Lausanne University
| Université de Lausanne | |
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| Latin: Schola Lausannensis | |
| Motto | Le savoir vivant |
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Motto in English
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Live knowledge |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1537 |
| Rector | Prof. Dominique Arlettaz (until July 2016) Nouria Hernandez (since August 2016) |
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Administrative staff
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3,700 (2014) |
| Students | 13,500 (2014) |
| Undergraduates | 8,066 (2010) |
| Postgraduates | 1,370 (2010) |
| 1,583 (2010) | |
| Address |
Université de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse, Lausanne, Chavannes-près-Renens, Écublens, Saint-Sulpice and Épalinges, Vaud, Switzerland 46°31′21″N 6°34′46″E / 46.52250°N 6.57944°ECoordinates: 46°31′21″N 6°34′46″E / 46.52250°N 6.57944°E |
| Affiliations | EUA, AUF, UNICA |
| Website | www.unil.ch |
The University of Lausanne (UNIL, 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 13,500 students and 2,200 researchers study and work at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), 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 ranked the University of Lausanne 116th globally. The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 ranks the University of Lausanne 11th in Europe and 41st globally, out of 750 universities.
Together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.
The University of Lausanne comprises seven faculties:
The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections, including but not limited to:
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.
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