Gymnasium Kirchenfeld High School

Around 1,400 pupils are taught by over 180 teachers at the Gymnasium Kirchenfeld in Bern. After a four-year programme, students receive the gymnasiale Matura diploma, which allows them to enter colleges and universities without an examination. The Gymnasium is divided into three departments: GH (Humanities and Humanities), MN (Mathematics and Natural Sciences) and WR (Economics and Law). The three departments are under one roof and are headed by André Lorenzetti, who has overall responsibility for the school. The departments differ significantly in terms of the specialisation of the respective students and are thus very different from each other in terms of subject, structure and staff. The approximately 350 students in the WR department all specialise in Business and Law. The department is headed by headmistress Samantha Wolf. The profile-building ‘MyStartUp’ project is the flagship of the WR department. It is supported by all of the 50 or so teachers affiliated with the WR department. The YES Company Programme is an integral part of the ‘MyStartUp’ project.