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University of Lausanne
University of Lausanne
	Latin: Schola Lausannensis
Motto	Live knowledge
Established	1537
Type	Public
Rector	Prof. Dominique Arlettaz
Staff	2227
Students	11,062
Undergraduates	8,066
Postgraduates	1,370
Doctoral students	1,583
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 12,000 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 world renowned 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.

[edit] Faculties & Schools

The main building of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Business and Economics

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

Palais de Rumine, one of the first building of the University of Lausanne

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 Faculty of Business & Economics of the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) as follows:

Period	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
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 Leiden Ranking of the University of Leiden, when ranking universities by the size-independent, field-normalized average impact of their research publications, ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:

Year	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
2008	3rd	6th	73rd

The Leiden Ranking of the University of Leiden, when ranking universities by citations-per-publication ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:

Year	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
2008	1st	1st	31st

The Times Higher Education Supplement [THES] World University Rankings ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:

Year	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
2009	6th	-	168th
2008	6th	64th	161st
2007	7th	93rd	217th
2006	5th	-	89th
2005	6th	-	133rd

The Academic Ranking of World Universities [ARWU] ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:

Year	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
2009	7th	80th - 125th	201st - 302nd
2008	7th	80th - 124th	201st - 302nd
2007	7th	81st - 123th	203rd - 304th
2006	7th	79th - 122nd	201st - 300th
2005	7th	124th - 168nd	301st - 400th
2004	-	-	302nd - 403rd
2003	-	-	301st - 350th

4 International Colleges & Universities [4icu.org] ranked the popularity of the website of the University of Lausanne as follows:

Year	In Switzerland	In Europe	In the World
2009	5th	15th	45th

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Literature

Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer

[edit] Others

Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA
Max Huber, Swiss international lawyer and diplomat
Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut
Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
Jean Piccard, Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist
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 two schools together welcome about 20'000 students. 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.

[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.

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