University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

www.unil.ch

Dating from the foundation of the Academy in 1537, the University of Lausanne (UNIL), together with the Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne (EPFL), now forms a vast campus devoted to teaching and research, whose influence extends far beyond the frontiers of Switzerland.

The University of Lausanne is composed of 7 Faculties (theology and religious studies, law, arts, social and political science, economics and business administration, earth sciences and environment, and also biology and medicine) where approximately 10,000 students (of whom about 2,000 from 86 countries abroad) and 2,200 researchers work and study. A wide range of high quality undergraduate and post-graduate courses (350 at the moment) is offered to students. Emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach and there is close cooperation between students, professors and teaching staff.

The University of Lausanne enjoys a favourable location at the heart ot the French-speaking region of Switzerland, and pursues an active policy of collaboraton at various levels:

• at local and state (cantonal) level where the university is associated with many well-known research institutes;
• in the lemanic region, where the university is at present working on a project of development and cooperation with the University of Geneva and the Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne (this is in addition to existing and long-established examples of cooperation);
• at regional and national level the University of Lausanne is in close collaboration with all the Swiss centres of higher education, and participates in many federal projects;
• at a European and international level the University of Lausanne takes part in numerous academic programmes and networks, aimed at developing scientific collaboration beyond the frontiers of Switzerland.

Maia Wentland Forte
e- mail: mwf@unil.ch
Phone: + 41 21 692 20 61

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