| University of Lausanne | |
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| Université de Lausanne | |
| Latin: Schola Lausannensis | |
| Motto | Le savoir vivant |
| Motto in English | Live knowledge |
| Established | 1537 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Prof. Dominique Arlettaz |
| Admin. staff | 2227 |
| Students | 12,400 (2011) |
| Undergraduates | 8,066 (2010) |
| Postgraduates | 1,370 (2010) |
| Doctoral students | 1,583 (2010) |
| Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Affiliations | EUA AUF UNICA |
| Website | www.unil.ch |
The University of Lausanne (UNIL, in French: Université de Lausanne) 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.
Since 2005, the University follows the requirements of the Bologna process. The 2011 Times Higher Education World University Rankings[1] ranked the University of Lausanne 116th globally. The University of Leiden ranked the University of Lausanne as a leading institution for research in Europe (5th) and globally (45th).
Together with the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.
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The University of Lausanne comprises 7 faculties:
The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections:
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. In 1909 Rodolphe Archibald Reiss founded the first school of forensic science in the world: the "Institut de police scientifique". 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.
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 |
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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 Leiden Ranking of the University of Leiden, when ranking universities by the size-independent, field-normalized average impact of their research publications (CPP/FCSm) among the 250 largest universities worldwide, ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3rd | 5th | 45th |
| 2008 | 3rd | 6th | 73rd |
The Leiden Ranking of the University of Leiden, when ranking universities by citations-per-publication (CPP) among the 250 largest universities worldwide, ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1st | 1st | 22nd |
| 2008 | 1st | 1st | 31st |
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings[2] ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6th | 41st | 116th |
| 2010 | 6th | 44th | 136th |
The QS World University Rankings[3] ranked the University of Lausanne as follows:
| Year | In Switzerland | In Europe | In the World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5th | - | 136th |
| 2010 | 6th | - | 152nd |
The THE-QS World University Rankings (in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7th | ? | 201st - 300th |
| 2010 | 7th | 75th - 123rd | 201st - 300th |
| 2009 | 7th | 80th - 125th | 201st - 302nd |
| 2008 | 7th | 80th - 124th | 201st - 302nd |
| 2007 | 7th | 81st - 123rd | 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 |
More alumni from the Faculty of Business & Economics
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.
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, a federal agency for research and consultancy into comparative law, is also located on the campus.
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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