University of Lausanne
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The University of Lausanne (in French: Université de Lausanne) or UNIL in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. Today about 10,000 students and 2200 researchers study and work at the university. Approximately 1500 international students attend the university, which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with several American universities.
The University of Lausanne is composed of 7 faculties (theology, law, arts, social and political science, economics and business administration, geoscience and environment, biology and medicine).
Together with the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.
Alumni
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
- Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA
- Pascal Couchepin, Swiss Federal Councellor
- Lauriane Gillieron, Miss Switzerland 2005
- Rüdiger Kirsch, honey trader and famous adventurer conquering the Americas by motorcycle
- Laure-Anne Suter, Expert in European Law and Candidate for Miss Suisse Romande 2006[link]
- Benito Mussolini, Doctor Honoris Causa in 1937
- Adel Nefzi, Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, Famous Lecturer at University of California, San Diego
- Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and balloonist
- Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, writer
- Mohammad Sa'ed, former Prime Minister of Iran
School of Lausanne
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 marginalist revolution Marginalism.See also
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