/health/social work following CECG), and Passerelle vers l'Université (1-year gateway for professional/specialized maturity holders). Supporting services include language certification centers (Goethe-Institut, DELF-DALF), Pronote student information system, BYOD digital learning, Sport-Arts-Études programs, Projet YES entrepreneurship, young talent university courses, summer courses, student newspaper LJPresse, alumni association AALJP, school library, and student clubs. The school serves 1,291 students with 127 teachers across 55 classes at two locations.

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Products and services

• Maturité gymnasiale (MG) Three-year upper secondary academic program providing recognized Swiss maturity certification granting access to universities, federal polytechnic schools, and pedagogical universities. Includes bilingual French-German tracks and various specific options. For post-obligatory students aged approximately 15-16 and above.
• Certificat d'école de culture générale (CECG)

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration8 records

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014The Lycée Jean-Piaget participates in the YES (Young Enterprise Switzerland) programme, in which groups of 6 students create and run a mini-enterprise as part of their maturité gymnasiale work. The school was the first French-speaking school in Switzerland to join in 2014.
• Goethe-InstitutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school hosts an official Goethe-Institut recognised examination centre, allowing students and external candidates to sit for German language diploma examinations (Goethe-Zertifikat A2 through C1, Goethe-Test Pro). The centre operates independently from the school's administration.
• DELF-DALF (French Ministry of Education)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school is a recognised DELF-DALF examination centre, offering Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF) and Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) examinations. The school became a national exam centre in 2003.
• Université de Neuchâtel (UniNE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership programme 'Jeunes talents' allowing motivated troisième année maturité gymnasiale students to attend university courses at UniNE while completing their lycée studies. No tuition fees are charged. Any ECTS credits obtained are recognised if the student later enrols at university.
• Haute École Arc (HE-Arc)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the maturité spécialisée santé (MSSA) programme. HE-Arc manages and organises 8 weeks of the required 14 weeks of practical internships in socio-sanitary institutions. The school and HE-Arc collaborate on the structure and validation of the MSSA programme.
• École de culture générale de Delémont (BEJUNE intercantonal partnership)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercantonal partnership within the BEJUNE region for CECG domains Arts & design and Musique. Specific courses for these domains are taught at ECG Delémont every Wednesday. Joint admission requirements and shared regulations apply.
• Service informatique du secondaire 2 (SiS2)coreTechnology or IntegrationShared IT service for all post-obligatory schools in Neuchâtel (CPNE poles and academic lycées). SiS2 manages implementation, operation, and evolution of IT infrastructure and telecommunications for the school, including Pronote, Teams, and OneDrive platforms.
• Lycée Denis-de-Rougemont (Neuchâtel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on option spécifique offerings: the Lycée Denis-de-Rougemont offers several options spécifiques not available at Jean-Piaget (Latin, Italian, Spanish, Biology and Chemistry, Physics and Applied Mathematics, Music), while Jean-Piaget offers options at its campus. Option complémentaire courses may be shared between the two lycées.
• Lycée Blaise-Cendrars (Neuchâtel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeuchâtel academic lycée sharing the same SiS2 IT infrastructure and operated under the same CPNE umbrella as Lycée Jean-Piaget.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lycée cantonal de Porrentruy: Public cantonal lycée in the Canton of Jura offering maturité gymnasiale and related programmes under the same CDIP intercantonal recognition. Comparable Swiss public upper-secondary institution serving a smaller-canton catchment.
• Gymnase français de Bienne: French-language gymnasium in bilingual Biel/Bienne offering CDIP-recognized maturité gymnasiale. Comparable public upper-secondary institution serving a bilingual Swiss catchment.
• Lycée Blaise-Cendrars, Neuchâtel: Neuchâtel academic lycée sharing the same CPNE umbrella and SiS2 IT infrastructure as Jean-Piaget. Competes directly for the same cantonal post-obligatoire student cohort within the same recruitment catchment.
• Lycée Denis-de-Rougemont, Neuchâtel: Sister cantonal lycée in Neuchâtel sharing the same CPNE network and SiS2 IT infrastructure. Offers complementary option spécifique tracks (Latin, Italian, Spanish, Biology/Chemistry, Physics/Applied Mathematics, Music) that overlap with Jean-Piaget's offerings.
• École de culture générale de Delémont: BEJUNE intercantonal partner institution delivering the Arts & Design and Music CECG domains on Jean-Piaget's behalf. Operates a parallel CECG framework with shared admissions and regulations — direct programmatic peer.
• Gymnase intercantonal de la Broye: Intercantonal Swiss gymnasium offering similar maturité gymnasiale and CECG-equivalent programmes. Operates under comparable CDIP-recognized regulatory framework and serves a similar post-obligatoire catchment.
• Gymnase d'Yverdon-les-Bains: Cantonal Swiss gymnasium in Vaud offering the same maturité gymnasiale programme structure. Comparable in scale and regulatory framework as a public secondary institution preparing students for Swiss university admission.
• Collège du Sacré-Cœur, Neuchâtel: Private secondary school in the Neuchâtel region offering secondary education pathways including potential maturité options. Competes with Jean-Piaget for the same local student families seeking upper-secondary preparation.

Others

• Goethe-Institut Schweiz: Official German language certification body whose exam centre authorization Jean-Piaget holds. Indirect ecosystem participant — Jean-Piaget operates as a host exam centre for Goethe-Zertifikat and Goethe-Test Pro examinations.
• Université de Neuchâtel (UniNE): Tertiary-level partner institution running the Jeunes Talents programme that allows Jean-Piaget's 3rd-year maturité students to attend university courses. Adjacent ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor — different educational level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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