University of Lausanne. Institution of higher education and research. Formed by seven faculties where there are approximately 14,500 students and 3,000 researchers. UNIL focuses on various academic disciplines, emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach, with close cooperation between students, teaching staff and research professors. Its main campus is located on the shores of Lake Geneva, in the heart of the French-speaking region of Switzerland, in a beautiful green landscape with splendid views of the Alps.

History

It was founded in 1537 as a school of Theology, it was named a university from 1890. Its vocation at that time was to train ministers for the church. The university enjoyed a certain fame because it was the only French-speaking Protestant theological school.

Over the centuries, the number of faculties increased and diversified until, in 1890, the Academy received the name and status of a university. As early as 1909, Rodolphe Archibald Reiss founded the world’s first forensic science school.

Starting in 1970, the university progressively moved from the old center of Lausanne, around the Cathedral and the Castle, to its current site at Dorigny. The late 20th century witnessed the start of an ambitious project aimed at further cooperation and development between the French-speaking universities of Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchâtel, together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. This brought with it the transfer of the sections of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry from the University to the EPFL; the funds were invested in the development of life sciences at the University, including the creation of a Center for Integrative Genomics.

2003 was the year in which two new faculties were founded, focusing on life and human sciences: the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment.

On January 1, 2014, the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration was integrated into the University of Lausanne.

Organization

The University of Lausanne has 7 faculties

• Theology
• Law and letters
• Political and social sciences
• Economic and business Sciences
• Earth and environmental sciences
• biology
• Medicine

The university campus is made up of separate buildings with a park and an arboretum in between. The library also serves as a dining room and is centrally located. It also has 126 research and teaching units 296 associated universities 187 nationalities are present just 6 minutes walk to the shore of the lake more than 101 sports activities are practiced

Personalities

• Jacques Dubochet (1942-), biophysicist and co-laureate of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Jean de Serres (1540-1598), French humanist, translator of Plato, Calvinist.
• Leo Aryeh Mayer (1895-1959), rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Jean Piccard (1884-1963), Swiss-American chemist, engineer and professor, and great fan of hot air balloons.
• Georges de Rham (1903-1990), Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology.
• Pedro Rosselló (1897-1970), Catalan educator and deputy director of the International Office of Education.
• Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943), Swiss-French physician, co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague.
• Luc E. Weber (1941-), Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva.
• Sepp Blatter, FIFA President
• Akbar Etemad, President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
• Christophe Keckeis, Chief of the Swiss Army
• Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut
• Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
• Nikolaus Senn (1926-2014), co-director of the Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft

Curiosities

• The UNIL School of Criminal Justice is the oldest school of forensic science in the world and is one of the only European institutions to offer a comprehensive education in forensic science.
• Its campus is also equipped with a bike-sharing system
• He owns 53 sheep to cut the grass.
• The amazing view from the libraryacross the sports fields encompasses Lake Geneva and the French and Swiss Alps. On a clear day, you can see Mont Blanc.
• The University Library – Lausanne has more than two million documents, provides modern research tools and an ideal work environment overlooking Lake Geneva.

University of Basel (Switzerland)

Basel University. Founded in 1460 , it is the oldest university in Switzerland, combining a 500-year academic tradition with a decidedly open spirit for change. It has a long tradition of excellence, being a distinguished teaching and research center. Known for its excellent competence and innovation in new fields of science, this university considers the life sciences and culture as its main research areas.

Creation and History

The University of Basel was founded in 1460, thanks to the support of the Basel Council and Pope Pius II. So it mostly arises at the initiative of local people.

At first it consisted of only three main faculties Divinity, Law and Medicine, and a Faculty of Arts, which was designed to prepare students from the other three faculties.

Some of the university’s most famous professors include Erasmus of Rotterdam, Paracelsus, Daniel Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Recently, the university has gained notoriety in the development of tropical medicines.

General Organization

The University of Basel is organized into Faculties. Among its attractions it has a Library, a Botanical Garden and several museums, highlighting a Museum of the History of Pharmacy.

Faculties

Currently the University has 8 faculties: Theology, Medicine, Law, Humanities, Sciences, Business and Economics, Psychology and Nanotechnology.

library

It is one of the most notable buildings on campus. It houses works by Erasmus, Martin Luther and Zwingli. As well as a collection of rare manuscripts.

Botanical Garden

Located next to the Spalen Gate, it is one of the oldest gardens of its kind in German-speaking countries. It has an extensive collection of the most diverse plants, a famous collection of cacti and orchids, and a sample of the fascinating world of the tropical jungle.

Pharmacy History Museum

The “Pharmaceutical Museum” is located in a medieval building in the old town. It contains collections of old drugs and pharmacy furniture, laboratory supplies, splendid ceramics, instruments, books, art and crafts.

It was inaugurated in 1925 and is the only one of its kind in Switzerland and for its copious collection.

This Museum is dedicated to the history of pharmaceutical science. It houses one of the largest collections in the world on the history of the pharmacy.

Other considerations

• The University of Basel has been self-managed since 1996, while they remain under the jurisdiction of the cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country.
• It consists of 9,000 university students and 2,000 postgraduate and doctoral students, yet it is relatively small by European standards.
• It offers employment to more than 3,500 employees.
• Its annual budget is approximately 500 million Swiss francs, of which a quarter each is borne by the two sponsoring cantons.
• The historic and modern buildings that comprise it are inspiring places for learning, equipped to meet the educational and professional challenges of the modern knowledge economy.