After spending eleven years in a Swiss boarding school in Lausanne, he studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he earned a degree in physics and a postgraduate degree in nuclear engineering. He continued his studies at Stanford Business School, where he got an Master of Business Administration.
Metin Arditi left Turkey at the age of seven. He lives in Geneva, where he is very involved in the cultural and artistic life of the city. From 2000 to 2013 he was Chairman of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR).
In 1988, he created the Arditi Foundation which awards fifteen annual prizes to graduates of the University of Geneva and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
The Arditi Foundation has purchased and offered to the University of Geneva a landmark theater, the Cinema Manhattan, now called Auditorium Fondation Arditi. He chaired the Building Committee of the Martin Bodmer Museum in Cologny.
In December 2012, Metin Arditi was appointed United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Goodwill Ambassador. In June 2014, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization appointed him Special Envoy.
In September 2014, he created the Arditi Foundation for Intercultural Dialogue.
2004: Prix du Premier roman de Sablet (Victoria-Hall) 2006: Prix Lipp Suisse (Louisiana Pension Marguerite) 2006: Prix des Auditeurs de la Radio Suisse Romande (L"Imprévisible) 2007: Prix Version FeminaVirgin Megastore. Prix de l"Office Central des Bibliothèques, Prix Ronsard des Lycéens (Louisiana Fille des Louganis) 2011: Prix Jean-Giono, Prix de l"Académie de Bretagne, Prix de l"Académie Romande, Prix des Libraires de Nancy-Le Point, Prix Paroles et Plumes, Prix Millepages, Prix Page des Libraires, Prix Culture et Bibliothèques pour tous, Prix Casanova, Prix Alberto-Benveniste, Prix Océanes (Le Turquetto).
He is a member of the Strategic Council of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where over the years he taught physics (Assistant to Professor Mercier), economics and management (as lecturer) and creative writing (as Visiting Professor). He is a member of the Foundation Board of the Music Conservatory of Geneva.
