University of Lausanne


Continente:
Europe
Country:
Switzerland Switzerland
Address:
University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Web Site:
www.unil.ch
University of Lausanne


About University of Lausanne:

The University of 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. Together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva. 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 (Académie de Lausanne) 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 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Among others, this led to the transfer of the sections of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry from the University to the EPFL; the funds that were made available following this transfer were invested in the development of the life sciences at the University, including the creation of a Center for Integrative Genomics. In 2003 two new faculties were founded, concentrating on the life and human sciences: the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment. On 1 January 2014, the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) was integrated into the University of Lausanne.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 186 156 173 163 155 173 214 184 186 162 174 185 194 206 201 215 195

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 111 86 98 104 - 109 105 111 112 117 146 161 174 198 214 210
Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Life Sciences 81 76 87 72 87 93 94 92 85 79 79 89 88 102 127 111
Medicine 182 160 158 163 168 165 154 151 129 144 143 149 152 140 145 126
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences 253 - - 255 219 233 226 212 206 211 236 241 269 282 262 262

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 263 - - 288 - - 451-500 351-400 401-450 451-500 451-500 451-500 401-450
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 99 89 - 122 110
Chemistry - - - - - - 401-450 451-500 451-500 451-500 - - -
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 148 175 155 159 133
Computer Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 189 264 - 272 280
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environment / Ecology 96 98 87 77 82 84 104 135 161 176 - 173 205
Geosciences 238 234 214 185 223 198 152 172 180 144 - 186 163
Immunology - - - - - - - - 67 67 - 98 81
Materials Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mathematics - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 451-500 - - -
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 99 105 - - 119
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 82 86 - 129 107
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 104 105 - 86 91
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 167 165 144 139 113 103 139 129 144 196 215 174
Physics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant & Animal Science 120 140 107 109 109 117 99 91 111 136 138 122 144
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 187 228 - 145 140
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 258 271 301-350 301-350 268
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 -
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -