{"id":10623,"date":"2017-08-19T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T07:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/?page_id=10623"},"modified":"2017-08-19T07:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T07:08:14","slug":"university-of-lausanne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/en\/study-in-switzerland\/swiss-universities\/university-of-lausanne\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<b>University of Lausanne<\/b>\u00a0(<b>UNIL<\/b>,\u00a0French:\u00a0Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne) in\u00a0Lausanne,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0was founded in 1537 as a school of\u00a0theology, before being made a\u00a0university\u00a0in 1890. Today about 13,500 students and 2,200 researchers study and work at the\u00a0university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with world-renowned universities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2005, the University follows the requirements of the\u00a0Bologna process. The 2011\u00a0Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the University of Lausanne 116th globally. The\u00a0CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 ranks the University of Lausanne 11th in Europe and 41st globally, out of 750 universities. Together with the\u00a0\u00c9cole polytechnique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL)\u00a0the university forms a vast\u00a0campus\u00a0at the shores of\u00a0Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10097\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne.jpg\" alt=\"University of Lausanne\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne.jpg 500w, https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Lausanne (Bottom left corner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span id=\"Faculties_and_schools\" class=\"mw-headline\">Faculties and schools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The University of Lausanne comprises seven\u00a0faculties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty of Arts<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Business and Economics\u00a0(HEC), also called\u00a0HEC Lausanne<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (FDSC), including the\u00a0Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (FTSR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The University of Lausanne also comprises schools and different sections, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School of Criminal Justice (ESC)<\/li>\n<li>School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE)<\/li>\n<li>French summer and winter courses (Cours de vacances)<\/li>\n<li>Science-Society Interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Main_campus\" class=\"mw-headline\">Main campus<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main campus is presently situated outside the city of\u00a0Lausanne, on the shores of\u00a0Lake Geneva, in\u00a0Dorigny. It is adjacent to the\u00a0Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)\u00a0and is served by the\u00a0Lausanne Metro Line 1 (M1). The two schools together welcome about 20,000 students. The UNIL and the\u00a0EPFL\u00a0share an active sports centre located on the campus, on the shores of\u00a0Lake Geneva<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">\u00a0<\/span>and their campus is also equipped with a\u00a0bicycle sharing system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The university campus is made up of individual buildings with a park and arboretum in between. The\u00a0university library\u00a0also serves as eating hall and is centrally located. The view from the library across the sports fields to the\u00a0lake of Geneva\u00a0and the French and\u00a0Swiss Alps. On a clear day,\u00a0Mont Blanc\u00a0can be seen. The\u00a0Swiss Institute of Comparative Law\u00a0and the central administration of the\u00a0Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics\u00a0are also located on the main campus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10624\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10624\" src=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library.jpg\" alt=\"University of Lausanne\" width=\"447\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library.jpg 4250w, https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agence-de-traduction.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/University-of-Lausanne-library-1024x585.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE The\u00a0University of Lausanne\u00a0(UNIL,\u00a0French:\u00a0Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne) in\u00a0Lausanne,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0was founded in 1537 as a school of\u00a0theology, before being made a\u00a0university\u00a0in 1890. Today about 13,500 students and 2,200 researchers study and work at the\u00a0university. 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