Lugano is located in Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Around 64% of the population has higher education and there are universities and institutes specialized mostly in informatics, communication, artificial intelligence, computing etc. Art and design schools are also available, along with international programs.

Students who are interested in working in a financial institution may want to take some classes in banking. Some common topics include banking principles, management principles, business law, finance, marketing principles, information technology and statistics.

Switzerland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansch: Svizra. Switzerland has some of the world renown universites like ETH in Zurich, EPFL in Lausanne, IHEID in Geneva, University of Lausanne or the University of St. Gallen. Keep in mind, it's much better to speak the local language, so if you can't speak either French, German or Italian, better go for a language course first.