University of Lausanne
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Latin: Schola Lausannensis |
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| Established: | 1537 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Prof. Dominique Arlettaz |
| Staff: | 2227 |
| Students: | 10,467 |
| Undergraduates: | 8,066 |
| Postgraduates: | 692 370 Master of advanced studies |
| Doctoral students: | 1,448 |
| Location: | Lausanne, Switzerland 46°31′21″N 6°34′46″E / 46.5225°N 6.57944°ECoordinates: 46°31′21″N 6°34′46″E / 46.5225°N 6.57944°E |
| Website: | www.unil.ch |
The University of Lausanne (in French: Université de Lausanne) or UNIL in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 10,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university. Approximately 1500 international students attend the university, which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with several American universities.
Before 2005, the University applied the French education model with some minor differences. The academic degrees were the Demi-Licence, Licence, DEA / DESS, Doctorate. The University now follows the requirements of the Bologna process.
Together with the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.
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[edit] Faculties & Schools
The University of Lausanne comprises 7 faculties:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM)
- Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), also called HEC Lausanne
- Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE)
- Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice
- Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP)
- Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections:
- School of Criminal Justice (ESC)
- School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE)
- Vacation Courses (CVAC)
- Section of Pharmacy
[edit] History
The Academy, forerunner of the UNIL, was founded in 1537. Its vocation at that time was to train ministers for the church. The university enjoyed a certain renown due to the fact that it was the only French language Protestant school of theology.
As the centuries passed, the number of faculties increased and diversified until, in 1890, the Academy received the name and status of a university. 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 EPFL. In 2003 two new faculties were founded concentrating on the life and human sciences: the Faculty of biology and medicine; and the Faculty of earth science and environment.
[edit] Reputation/Rankings
The University of Texas TOP 100 BUSINESS SCHOOL RESEARCH RANKINGS ranked the business school of the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
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| 2004-2008 | 1st | 9th | 112nd |
| 2003-2007 | 1st | 8th | 103rd |
| 2002-2006 | 1st | 8th | 123rd |
| 2001-2005 | 1st | 14th | 149th |
| 2000-2004 | 1st | 20th | 186th |
The Times Higher Education Supplement [THES] World University Rankings ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
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| 2005 | 6th | - | 133rd |
| 2006 | 5th | - | 89th |
| 2007 | 7th | 93rd | 217th |
| 2008 | 6th | 64th | 161st |
The Academic Ranking of World Universities [ARWU] ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
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| 2003 | - | - | 301st - 350th |
| 2004 | - | - | 302nd - 403rd |
| 2005 | 7th | 124th - 168nd | 301st - 400th |
| 2006 | 7th | 79th - 122nd | 201st - 300th |
| 2007 | 7th | 81st - 123th | 203rd - 304th |
| 2008 | 7th | 80th - 124th | 201st - 302nd |
[edit] Alumni
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand
- King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand
- HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
- Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA
- İsmail Cem, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- Pascal Couchepin, Swiss President & Swiss Federal Councillor
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, former Swiss Federal Councillor
- Viera Gedroitz, Russian-Ukrainian surgeon
- Şemsettin Günaltay, former Prime Minister of Turkey
- Pascoal Mocumbi, former prime minister of Mozambique
- Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut
- Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
- Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer
- Jonas Savimbi, Angolan politician
- Mohammad Sa'ed, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician, co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague
[edit] Campus
The Campus is presently situated outside the city on the Lakeside in Dorigny adjacent to the EPFL. The location is made up of individual buildings with a park and arboretum in between. The library 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 Swiss Alps. On a clear day, Mont Blanc can be seen.
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[edit] School of Lausanne
Neoclassical school of thought in economics 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 Marginalism.
[edit] See also
- List of universities in Switzerland
- Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
- Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne
- Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe
[edit] External links
- University of Lausanne website (in English)
- University of Lausanne website
- Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne (en français)
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