It is located 1,750 m (5,740 ft) above sea level on the Swiss Alps of Zuoz, near the alpine village of St. Moritz, Switzerland.

The school was founded by a group of locals from the Engadine as an institution for ailing boys, whose parents were spending their vacation in St.Moritz, so that they could benefit from the mountain air and did not fall behind in any of their subjects.

It was at the time called the "Institut Engiadina", and had 22 students in its first year and was run by a director and two teachers.

[citation needed] The Lyceum campus overlooking the village of Zuoz covers 130,000 m2 (32 acres) and encompasses 12 buildings, sports fields, ice rinks, tennis courts etc.

The German-speaking Shakespeare Company performs, amongst other things, plays written by this British dramatist.