University of Lausanne
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Image:University of Lausanne.jpg 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 6 faculties (theology, law, arts, social and political science, economics and business administration, biology and medicine).
Together with the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) the university forms a vast campus at the shores of Lake Geneva.
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Alumni
- Pascal Couchepin, Swiss Federal Councellor
- Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and balloonist
- Edmond Pidoux, Swiss poet and novelist
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, writter
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.
