Kantonsschule Solothurn

Structure

• the Maturitätsschule, which offers a Scientific Profile, a Physical Education Profile, an Economic & Law Profile, an Art Profile and a Linguistic Profile. It is a four year school and students normally start at the age of 15.
• the Fachmittelschule, which takes three years to graduate. Normally, students start at the age of 16.
• the Sek P also called Untergymnasium, which is currently three years long and will drop to two years starting next school year 2011/12. Students start at the age of 11 or 12.

  Other

• Media library with 30,000 books, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, videos, DVDs, CDs, magazines, cassettes, paperbacks and novels
• Cafeteria, which is operated by the "nonprofit women's organization" on behalf of the Canton
• 60 free courses

  Notable Professors

• Hermann Breitenbach
• Hans Rudolf Breitenbach
• Urs Joseph Flury
• Franz Joseph Hugi
• Franz Misteli
• Gaudenz Taverna

Notable alumni

• Karl Arnold-Obrist, Roman Catholic Bishop in Diocese of Basel.
• Friedrich Fiala, historian and Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Robert Glutz von Blotzheim, writer and journalist
• Urs Glutz von Blotzheim, officer and politician
• Werner Ingold, pioneer in the field of chemical microanalysis and entrepreneur in the commercialization of pH electrodes
• Benedikt Weibel, former CEO of the Swiss Federal Railways
• Samuel Schmid, former member of the Swiss Federal Council and former President of the Swiss Confederation
• Carla Stampfli, professional swimmer with several Swiss records and participation in the Olympic Games in Athens 2004