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Lausanne (/ l oʊ ˈ z æ n / loh-ZAN, US also / l oʊ ˈ z ɑː n / loh-ZAHN, French: ⓘ; Arpitan: Losena ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.
- University
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; French: Université de...
- Lausanne Cathedral
The Cathedral of Notre Dame of Lausanne is a church located...
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL (French: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne;...
- Lausanne District
Lausanne District (French: District de Lausanne) is a...
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Lausanne ( /lɔ.zan/) est une ville suisse située sur la rive nord du lac Léman. Capitale du canton de Vaud 3, elle est également capitale olympique et chef-lieu du district de Lausanne. Elle est la quatrième ville du pays en nombre d'habitants 4 après Zurich, Genève et Bâle.
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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 theology 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 1...
The University of Lausanne comprises seven faculties: 1. Faculty of Arts (Faculté des lettres) 2. Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) 3. Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), also called HEC Lausanne 4. Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (GSE) 5. Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (FDSC), including the Swiss Graduat...
Main campus
The main campus is presently situated outside the city of Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Léman, 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 Lake Geneva and their campus is also equipped with a bicycle sharing system. The university campus is made up of...
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 (to the north of Lausanne). The Department of Biochemistry, the Ludwig Cancer Research branch of the University of Lausanne and the WHO Immunology Research and Training Centre and some laboratories of the University Hospital of Lausanne are...
The University of Lausanne is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. Between 2010 and 2018, the Leiden Ranking (CWTS) ranked the University of Lausanne 57th-98th globally, and 15th-38th among all universities in Europe. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE), the University of Lausanne rank...
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'auditoireis the students' newspapers from both UNIL and EPFL, with a circulation of 19,000.
ALUMNIL network
In 2011, an on-line network of the UNIL alumni, called ALUMNIL, was created.Since then, regular events (throughout the year) and an annual party (in autumn) are organised every year for the alumni.
Royalty
1. King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand(1925-1946) 2. King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand(1927-2016) 3. Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand 4. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 5. Princess Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc, Lithuanian princess and Russian-Ukrainian surgeon
Politics
1. Ignazio Cassis, President of the Swiss Confederation 2. İsmail Cem, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 3. Paul Ceresole, President of the Swiss Confederation 4. Georges-André Chevallaz, President of the Swiss Confederation 5. Pascal Couchepin, President of the Swiss Confederation 6. Ernest Chuard, President of the Swiss Confederation 7. Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, President of the Swiss Confederation 8. Vedat Dicleli, Minister of Economy & Trade of Turkey 9. Daniel-Henri Druey, President of...
Neoclassical school of thought in economics founded at the University of Lausanne by two of its professors: Léon Walras and Vilfredo Pareto. The School of Lausanne is associated with the development of general equilibrium theory as well as the marginalistrevolution.
Bibliography
1. (in French) 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, 2012 (ISBN 9782880749316). 2. (in French) Nadja Maillard, L'Université de Lausanne à Dorigny, Éditions Infolio, 488 pages, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-88474-280-1).
Lausanne is a city in Switzerland. It has a population of about 140,000 people. The city is the capital of the district Lausanne. It is also the capital of the canton of Vaud. Lausanne is the fourth biggest city of Switzerland.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame of Lausanne is a church located in the city of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is owned by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud.
EPFL (French: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; English: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Founded in 1969, it has placed itself as a public research university specializing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and natural sciences .
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Lausanne District (French: District de Lausanne) is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Lausanne.
