- Student-faculty ratios: 9.6
- Male to female ratio: -
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.unil.ch/central/en/home.html
- Address: Dorigny,Lausanne, CH-1015,Switzerland
- Phone: -
The University of Lausanne is a public institution on the shores of Lake Geneva, with around 14,300 students and 3,000 researchers. The university can trace its roots back to a French language Protestant theological academy founded in 1537. The number of faculties increased over the years until, in 1890, the institution became a university. In 1970, it moved from the old city of Lausanne to its current site at Dorigny. The campus is linked by public transport to Lausanne. UNIL has seven faculties, with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment the latest additions in 2003. Approximately one fifth of students and one third of teaching staff come from abroad. The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (BCUL) has over two million documents, housed in buildings overlooking Lake Geneva. The institution places an emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach, ensuring close cooperation between staff and students. It boasts state-of-the-art laboratories for researchers, along with well-equipped lecture theatres for staff and students. The institution also offers a wide range of continuing education and interdisciplinary courses. And there are many sporting and cultural activities on offer on campus, including underwater diving at the sports centre and theatre at the Grange de Dorigny. In terms of research and teaching, UNIL has more than 140 units working in diverse fields including aesthetics of cinema, genomics and environmental law. Towards the end of the 20th century the university was part of a project aimed at increasing cooperation between Switzerland’s French speaking universities of Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.
- Total number of students 11,957
- Number of international students 2,794
- Total number of academic staff 1,243
- Number of international staff 552
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,583
- Number of master's degrees awarded
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 286
- Number of research only staff 85
- Number of new undergraduate students 2,409
- Number of new master's students
- Number of new doctoral students 225
- Global score 61.3
- Global research reputation #342
- Regional research reputation #113
- Publications #259
- Books #553
- Conferences #1,009
- Normalized citation impact #174
- Total citations #209
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #194
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #110
- International collaboration #812
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #71
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #164
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #98
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12,197
Number of FTE Students
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9.6
No. of students per staff
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24%
Percentage of International Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
136
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2012
116
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2013
130
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2014
132
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2015
136
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2016
=144
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2017
=151
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2018
152
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2019
=176
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2020
=198
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Arts & humanities
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
151–175
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2019
176–200
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Life sciences
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2012
41
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2013
44
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2014
48
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2015
56
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2016
=56
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2017
=62
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2018
67
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2019
93
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Physical sciences
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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-
Social sciences
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2018
126–150
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2019
151–175
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-
Business & Economics
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2017
79
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2018
89
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2019
=100
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Law
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2019
101–125
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Psychology
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2019
201–250
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#118 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 50.3
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #179
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #47
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #231
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #74
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #152
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #138
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #62
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #270
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #19
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #121
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #87
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#469 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 42.2
- Chemistry global research reputation #504
- Chemistry regional research reputation #222
- Chemistry publications #877
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #260
- Chemistry total citations #702
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #453
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #26
- Chemistry international collaboration #728
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #203
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #516
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #315
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#135 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 63.3
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #284
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #62
- Clinical Medicine publications #157
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #231
- Clinical Medicine total citations #141
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #128
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #137
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #560
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #46
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #113
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #126
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#131 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 35.9
- Economics and Business global research reputation #204
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #50
- Economics and Business publications #237
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #40
- Economics and Business total citations #145
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #119
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Economics and Business international collaboration #81
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #12
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #144
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #97
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#128 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 58.4
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #83
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #30
- Environment/Ecology publications #202
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #108
- Environment/Ecology total citations #167
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #159
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #128
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #283
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #57
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #167
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #167
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#146 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 53.8
- Geosciences global research reputation #96
- Geosciences regional research reputation #51
- Geosciences publications #168
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #175
- Geosciences total citations #163
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #174
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #195
- Geosciences international collaboration #230
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #36
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #164
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #171
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#73 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 50.1
- Immunology global research reputation #135
- Immunology regional research reputation #14
- Immunology publications #82
- Immunology normalized citation impact #45
- Immunology total citations #74
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #30
- Immunology international collaboration #195
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #55
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #66
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #50
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#117 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 43.2
- Microbiology global research reputation #98
- Microbiology regional research reputation #32
- Microbiology publications #162
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #88
- Microbiology total citations #121
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #104
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #76
- Microbiology international collaboration #240
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #85
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #66
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#73 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 57.7
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #113
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #28
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #119
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #45
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #84
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #92
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #88
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #149
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #11
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #80
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #84
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#111 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 49.7
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #231
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #60
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #112
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #75
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #96
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #89
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #219
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #23
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #84
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#87 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 55.1
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #94
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #32
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #149
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #44
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #107
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #96
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #48
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #241
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #27
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #58
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #45
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#105 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 64.5
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #232
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #125
- Plant and Animal Science publications #226
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #11
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #105
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #115
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #222
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #32
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #41
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #8
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#196 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 37.8
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #239
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #33
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #149
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #306
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #200
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #223
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #305
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #261
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #41
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #177
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #209
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#244 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 39.9
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #335
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #75
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #277
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #241
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #268
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #285
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #339
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #336
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #30
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #208
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #163