University of Lausanne
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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.
The University of Lausanne is composed of 7 faculties (theology, law, arts, social and political science, economics and business administration, geoscience and environment, biology and medicine).
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] Alumni
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
- Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA
- İsmail Cem, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- Pascal Couchepin, Swiss Federal Councillor
- Şemsettin Günaltay, former Prime Minister of Turkey
- Rüdiger Kirsch, honey trader and famous adventurer conquering the Americas by motorcycle
- Benito Mussolini, Doctor Honoris Causa in 1937
- Adel Nefzi, Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry, Lecturer at University of California, San Diego. Note: Dr. Nefzi is not the same person as the goalkeeper, Adel Nefzi on the Tunisian soccer team
- Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and balloonist
- Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, writer
- Jonas Savimbi, Angolan politician
- Mohammad Sa'ed, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Dr Edeline Wentrup-Byrne, Chemist at Queensland University of Technology
[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 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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