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The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in
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,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant
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, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of fall 2017, about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees studied and worked at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with other universities. Since 2005, the university follows the requirements of the Bologna process. The 2011
Times Higher Education World University Rankings The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarel ...
ranked the University of Lausanne 116th globally. The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 ranks the University of Lausanne 11th in Europe and 41st globally, out of 750 universities. Together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.


History

The university was founded in 1537 as the ''Schola Lausannensis'', one year after
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annexed the territory of Barony of VaudVaud from the Duchy of Savoy, as a school of
theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing th ...
with the purpose of training pastors for the church. It enjoyed great renown in its early years for being the first and, until the establishment of the Academy of Geneva in 1559, the only French-language
Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
school of theology. It quickly became a center of humanist learning, with thinkers such as Corderius and Celio Secondo Curione among its professors. In 1558, the school had 700 students. It entered into a period of decline in the following years, after several members of the academic staff, including rector Theodore Beza and Pierre Viret, resigned their seats to join the newly established Academy of Geneva. In the 17th century, the institution became known as the Academy of Lausanne (''Académie de Lausanne''). In 1741, it counted 150 students and seven professors. Starting in 1837, the academy was modernized by the authorities of the canton of Vaud, becoming a secular institution divided into three faculties (letters and sciences, theology, and law). It continued to expand throughout the second half of the 19th century, until 1890, with the establishment of a medicine course, the academy received the name and status of a university. In 1909, Rudolphe Archibald Reiss founded the first school of forensic science in the world: the . From 1970, the university moved progressively from the old centre of Lausanne, around the Cathedral and Château, to its present site at Dorigny. The end of the 20th century, witnessed the beginnings of an ambitious project aiming at greater co-operation and development among the French-speaking universities of Lausanne, Geneva, and Neuchâtel, together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Among others, this led to the transfer of the sections of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry from the university to the EPFL; the funds that were made available following this transfer were invested in the development of the life sciences at the university, including the creation of a Center for Integrative Genomics. In 2003, two new faculties were founded, concentrating on the life and human sciences: the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment. On 1 January 2014, the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) was integrated into the University of Lausanne. Since August 2021, the rector of the University of Lausanne is Frédéric Herman; before then, the university was led by
Nouria Hernandez Nouria Hernandez is a Swiss biologist and the rector of the University of Lausanne (since 1 August 2016). She was professor of molecular biology at the University of Lausanne from 2004 to 2016. Life and career Nouria Hernandez studied at t ...
(2016–2021) and by Dominique Arlettaz (2006–2016).


Faculties and schools

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HEC Lausanne HEC Lausanne (standing for ''Faculté des Hautes études commerciales''), also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne h ...
* Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE) * Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (FDSC), including the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration * Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP) * Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (FTSR) The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections, including but not limited to: * School of Criminal Justice (ESC) * School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE) * French summer and winter courses (''Cours de vacances'') * Science-Society Interface


Campus


Main campus

{{See also, Lausanne campus The main campus is presently situated outside the city of
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, on the shores of
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, in Dorigny. It is adjacent to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and is served by the Lausanne Metro Line 1 (M1). The two schools together welcome about 20,000 students. The UNIL and the EPFL share an active sports centre located on the campus, on the shores of Lake Geneva and their campus is also equipped with a bicycle sharing system. The university campus is made up of individual buildings with a park and arboretum in between. The
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also serves as eating hall and is centrally located. The view from the library across the sports fields to the lake of Geneva and the French and
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. On a clear day, Mont Blanc can be seen. The
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and the central administration of the
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are also located on the main campus. Image:UNIL-p1010659.jpg, The main building of the Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice and of the Faculty of Business and Economics. Image:University-of-lausanne-extranef.jpg, The Extranef building. Image:Bibliothèque Édouard Fleuret au soir 01.jpg, The Édouard Fleuret Library pavilion. Image:EPFL-p1010642.jpg, The Génopode building of the University of Lausanne hosts the Center for Integrative Genomics of the University of Lausanne and the central administration of the
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. File:EPFL-p1010628.jpg, The School of Criminal Justice of the UNIL is the world's oldest school of forensic science and is one of the only European institution to offer a complete education in forensic sciences. Image:Anthropole UNIL.jpg, The Anthropole building. Image:UNIL-p1010650.jpg, Unithèque building houses one of the two sites of the
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on the main campus of the UNIL Image:ISDC exterior south.jpg, The
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, on the campus of the University of Lausanne. File:Geopolis unil lausanne switzerland.jpg, The Géopolis building: Faculty of Geosciences and Environment and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences File:2020-01-09 Media Tour Youth Olympic Village Lausanne (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Martin Rulsch 79.jpg, Vortex building, student residence on the campus


Other sites

In addition to its main campus at the lakeside, the University of Lausanne also has other sites. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine is also located in two other sites: around the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) (site called Bugnon) and in Épalinges (to the north of
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). The Department of Biochemistry, the Ludwig Cancer Research branch of the University of Lausanne and the WHO Immunology Research and Training Centre and some laboratories of the University Hospital of Lausanne are located in Épalinges. The Biopôle was built next to the Épalinges campus. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine also comprises a fourth site, the Psychiatric Hospital of Cery, in Prilly. Image:Hôpital Cantonal Lausanne.jpg, Bugnon 21, headquarters of the University Hospital of Lausanne and of the deanship of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine. Image:ISREC-vue-d'avion-1.jpg, The Center for Immunology and Infection Lausanne (CIIL), UNIL- CHUV, in Épalinges (2007).


Associated institutions

{{Columns-list, colwidth=30em, * Biopôle * Kurt Bösch Institute (IUKB) * Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) * Centre de recherches sur les lettres romandes (CRLR) * Centre du droit de l'entreprise (CEDIDAC) * Centre for Advanced Modelling Science (CADMOS) * École romande de santé publique (ERSP) * Fondation Edouard Fleuret (FEF) * Institut Benjamin Constant (IBC) * Institut romand des sciences bibliques (IRSB) * Institut universitaire romand de santé au travail (IST) * International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) * International Institute for Management Development (IMD) * Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe * Jules Gonin Eye Hospital * Ludwig Cancer Research * Swiss Cancer Centre * Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences * Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) *
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* Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) * Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece * Swiss Vaccine Research Institute * University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML) **
Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses The Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (French: ''Laboratoire suisse d'analyse du dopage'', LAD) is the only anti-doping laboratory in Switzerland. It is affiliated to the University Hospital of Lausanne and is located in Épalinges (urban a ...
* WHO Immunology Research and Training Centre


Reputation and rankings

{{Infobox university rankings , ARWU_W = 100–150 , ARWU_W_year = , ARWU_W_ref = , CWTS_W = 84 , CWTS_W_year = , CWTS_W_ref = , CWUR_W = 146 , CWUR_W_year = , CWUR_W_ref = , QS_W = 149, QS_W_year = , QS_W_ref = , THE_W = 152 , THE_W_year = , THE_W_ref = , USNWR_W = 179 , USNWR_W_year = , USNWR_W_ref = , RUR_W=50, RUR_W_year=, RUR_W_ref= The University of Lausanne is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. Between 2010 and 2018, the Leiden Ranking (CWTS) ranked the University of Lausanne 57th-98th globally, and 15th-38th among all universities in Europe. According to the
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(THE), the University of Lausanne ranked 62nd in life sciences worldwide (4th in Switzerland) in 2017. The
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(QS) placed the University of Lausanne 96th in life science and medicine. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked the University of Lausanne 101-150 globally. Below are rankings for the University of Lausanne by the Leiden Ranking (CWTS). {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Year !! In Europe !! In the World , - !2015–2018 , 35 , 98 , - !2014–2017 , 38 , 108 , - !2013–2016 , 28 , 90 , - !2012–2015 , 34 , 99 , - !2011–2014 , 22 , 73 , - !2010–2013 , 15 , 57 , - !2009–2012 , 31 , 88 , - !2008–2011 , 21 , 67 , - ! 2007–2010 , 16 , , 67 , - ! 2006–2009 , 14 , , 67


Press

The UNIL publishes a free monthly campus magazine entitled ''L'Uniscope'' The UNIL also publishes ''Allez savoir !'', a free magazine aimed at a larger audience (general public), in January, May, and September. Besides these, ''L'auditoire'' is the students' newspapers from both UNIL and EPFL, with a circulation of 19,000.


Alumni


ALUMNIL network

In 2011, an on-line network of the UNIL alumni, called ALUMNIL, was created.ALUMNIL
www.unil.ch (page visited on 1 November 2013).
Since then, regular events (throughout the year) and an annual party (in autumn) are organised every year for the alumni.


Royalty

* King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand (1925-1946) * King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand (1927-2016) * Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand * Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands * Princess Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc, Lithuanian princess and Russian-Ukrainian surgeon


Politics

* Ignazio Cassis,
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* İsmail Cem, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey * Paul Ceresole, President of the Swiss Confederation * Georges-André Chevallaz, President of the Swiss Confederation * Pascal Couchepin, President of the Swiss Confederation * Ernest Chuard, President of the Swiss Confederation * Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, President of the Swiss Confederation * Vedat Dicleli, Minister of Economy & Trade of
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*
Daniel-Henri Druey Daniel-Henri Druey (; 12 April 1799 – 29 March 1855) was a Swiss politician of the 19th century and a founding father of constitutional democracy and member of Free Democratic Party in Switzerlan Early life Druey was born in Faoug in the Canto ...
, President of the Swiss Confederation *
Florika Fink-Hooijer Florika Fink-Hooijer is a European civil servant at the European Commission. She leads the Directorate General for the Environment, which holds large responsibilities under the European Green Deal. She joined the European Commission in 1990 an ...
, prominent European civil servant *
Constant Fornerod Constant Fornerod (30 May 1819 – 27 November 1899) was a Swiss politician, originally from Avenches, and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1855-1867). He was elected to the Federal Council on 11 July 1855 as a representative for Vaud Vau ...
, President of the Swiss Confederation *
Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz ...
, Prime Minister of Turkey * Max Huber, Swiss international lawyer and diplomat, President of the
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* Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet, President of the Swiss Confederation * Fazıl Küçük, first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus * Pascoal Mocumbi, Prime Minister of Mozambique * Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of
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, Duce of Italy *
Marcel Pilet-Golaz Marcel Pilet-Golaz (31 December 1889 – 11 April 1958) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 13 December 1928 and handed over office on 31 December 1944. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. Du ...
, President of the Swiss Confederation *
Eugène Ruffy Eugène Ruffy (2 August 1854, in Lutry – 25 October 1919) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 14 December 1893 and resigned on 31 October 1899. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerlan ...
, President of the Swiss Confederation * Marc-Emile Ruchet, President of the Swiss Confederation * Mohammad Sa'ed, Prime Minister of
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* Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group in
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* Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Leading Minister of the German Reich * Jean-Luc Addor Swiss politician * Samuel Bendahan Swiss politician


Business

* Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of Hublot *
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, CEO of Philip Morris International * Jean Claude Gandur, CEO of Addax Petroleum{{cite web, title=Jean Claude Gandur, url=http://fg-art.org/en/jeanclaudegandur.html, website=Fg-art.org, access-date=6 November 2014


Literature

* Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet * Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, prominent
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ian writer * Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist * Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer


Scholars

* Jacques Dubochet (1942–), biophysicist and co-laureate of the
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2017. * Pierre Gilliard (1879–1962), French professor,
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recipient * Leo Aryeh Mayer (1895–1959), rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. * Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923) Economist, engineer, sociologist, philosopher, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the Lausanne School of economics, together with Léon Walras *
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(1884–1963), Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. * Martine Rebetez (1961–), Swiss climatologist * Georges de Rham (1903–1990), Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology. * Pedro Rossello (1897–1970), Catalonian educator and Deputy Director of the
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. * Jean de Serres (1540–1598), French humanist, Plato translator, Calvinist. * Léon Walras (1834–1910) Economist, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the Lausanne School of economics, together with: Vilfredo Pareto * Luc E. Weber (1941–), Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva *
Alexandre Yersin Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in his ...
(1863–1943), Swiss-French physician, co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague. * Zaharina Dimitrova (1873–1940), Bulgarian doctor,
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recipient, philanthropist.


Others

* Sepp Blatter, President of
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* Murielle Bochud, Swiss physician who is the co-chief of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems at the Unisanté in
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* Abraham Davel, independence hero of the Canton of Vaud * Akbar Etemad, president of the
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* Christophe Keckeis, Head of the Swiss Army * Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut *
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, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist * Nikolaus Senn (1926–2014), co-director of '' Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft''


School of Lausanne

Neoclassical school of thought in
economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
founded at the University of Lausanne by two of its professors: Léon Walras and Vilfredo Pareto. The School of Lausanne is associated with the development of general equilibrium theory as well as the marginalist revolution.


See also

*
Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat (born 11 December 1695 in Lausanne, died 4 April 1754, also in Lausanne) was an 18th-century Swiss jurist and antiquarian (Lausanne at the time was a subject territory controlled by Berne). He studied theology in ...
*
List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland This is a list of Swiss universities and other higher education institutions according to the size of their student population recognized by the Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA. Universities and higher education institutions by size Notes ...
* List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) * List of universities in Switzerland *
Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (''Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne'', BCU) was founded in the 16th century and became one of the most important public libraries in Switzerland. History The University o ...
*
International Academy of Sport Science and Technology The International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (French: ''Académie internationale des sciences et techniques du sport'', AISTS) is a non-profit foundation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. About AISTS The International Academy of Sports ...
(AISTS) * Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe * Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece * University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)


Notes and references

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Bibliography

* {{in lang, fr Jean-Philippe Leresche, Frédéric Joye-Cagnard, Martin Benninghoff and Raphaël Ramuz, ''Gouverner les universités. L'exemple de la coordination Genève-Lausanne (1990-2010)'', Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012 ({{ISBN, 9782880749316). * {{in lang, fr Nadja Maillard, ''L'Université de Lausanne à Dorigny'', Éditions Infolio, 488 pages, 2013 ({{ISBN, 978-2-88474-280-1).


External links

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