The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

, 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. Together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) the university forms a vast

campus A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls. By extension, a corp ...

at the shores of

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History

The university was founded in 1537 as the ''Schola Lausannensis'', one year after

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

annexed the territory of Barony of Vaud from the

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, as a school of

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

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Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

school of theology. It quickly became a center of

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" ha ...

learning, with thinkers such as

Corderius Corderius ( Latinized form of the name Mathurin Cordier; 1479 or 1480 – 8 September 1564) was a French-born theologian, teacher, humanist, and pedagogian active in Geneva, Republic of Geneva. He taught at the School of Lausanne (now the Univers ...

and

Celio Secondo Curione Celio Secondo Curione (1 May 1503, in Cirié – 24 November 1569, in Basel) (usual Latin form Caelius Secundus Curio) was an Italian Renaissance humanism, humanist, grammarian, editor and historian, who exercised a considerable influence upon th ...

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 Theodore Beza (; or ''de Besze''; 24 June 1519 – 13 October 1605) was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most ...

and

Pierre Viret Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer. Early life Pierre Viret was born in 1509 or 1510 in Orbe, then in the Barony of Vaud, now in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. He ...

, resigned their seats to join the newly established Academy of Geneva. In the seventeenth 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 Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...

, becoming a

secular Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin , or or ), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. The origins of secularity can be traced to the Bible itself. The concept was fleshed out through Christian hi ...

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 Forensic science combines principles of law and science to investigate criminal activity. Through crime scene investigations and laboratory analysis, forensic scientists are able to link suspects to evidence. An example is determining the time and ...

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

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. 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 The Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (French: ''Institut des hautes études en administration publique'', IDHEAP) is a Switzerland, Swiss graduate school of public administration. In 2014, the independent foundation was integrated ...

(IDHEAP) was integrated into the University of Lausanne. Since August 2021, the rector of the University of Lausanne is

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; before then, the university was led by

Nouria Hernandez Nouria Hernandez is a Swiss biologist and former rector of the University of Lausanne. She was professor of molecular biology at the University of Lausanne from 2004 to 2016. She served as rector from 2016 to 2021. Life and career Nouria He ...

(2016–2021) and by Dominique Arlettaz (2006–2016).

Faculties and schools

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faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

: * Faculty of Arts ('' Faculté des lettres'') * Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) * Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), also called

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 ...

* Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE) * Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (FDSC), including the

* 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

, on the shores of

Lake Léman Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () of the lake belongs to Switzerl ...

, in

. 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

and their campus is also equipped with a

bicycle sharing system A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include bo ...

. The university campus is made up of individual buildings with a park and arboretum in between. The

university library An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution, which supports the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there are an es ...

also serves as eating hall and is centrally located. The view from the library across the sports fields to the

lake of Geneva Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () ...

and the French and

Swiss Alps The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...

. On a clear day,

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (, ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount E ...

can be seen. The

Swiss Institute of Comparative Law The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law ( (ISDC), ) is an agency of the federal administration of Switzerland charged with research and consultancy in comparative law. Its principal mission is to furnish opinions about foreign law to the admin ...

and the central administration of the

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an academic not-for-profit foundation which federates bioinformatics activities throughout Switzerland. The institute was established on 30 March 1998 and its mission is to provide core bioinform ...

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

. 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

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 of ...

on the main campus of the UNIL. Image:ISDC exterior south.jpg, The

, 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 Épalinges (; ) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lausanne (district), Lausanne in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Épalinges is first m ...

(to the north of

). The Department of Biochemistry, the

Ludwig Cancer Research Ludwig Cancer Research is an international community of scientists focused on cancer research, with the goal of preventing and controlling cancer. It encompasses the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, an international non-profit organization ...

branch of the University of Lausanne and the

WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 15 ...

Immunology Research and Training Centre and some laboratories of the

University Hospital of Lausanne The Lausanne University Hospital (, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL). The CHUV' ...

are located in

. The Biopôle was built next to the

campus. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine also comprises a fourth site, the Psychiatric Hospital of Cery, in

Prilly Prilly () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne. History Prilly is first mentioned around 976-77 as . By 1185 it was known ...

. Image:Hôpital Cantonal Lausanne.jpg, Bugnon 21, headquarters of the

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 The Lausanne University Hospital (, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL). The CHUV's ...

, in

(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 The Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe is a public-utility and independent institution, created in 1978 by Jean Monnet and Henri Rieben, and dedicated to the conservation of Monnet's archives. Based in Lausanne since its creation, the foundati ...

* Jules Gonin Eye Hospital *

Swiss Cancer Centre The Swiss Cancer Center - Leman (SCCL) is an alliance against cancer forged between several academic and clinical institutions: the University Hospital of Lausnne (CHUV), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the University of Lausanne, ...

Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences The Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social SciencesSwiss Centre of Expertise in the S ...

* Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) *

* Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) *

Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece The Swiss School of Archaeology in GreeceESAG (; ; ; ) is one of the foreign archaeological institutes operating in Greece. Since 1964, the Swiss archaeologists have been excavating the remains of the ancient site of Eretria (Euboea), a medium-s ...

* Swiss Vaccine Research Institute * University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML) **

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Immunology Research and Training Centre

Reputation and rankings

{{Infobox university rankings , ARWU_W = 101–150 , ARWU_W_year = 2023 , ARWU_W_ref = , QS_W = =220 , QS_W_year = 2024 , QS_W_ref = , THE_W = =143, THE_W_year = 2024 , THE_W_ref = , USNWR_W= 182, USNWR_W_year = 2023, USNWR_W_ref= The University of Lausanne is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. Between 2010 and 2018, the

Leiden Ranking The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an annual global university ranking based exclusively on bibliometric indicators. The rankings are compiled by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (Dutch: ''Centrum voor Wetenschap en Technologische Studies'', ...

(CWTS) ranked the University of Lausanne 57th-98th globally, and 15th-38th among all universities in Europe.{{Cite web , title=CWTS Leiden Ranking , url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ , access-date=19 April 2021 , website=CWTS Leiden Ranking According to the

Times Higher Education World University Rankings The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symon ...

(THE), the University of Lausanne ranked 62nd in life sciences worldwide (4th in Switzerland) in 2017. The

QS World University Rankings The ''QS World University Rankings'' is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with '' Times ...

(QS) placed the University of Lausanne 96th in life science and medicine. The

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(ARWU) ranked the University of Lausanne 101-150 globally. Below are rankings for the University of Lausanne by the

(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 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters to ...

* Princess Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc, Lithuanian princess and Russian-Ukrainian surgeon

Politics

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Swiss politician *

Samuel Bendahan Samuel Bendahan Samuel Bendahan (born 11 June 1980) is a Swiss Socialist Party politician and member of the National Council elected from Canton of Vaud in 2017. He previously served in Vaudois Grand Council. Early life and education Bendahan ...

Swiss politician *

Ignazio Cassis Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis (; born 13 April 1961) is a Swiss physician and politician who has been a List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1 November 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, Cas ...

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey *

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, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Georges-André Chevallaz Georges-André Chevallaz (7 February 1915 – 8 September 2002) was a Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974–1983). Mayor of Lausanne since 1957 and member of the Swiss National Council since 1958, ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Pascal Couchepin Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008 ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Ernest Chuard Ernest Chuard (31 July 1857, in Corcelles-près-Payerne – 9 November 1942) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1919–1928). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council is the federal ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1 April 1936, in Vevey – 4 October 1998 in Lausanne) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–1998). He obtained a degree in political science in 1960 from the University of Lausanne an ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation * Vedat Dicleli, Minister of Economy & Trade of

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* Daniel-Henri Druey, President of the Swiss Confederation * Florika Fink-Hooijer, 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. He h ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, President of the

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, Prime Minister of Turkey * Max Huber, Swiss international lawyer and diplomat, President of the

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* Yvette Jaggi, Swiss National Councillor, Member of the Council of States, and Mayor of Lausanne *

Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (28 April 1834, in Lausanne – 14 September 1893, in Bern) was a -century Swiss attorney and politician. In 1864, he founded the Vaud Credit Union (). Public service He was first elected to public service as a de ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, first Vice President of the

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, Prime Minister of

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, Prime Minister of

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, Duce of Italy *

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(1918–2010), member of the

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, language=de *

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, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, President of the Swiss Confederation * Marc-Emile Ruchet, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, Prime Minister of

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, leader of

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, an anti-Communist rebel group in

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, Leading Minister of the German Reich * Germaine Suter-Morax (1896–1974), Swiss-French Resistance member *

Christine Wohlwend Christine Wohlwend (born 31 July 1978) is a Liechtensteiner businesswoman, forensic technician, and politician who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 until 2017. Wohlwend represented the Oberland constituency as a member of the Prog ...

, (born 1978), Liechtensteiner politician

Business

* Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of

Hublot Hublot () is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1980 by Italian Carlo Crocco. The company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the French luxury conglomerate LVMH. History A scion of the Italian Binda Group dynasty, best known for m ...

Louis C. Camilleri Louis Carey Camilleri (born 13 January 1955) is the former CEO of Ferrari and former chairman of Philip Morris International. He resigned from both positions with immediate effect on 10 December 2020, citing personal reasons. Career Philip Morri ...

, CEO of

Philip Morris International Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is a multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries. Marlboro is PMI’s most recognized brand, but in the last quarter of 2023, Iqos generated the greatest revenue. Philip Mor ...

Jean Claude Gandur Jean Claude Gandur (born 18 February 1949) is a French-born Swiss businessman, philanthropist and art collector. Early life Jean Claude Gandur was born in Grasse, France in 1949. He spent his childhood in Alexandria, Egypt until the age of 12, w ...

, CEO of

Addax Petroleum Addax Petroleum was established in 1994 and since August 2009 has been a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia, and the third largest worldwide. Addax Petroleum was an ...

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Literature

Philippe Jaccottet Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. Life and work After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of Grignan in ...

, Swiss poet *

Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Mohammad-Ali Jamālzādeh Esfahani (; 13 January 1892 in Isfahan, Iran – 8 November 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland) was one of the most prominent writers of Iran in the 20th century, best known for his unique style of humour. In view of his vast i ...

, prominent

ian writer *

Edmond Pidoux Edmond Pidoux (October 25, 1908 – April 17, 2004) was a Swiss people, Swiss author who wrote numerous poems, novels, and essays. He was particularly renowned for Biblical pieces such as ''L'histoire de Jonas.'' In 1982, he won the Prix du livre ...

, Swiss poet and novelist *

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (24 September 1878 – 23 May 1947) was a French-speaking Swiss writer. Biography He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and was educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, a ...

, Swiss writer

Scholars

André Bonnard André Bonnard (16 August 1888 – 18 October 1959) was a Swiss Hellenist, translator, university professor, and public intellectual. Biography Bonnard was born into an upper-class intellectual Protestant family in his hometown of Lausanne. His ...

(1888–1959), Swiss Hellenist and philologist *

Jacques Dubochet Jacques Dubochet (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Swiss biophysicist. He is a former researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and an honorary professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerl ...

(1942–), biophysicist and co-laureate of the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...

2017. * Pierre Gilliard (1879–1962), French professor,

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

recipient *

Leo Aryeh Mayer Leo Aryeh Mayer OBE (; 12 January 1895 – 6 April 1959), was an Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Mayer was born in 1895, in the city of Stanisławów, Galicia, then in Austria-Hunga ...

(1895–1959), rector of the

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. *

Vilfredo Pareto Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (; ; born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italian polymath, whose areas of interest included sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science, and philosophy. He made severa ...

(1848–1923) Economist, engineer, sociologist, philosopher, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the

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of economics, together with Léon Walras *

Jean Piccard Jean Felix Piccard (January 28, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland – January 28, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented cluster ...

(1884–1963), Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. *

Martine Rebetez Martine Rebetez (born 1961) is a Swiss climatologist. She is a professor at the University of Neuchâtel and a senior scientist at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. Biography Rebetez studied geography and clima ...

(1961–), Swiss climatologist *

Georges de Rham Georges de Rham (; 10 September 1903 – 9 October 1990) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology. Biography Georges de Rham was born on 10 September 1903 in Roche, a small village in the canton of Vaud in ...

(1903–1990), Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to

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. *

Pedro Rossello Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...

(1897–1970), Catalonian educator and Deputy Director of the

International Bureau of Education The International Bureau of Education (IBE-UNESCO) is a UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations ...

. *

Jean de Serres Jean de Serres (; ; 1540–1598) was a major French historian and an advisor to King Henry IV during the French Wars of Religion, Wars of Religion that marred the French Reformation in the second half of the Sixteenth Century. As a refugee from r ...

(1540–1598), French humanist, Plato translator, Calvinist. *

Léon Walras Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (; 16 December 1834 – 5 January 1910) was a French mathematical economics, mathematical economist and Georgist. He formulated the Marginalism, marginal theory of value (independently of William Stanley Jevons and Carl ...

(1834–1910) Economist, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the

of economics, together with: Vilfredo Pareto * Luc E. Weber (1941–), Rector Emeritus of the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

Alexandre Yersin Alexandre Émile John Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss- French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer (1894) of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in ...

(1863–1943), Swiss-French physician, co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the

bubonic plague Bubonic plague is one of three types of Plague (disease), plague caused by the Bacteria, bacterium ''Yersinia pestis''. One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. These symptoms include fever, headaches, and ...

. *

Zaharina Dimitrova Zaharina (Zacharia) Mitseva Dimitrova was a prominent Bulgarians, Bulgarian medical doctor from Macedonia. Biography Zaharina Dimitrova was born on November 26, 1873, in Resen, North Macedonia, Resen, then in the Ottoman Empire. She is the daught ...

(1873–1940), Bulgarian doctor,

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recipient, philanthropist. *

(1918–2010), Swiss biologist

Others

Sepp Blatter Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former association football, football administrator who served as the list of Presidents of FIFA, eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participatin ...

, President of

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Murielle Bochud Murielle Bochud is a Swiss physician. She is co-chief of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems at the University Centre for Primary Care and Public Health ( Unisanté) in Lausanne. Her research considers the epidemiology of cardio-met ...

, Swiss physician who is the co-chief of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems of Unisanté *

Abraham Davel Jean Daniel Abraham Davel (20 October 1670 - 24 April 1723), known as Major Davel, was a Swiss soldier and patriot of Vaud. He was sentenced to death and beheaded for calling for Vaud's independence from the Bern authorities. Early life and mil ...

, independence hero of the Canton of Vaud * Akbar Etemad, president of the

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Christophe Keckeis Christophe Keckeis (18 April 1945 – 1 May 2020) was a Swiss Lieutenant-General. He Military of Switzerland#High Command, headed the Swiss Army as "Chief of the General Staff" (2003) and then as "Chief of the Armed Forces" (2004–2007). He retir ...

, Head of the

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Claude Nicollier Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944) is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight ( STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight ( STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two serv ...

, Swiss astronaut *

Bertrand Piccard Bertrand Piccard Royal Scottish Geographical Society, FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and balloon (aircraft), environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones (aeronaut), Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop b ...

, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist *

Nikolaus Senn Nikolaus Senn (22 October 1926 – 2 November 2014) was a Swiss jurist, economist and banker. Life Nikolaus Senn studied since 1945 jurisprudence and public administration at the University of Freiburg, University of Zürich, University of Laus ...

(1926–2014), co-director of ''

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School of Lausanne

Neoclassical school of thought in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

founded at the University of Lausanne by two of its professors:

and

. The School of Lausanne is associated with the development of

general equilibrium theory In economics, general equilibrium theory attempts to explain the behavior of supply, demand, and prices in a whole economy with several or many interacting markets, by seeking to prove that the interaction of demand and supply will result in an ov ...

as well as the

marginalist Marginalism is a theory of economics that attempts to explain the discrepancy in the value of goods and services by reference to their secondary, or marginal, utility. It states that the reason why the price of diamonds is higher than that of wa ...

revolution.

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 The EPFL Press, formerly ''Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR)'', is a Switzerland, Swiss independent Scientific literature, scientific publishing house and a university press affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédéra ...

, 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).

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