University of Lausanne

UNIL , or more precisely the University of Lausanne, is dispersed on three sites. Most of the infrastructures are on the site of Lausanne-Dorigny at the edge of the Lac Léman.

It is made up of seven following faculties:

Letters
Right and criminal Sciences
School of the High Commercial Studies
Social sciences and Politiques - SSP. With its four dies of formation:

Political science
Social sciences
Psychology
Sciences of the sport and physical education

Theology and Sciences of the religions
Biology and Médecine - FBM to which is attached CHUV
Géosciences and environment - GSE

Approximately 2 200 professors and collaborators of teaching ensure the good walk of the institution. The UNIL counts more than 11 ' 000 students coming of more than 86 different Pays.

Before 2005, the academic ranks were the License, DEA and the Doctorat. Since the re-entry 2005, the University joined the European space of higher education by the passage of all faculties to the Processus of Bologna.

These last years, the School of pharmacy was transferred to the Université from Geneva to become the School of Geneva-Lausanne pharmacy, whereas chemistry, mathematics and physics were taken again by FPSL.

Associated institutes and foundations

Institute of high studies in public administration (IDHEAP)
Swiss Institute of Right Compared (ISDC)
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Foundation Jean Monnet for Europe
Center of the right of company (CEDIDAC)
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
Institute Swiss of Experimental Research on Cancer (ISREC)
Swiss Institute of Bio-data processing
Foundation Edouard Foil (FEF)

History

In 1537, Schola Lausannensis founded by the Bernese authorities the shortly after the conquest of the Country of Vaud. Composed of a college of six classes and a pulpit of theology, the purpose of it was the formation of pastors of the country and the instruction of youth. In 1890, the school becomes a University.

This university pluriséculaire had first of all established its districts in full heart of Lausanne, in the medieval district of the city, but the lack of place has constrained the cantonal authorities has to choose a larger site in the years 1980.

At present, the University of Lausanne is also a very active research center and of international reputation, thanks to the projects carried out by more than 125 teams for more than 100 million Swiss francs per year.

Personalities

Teachers

Pierre Viret (1511-1571)
Leon Walras (1834-1910)
Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923)
Pierre de Senarclens (1942)

Nobel Prize

Since 1901, date of its creation by Alfred Nobel, five of his prizes winner can be put in relation to the University of Lausanne.

Hans Fischer, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of chemistry in 1930.
Crow Jean François Heymans, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of medicine in 1938.
Walter Rudolf Hess, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of medicine in 1949.
Rolf Mr. Zinkernagel, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of medicine jointly with Peter C. Doherty in 1996.
Ahmed H. Zewail, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of chemistry in 1999.

Former students

Nicolas Bideau, section head Cinema to the federal of the culture
Joseph Blatter, president of FIFA
François Couchepin, politician, old Office Chancellor of the Confederation
Pascal Couchepin, politician and federal adviser
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, politician and federal adviser
Christophe Keckeis, chief of the Swiss Armed
Yvette Jaggi, political woman
Daniel Maggetti, writer
Pierre-Yves Maillard, politician and to adviseState of Vaud
Mussolini there followed courses to the Faculty of Social sciences and Politiques and will obtain a Doctorate Honoris Causa in 1937.
Claude Nicollier, spationaut
Geraldine Savary, political woman
Jonas Savimbi, founder of UNITA (Angola)

Representation of the students

The Fédération of associations of coeds (FAE) is the organization representative of the 11 ' 000 students of the university of Lausanne. It is member of the Union of the coeds of Switzerland. It publishes a newspaper, the audience , distributed free to 19 ' 000 specimens and financed partially by the Publicité.

See too

Company of the Humanities

External bonds

Official site of the University of Lausanne

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