Life on CampusDCT’s campus is located in the charming village of Vitznau on the shores of the famous Lake Lucerne and just 25 km from the city-center of Lucerne.
Outside of class time, Vitznau offers a variety of sports and leisure activities throughout the year, including swimming, hiking, tennis, golf, biking, beaches and windsurfing in the summer. For winter sports, opportunities for skiing, snowboarding and ice-skating are nearby. The best skiing in the area is on the 3,020 meter (10,000 foot) Mount Titlis.
Vitznau is an important tourism destination, welcoming visitors from all around the globe and offering all of a larger town’s normal conveniences, such as public transportation, post office, grocery store, pharmacy, hairdressers, hotels, restaurants & cafes, banking and sport shops. Vitznau is also home to the Mt. Rigi Railway, which became Europe’s first cog railway in 1871, taking travelers from the lakeside all the way up to Rigi’s 1,800-meter summit.
Lake Lucerne is Switzerland’s most famous and second largest inland lake. In addition to public transportation connections by train and bus, Vitznau is served by direct ferry service into the center of Lucerne. What began in 1837 with a one steam-ship operation has grown into the largest, most successful ferry system in Switzerland with 5 nostalgic paddle steamers and 15 modern motor vessels.
DCT’s location offers students easy access via road and rail, meaning that a wide variety of European destinations are only hours away! For longer trips, the DCT campus is less than an hour from Switzerland’s largest airport in Zurich.
DCT was founded by a Swiss hotel owner in 1991 and had its first intake of 20 international students in January 1992 in Lucerne’s classic Hotel Carton-Tivoli building. From this small beginning, the school has expanded its program offerings and
partnered with top universities from around the world. To date, DCT has graduated thousands of young men and women from over 60 nations who now hold leading positions in top hotels, restaurants and tourism organizations around the world.
Today the DCT and Lynn University Switzerland Program campus is located in a modern hotel building in the village of Vitznau, situated within the international tourism region of Luzern and directly on the shores of the famous Lake Lucerne. The School's location in this busy tourism region is important to you as a student because you will observe and experience first-hand all the hospitality and tourism operations that are discussed in classes – an ideal place to prepare yourself for an international career in the hospitality, tourism or culinary fields!
DCT is 100% owned by three Swiss partners with active involvement in the school’s operation, and including one of the school’s original founders. This long-term stability serves as an assurance of DCT’s ongoing dedication to providing the highest quality education in the famous Swiss Hospitality tradition.
