University of Lausanne
 University of Lausanne  (University)    | |
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| Motto | Le savoir vivant |
| Formation | 1890 |
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Type |  Public university |
| French-speaking Swiss university | |
The University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890. As of fall 2017, about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees study and work at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with world-renowned universities.
Together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva. Since 2005, the University follows the requirements of the Bologna process.
History
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 (IDHEAP) was integrated into the University of Lausanne.[1]
Since August 2016, the rector of the University of Lausanne is Nouria Hernandez; before then, the University was led by Dominique Arlettaz.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Gutzwiller | Director of the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine | 1983 | 1988 |
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katharina Borchert | 10 October 1972 | German | Journalist Big Tech executive | Selected a Young Global Leader by the WEF in 2011 as CEO of Spiegel Online, the most influential corporate media outlet in Germany. From 2016 Chief Innovation Officer at Mozilla working on "strengthening its position in the fight against fake news". | |
| İsmail Cem | 15 February 1940 | 24 January 2007 | Turkey | Journalist Politician | Turkish politician and Robert College alumnus. Attended 1 Bilderberg as mooted presidential candidate, a second as Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs. |
| Pascal Couchepin | 5 April 1942 | Switzerland | Politician | Swiss President, 4 Bilderbergs | |
| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | 1 April 1936 | 4 October 1998 | Switzerland | Politician | Single Bilderberger Member of the Swiss Federal Council. Managed to get Switzerland into the World Trade Organization in 11994 without a referendum. |
| Arthur Dunkel | 26 August 1932 | 8 June 2005 | Switzerland | Deep state functionary | Director-General of the World Trade Organization for over 12 years. 5 Bilderbergs |
| Jean-Claude Gisling | 1936 | 4 November 2016 | Switzerland | Businessperson | In 1980 manager at the PR agency Publicitas |
| Paul Jolles | 25 December 1919 | 11 March 2000 | Switzerland | Diplomat Businessperson | Quad Bilderberger Swiss diplomat businessman |
| Philippe Lazzarini | 1964 | Diplomat | UNRWA diplomat | ||
| Livia Leu | 1961 | Switzerland | Diplomat Civil servant | Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| Helga Steeg | 8 June 1927 | 17 May 2017 | German | Tri-Bilderberger executive director of the International Energy Agency | |
| Berend Udink | 12 February 1926 | 24 May 2016 | Netherlands | Politician | Double Bilderberger Dutch politician |
