Art/Sport programme

Lancée en 2020, and now with over 150 students, our Art/Sport track is available for those who practice an arts or sports discipline to a high level, and to any other student simply seeking to work on a project in these areas. The specially adapted programme allows students to maintain the highest levels of academic study alongside the pursuit of their artistic or sporting endeavours.

Students practice their specialisation in the afternoons, apart from Mondays and Fridays which are reserved for homework for the following week or extra training ahead of competition.

As well as providing an adapted timetable, the Art/Sport programme also gives promising students access to trained professionals in the relevant fields to support them as they progress.

Supportive partnerships

Through its strong network, history and reputation for excellence, Florimont has formed partnerships with the most prestigious artistic and sporting institutions.

Among our sports partners is United World Academy, offering our football students conferences, mental coaching and nutrition workshops, and video analysis. We are proud to work closely with Geneva’s Servette group to benefit their young players.

We also have a partnership with Hôpital de La Tour in Geneva, giving students access to the highest quality medical care to ensure full and rapid recovery after an injury, and the support of performance and mental health monitoring.

Students on the arts programme also benefit from our partnerships with MAMCO and Musée Ariana who loan us art pieces for temporary exhibitions, while Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, la Cité Bleue and Haute Ecole de Musique offer our most talented music students exceptional performance and collaboration experiences.

At Florimont, sport has always been important to us and vital to student wellbeing. Some of our students have excelled in the sports world: Jérémy Desplanches, an Olympic medallist, world finalist and European champion in swimming, and Noam Duchêne, Art/Sport student and member of the French fencing team.

Hear the story of Simas Ignatavičius, one of our first Art/Sport students whose passion for ice hockey has seen him combine rigorous training with academic studies, going on to join Genève Servette Hockey Club (GSHC)’s first team. He describes how the programme has helped him grow and succeed both as an athlete and student.