The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in

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, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of fall 2017, about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees studied and worked at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with other universities. Since 2005, the university follows the requirements of the Bologna process. The 2011

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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

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History

Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne

The university was founded in 1537 as the ''Schola Lausannensis'', one year after Bern annexed the territory of Barony of VaudVaud from the Duchy of Savoy, as a school of

with the purpose of training pastors for the church. It enjoyed great renown in its early years for being the first and, until the establishment of the Academy of Geneva in 1559, the only French-language

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

school of theology. It quickly became a center of

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "human ...

learning, with thinkers such as

Corderius Corderius ( Latinized form of the name Mathurin Cordier; c. 1479 – 8 September 1564), was a French-born theologian, teacher, humanist, and pedagogian active in Geneva, Republic of Geneva. He taught at the School of Lausanne (now the University o ...

and

Celio Secondo Curione Celio Secondo Curione (1 May 1503, in Cirié – 24 November 1569, in Basel) (usual Latin form Caelius Secundus Curio) was an Italian humanist, grammarian, editor and historian, who exercised a considerable influence upon the Italian Reformation ...

among its professors. In 1558, the school had 700 students. It entered into a period of decline in the following years, after several members of the academic staff, including

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

Theodore Beza Theodore Beza ( la, Theodorus Beza; french: Théodore de Bèze or ''de Besze''; June 24, 1519 – October 13, 1605) was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation ...

and

Pierre Viret Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer. Early life Pierre Viret was born in 1509 or 1510 in Orbe, then in the Barony of Vaud, now in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. He wa ...

, resigned their seats to join the newly established Academy of Geneva. In the 17th century, the institution became known as the Academy of Lausanne (''Académie de Lausanne''). In 1741, it counted 150 students and seven professors. Starting in 1837, the academy was modernized by the authorities of the

canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

, becoming a

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institution divided into three faculties (letters and sciences, theology, and law). It continued to expand throughout the second half of the 19th century, until 1890, with the establishment of a medicine course, the academy received the name and status of a university. In 1909, Rudolphe Archibald Reiss founded the first school of forensic science in the world: the . 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 The Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (French: ''Institut des hautes études en administration publique'', IDHEAP) is a Swiss graduate school of public administration. In 2014, the independent foundation was integrated into the Unive ...

(IDHEAP) was integrated into the University of Lausanne. Since August 2021, the rector of the University of Lausanne is Frédéric Herman; before then, the university was led by

Nouria Hernandez Nouria Hernandez is a Swiss biologist and the rector of the University of Lausanne (since 1 August 2016). She was professor of molecular biology at the University of Lausanne from 2004 to 2016. Life and career Nouria Hernandez studied at t ...

(2016–2021) and by Dominique Arlettaz (2006–2016).

Faculties and schools

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HEC Lausanne HEC Lausanne (standing for ''Faculté des Hautes études commerciales''), also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne h ...

* Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE) * Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (FDSC), including the

* Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP) * Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (FTSR) The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections, including but not limited to: * School of Criminal Justice (ESC) * School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE) * French summer and winter courses (''Cours de vacances'') * Science-Society Interface

Campus

Main campus

{{See also, Lausanne campus The main campus is presently situated outside the city of

, on the shores of

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, in Dorigny. It is adjacent to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and is served by the Lausanne Metro Line 1 (M1). The two schools together welcome about 20,000 students. The UNIL and the EPFL share an active sports centre located on the campus, on the shores of

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and their campus is also equipped with a

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. The university campus is made up of individual buildings with a park and arboretum in between. The

university library An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...

also serves as eating hall and is centrally located. The view from the library across the sports fields to the

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and the French and Swiss Alps. On a clear day,

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and ...

can be seen. The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and the central administration of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics are also located on the main campus. Image:UNIL-p1010659.jpg, The main building of the Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice and of the Faculty of Business and Economics. Image:University-of-lausanne-extranef.jpg, The Extranef building. Image:Bibliothèque Édouard Fleuret au soir 01.jpg, The Édouard Fleuret Library pavilion. Image:EPFL-p1010642.jpg, The Génopode building of the University of Lausanne hosts the Center for Integrative Genomics of the University of Lausanne and the central administration of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. File:EPFL-p1010628.jpg, The School of Criminal Justice of the UNIL is the world's oldest school of forensic science and is one of the only European institution to offer a complete education in forensic sciences. Image:Anthropole UNIL.jpg, The Anthropole building. Image:UNIL-p1010650.jpg, Unithèque building houses one of the two sites of the

Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (''Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne'', BCU) was founded in the 16th century and became one of the most important public libraries in Switzerland. History The University of ...

on the main campus of the UNIL Image:ISDC exterior south.jpg, The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, on the campus of the University of Lausanne. File:Geopolis unil lausanne switzerland.jpg, The Géopolis building: Faculty of Geosciences and Environment and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences File:2020-01-09 Media Tour Youth Olympic Village Lausanne (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Martin Rulsch 79.jpg, Vortex building, student residence on the campus

Other sites

In addition to its main campus at the lakeside, the University of Lausanne also has other sites. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine is also located in two other sites: around the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) (site called Bugnon) and in

Épalinges Épalinges (; frp, Epalinjo) is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Épalinges is first mentioned in 1182 as ''de Spanengis''. Geography Épalinges ...

(to the north of

). The Department of Biochemistry, the

Ludwig Cancer Research Ludwig Cancer Research is an international community of scientists focused on cancer research, with the goal of preventing and controlling cancer. It encompasses the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, an international non-profit organization f ...

branch of the University of Lausanne and the

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Immunology Research and Training Centre and some laboratories of the

University Hospital of Lausanne The Lausanne University Hospital (french: Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of ...

are located in

. The Biopôle was built next to the

campus. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine also comprises a fourth site, the Psychiatric Hospital of Cery, in

Prilly Prilly () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne. History Prilly is first mentioned around 976-77 as . By 1185 it was known ...

. Image:Hôpital Cantonal Lausanne.jpg, Bugnon 21, headquarters of the

and of the deanship of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine. Image:ISREC-vue-d'avion-1.jpg, The Center for Immunology and Infection Lausanne (CIIL), UNIL-

CHUV The Lausanne University Hospital (french: Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine ...

, in

(2007).

Associated institutions

{{Columns-list, colwidth=30em, * Biopôle * Kurt Bösch Institute (IUKB) * Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) * Centre de recherches sur les lettres romandes (CRLR) * Centre du droit de l'entreprise (CEDIDAC) * Centre for Advanced Modelling Science (CADMOS) * École romande de santé publique (ERSP) * Fondation Edouard Fleuret (FEF) * Institut Benjamin Constant (IBC) * Institut romand des sciences bibliques (IRSB) * Institut universitaire romand de santé au travail (IST) * International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) *

International Institute for Management Development (IMD) International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is a private business school in Lausanne, Switzerland specializes in executive education offering open enrollment programs for senior executives, as well as longer-term educational engageme ...

Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe The Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe is a public-utility and independent institution, created in 1978 by Jean Monnet and Henri Rieben, and dedicated to the conservation of Monnet's archives. Based in Lausanne since its creation, the foundati ...

* Jules Gonin Eye Hospital *

Swiss Cancer Centre The Swiss Cancer Center - Leman (SCCL) is an alliance against cancer forged between several academic and clinical institutions: the University Hospital of Lausnne (CHUV), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the University of Lausanne, ...

* Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences * Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) * Swiss Institute of Comparative Law * Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) *

Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece The Swiss School of Archaeology in GreeceESAG (french: École Suisse d'Archéologie en Grèce; german: Schweizer Archäologische Schule in Griechenland; it, Scuola Elvetica d'Archeologia in Grecia; el, Ελβετική Αρχαιολογική Σ ...

* Swiss Vaccine Research Institute * University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML) ** Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses *

Immunology Research and Training Centre

Reputation and rankings

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(CWTS) ranked the University of Lausanne 57th-98th globally, and 15th-38th among all universities in Europe. According to the

(THE), the University of Lausanne ranked 62nd in life sciences worldwide (4th in Switzerland) in 2017. The

QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...

(QS) placed the University of Lausanne 96th in life science and medicine. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked the University of Lausanne 101-150 globally. Below are rankings for the University of Lausanne by the

(CWTS). {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Year !! In Europe !! In the World , - !2015–2018 , 35 , 98 , - !2014–2017 , 38 , 108 , - !2013–2016 , 28 , 90 , - !2012–2015 , 34 , 99 , - !2011–2014 , 22 , 73 , - !2010–2013 , 15 , 57 , - !2009–2012 , 31 , 88 , - !2008–2011 , 21 , 67 , - ! 2007–2010 , 16 , , 67 , - ! 2006–2009 , 14 , , 67

Press

The UNIL publishes a free monthly campus magazine entitled ''L'Uniscope'' The UNIL also publishes ''Allez savoir !'', a free magazine aimed at a larger audience (general public), in January, May, and September. Besides these, ''L'auditoire'' is the students' newspapers from both UNIL and EPFL, with a circulation of 19,000.

Alumni

ALUMNIL network

In 2011, an on-line network of the UNIL alumni, called ALUMNIL, was created.ALUMNIL
www.unil.ch (page visited on 1 November 2013). Since then, regular events (throughout the year) and an annual party (in autumn) are organised every year for the alumni.

Royalty

* King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand (1925-1946) * King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand (1927-2016) * Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand *

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* Princess Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc, Lithuanian princess and Russian-Ukrainian surgeon

Politics

Ignazio Cassis Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis (; born 13 April 1961) is a Swiss physician and politician who has served as President of the Swiss Confederation since 1 January 2022. A member of FDP. The Liberals, he has been a Member of the Swiss Federal Cou ...

President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by ...

İsmail Cem İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual and journalist who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from 1997 to 2002. Background İsmail Cem ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey *

Paul Ceresole Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Georges-André Chevallaz Georges-André Chevallaz (7 February 1915 – 8 September 2002) was a Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974–1983). Mayor of Lausanne since 1957 and member of the Swiss National Council since 1958, h ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Pascal Couchepin Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008 ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation * Ernest Chuard, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1 April 1936, in Vevey – 4 October 1998 in Lausanne) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–1998). He obtained a degree in political science in 1960 from the University of Lausanne an ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation * Vedat Dicleli, Minister of Economy & Trade of

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* Daniel-Henri Druey, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, prominent European civil servant *

Constant Fornerod Constant Fornerod (30 May 1819 – 27 November 1899) was a Swiss politician, originally from Avenches, and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1855-1867). He was elected to the Federal Council on 11 July 1855 as a representative for Vaud. He ha ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Azi ...

, Prime Minister of Turkey * Max Huber, Swiss international lawyer and diplomat, President of the

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Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (28 April 1834, in Lausanne – 14 September 1893, in Bern) was a -century Swiss attorney and politician. In 1864, he founded the Vaud Credit Union (). Public service He was first elected to public service as a ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Fazıl Küçük Fazıl Küçük (; el, Φαζίλ Κιουτσούκ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. Biography Fazıl Küçük, the son of a farmer, was ...

, first Vice President of the

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Pascoal Mocumbi Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi (born 10 April 1941) was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 1994 until 2004. His traditional name was Mahykete. Education He is the son of Manuel Mocumbi Malume and Leta Alson Cuhle. He began his studies at the ''Miss� ...

, Prime Minister of

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* Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of

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, Duce of Italy *

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, President of the Swiss Confederation *

Eugène Ruffy Eugène Ruffy (2 August 1854, in Lutry – 25 October 1919) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 14 December 1893 and resigned on 31 October 1899. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerlan ...

, President of the Swiss Confederation * Marc-Emile Ruchet, President of the Swiss Confederation *

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, Prime Minister of

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* Jonas Savimbi, leader of

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, an anti-Communist rebel group in

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, Leading Minister of the German Reich * Jean-Luc Addor Swiss politician * Samuel Bendahan Swiss politician

Business

Jean-Claude Biver Jean-Claude Biver (born 20 September 1949) is a Luxembourgish-Swiss watchmaker, cheesemaker, and businessman previously serving as the chief executive officer (CEO) of TAG Heuer. From 2014 until 2018, he was the president of LVMH's watchmaking div ...

, CEO of

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* Louis C. Camilleri, CEO of

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* Jean Claude Gandur, CEO of

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Literature

Philippe Jaccottet Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. Life and work After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of Grignan in ...

, Swiss poet *

Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Mohammad-Ali Jamālzādeh Esfahani ( fa, محمدعلی جمالزاده اصفهانی; 13 January 1892 in Isfahan, Iran – 8 November 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland) was one of the most prominent writers of Iran in the 20th century, best known fo ...

, prominent

ian writer *

Edmond Pidoux Edmond Pidoux (October 25, 1908 – April 17, 2004) was a Swiss author who wrote numerous poems, novels, and essays. He was particularly renowned for Biblical pieces such as ''L'histoire de Jonas.'' In 1982, he won the Prix du livre vaudois. He i ...

, Swiss poet and novelist *

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (24 September 1878 – 23 May 1947) was a French-speaking Swiss writer. Biography He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and was educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and ...

, Swiss writer

Scholars

Jacques Dubochet Jacques Dubochet (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Swiss biophysicist. He is a former researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and an honorary professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne in Switzer ...

(1942–), biophysicist and co-laureate of the

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2017. *

Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962) was a Swiss academic and author, best known as the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918. In 1921, after the Russian Revolution of 1917, he publ ...

(1879–1962), French professor,

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recipient *

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(1895–1959), rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. *

Vilfredo Pareto Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto ( , , , ; born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italians, Italian polymath (civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher). He made several important ...

(1848–1923) Economist, engineer, sociologist, philosopher, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the

Lausanne School The Lausanne School of economics, sometimes referred to as the Mathematical School, refers to the neoclassical economics school of thought surrounding Léon Walras and Vilfredo Pareto. It is named after the University of Lausanne, at which both Walr ...

of economics, together with Léon Walras *

Jean Piccard Jean Felix Piccard (January 28, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland – January 28, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented cluster ...

(1884–1963), Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. * Martine Rebetez (1961–), Swiss climatologist *

Georges de Rham Georges de Rham (; 10 September 1903 – 9 October 1990) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology. Biography Georges de Rham was born on 10 September 1903 in Roche, a small village in the canton of Vaud in ...

(1903–1990), Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology. *

Pedro Rossello Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

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. *

Jean de Serres } Jean de Serres (; la, Joannes Serranus; 1540–1598) was a major French historian and an advisor to King Henry IV during the Wars of Religion that marred the French Reformation in the second half of the Sixteenth Century. As a refugee from reli ...

(1540–1598), French humanist, Plato translator, Calvinist. * Léon Walras (1834–1910) Economist, Professor of Economics at University of Lausanne, co-founder of the

of economics, together with: Vilfredo Pareto *

Luc E. Weber Luc E. Weber (born 18 September 1941) is the Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva and the President of the Glion Colloquium. Biography Luc E. Weber received a PhD in Economics and Business from the University of Lausanne. From 1975 to 200 ...

(1941–), Rector Emeritus of the

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Alexandre Yersin Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss- French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in hi ...

(1863–1943), Swiss-French physician, co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague. * Zaharina Dimitrova (1873–1940),

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doctor,

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recipient, philanthropist.

Others

* Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA * Murielle Bochud, Swiss physician who is the co-chief of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems at the Unisanté in

Abraham Davel Jean Daniel Abraham Davel (20 October 1670 - 24 April 1723), known as Major Davel, was a Swiss soldier and patriot of Vaud. He was sentenced to death and beheaded for calling for Vaud's independence from the Bern authorities. Early life and m ...

, independence hero of the Canton of Vaud *

Akbar Etemad Akbar Etemad ( Persian: اکبر اعتماد) was the president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran from 1974 to 1978. He is popularly called the father of Iran's nuclear program. After the 1979 Iranian revolution, he left Iran and establi ...

, president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran *

Christophe Keckeis Christophe Keckeis (18 April 1945 – 1 May 2020) was a Swiss Lieutenant-General. He Military of Switzerland#High Command, headed the Swiss Army as "Chief of the General Staff" (2003) and then as "Chief of the Armed Forces" (2004–2007). He retir ...

, Head of the Swiss Army *

Claude Nicollier Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He t ...

, Swiss astronaut *

Bertrand Piccard Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was ...

, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist *

Nikolaus Senn Nikolaus Senn (22 October 1926 – 2 November 2014) was a Swiss jurist, economist and banker. Life Nikolaus Senn studied since 1945 jurisprudence and public administration at the University of Freiburg, University of Zürich, University of Laus ...

(1926–2014), co-director of ''

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School of Lausanne

Neoclassical school of thought in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

founded at the University of Lausanne by two of its professors: Léon Walras and

. The School of Lausanne is associated with the development of general equilibrium theory as well as the

marginalist Marginalism is a theory of economics that attempts to explain the discrepancy in the value of goods and services by reference to their secondary, or marginal, utility. It states that the reason why the price of diamonds is higher than that of wa ...

revolution.

Notes and references

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Bibliography

* {{in lang, fr Jean-Philippe Leresche, Frédéric Joye-Cagnard, Martin Benninghoff and Raphaël Ramuz, ''Gouverner les universités. L'exemple de la coordination Genève-Lausanne (1990-2010)'',

Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes The Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR, literally "Polytechnic and university press of French-speaking Switzerland") is a Swiss academic publishing house. It is based in Lausanne, on the Lausanne campus, in the Rolex Learni ...

, 2012 ({{ISBN, 9782880749316). * {{in lang, fr Nadja Maillard, ''L'Université de Lausanne à Dorigny'', Éditions Infolio, 488 pages, 2013 ({{ISBN, 978-2-88474-280-1).

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