{"id":4605,"date":"2021-12-15T12:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swisstudycheck.ch\/accredited-universities\/university-of-lausanne-unil\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:14:10","slug":"university-of-lausanne-unil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swisstudycheck.ch\/en\/accredited-universities\/university-of-lausanne-unil\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Lausanne (UNIL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4605\" class=\"elementor elementor-4605 elementor-1504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-681c33b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"681c33b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Lausanne\n(UNIL)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f68ec8b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4f68ec8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44c6cd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-746b56d\" data-id=\"746b56d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbdc2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fbdc2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1537, the University of Lausanne<\/span> (UNIL) today has seven faculties and is a sustainable, interdisciplinary campus that celebrated a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017, awarded <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to Professor Jacques Dubochet<\/span>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>Focusing on human and social sciences, life sciences (biology and medicine), and environmental sciences, the UNIL awards all academic degrees as well as diplomas associated, for example, with continuing education. At the forefront of technological and pedagogical innovation, the UNIL has strongly developed digital teaching and teaching through digital technology, while at the same time fostering interpersonal contacts \u2013 conditions conducive to collective reflection and democratic debate \u2013 from the students\u2019 very first moments in their new environment.<\/p><p>In recent years, it has strengthened collaborations and created important interdisciplinary centres on topics such as cancer, sustainability, mountains, sports, life paths and vulnerabilities, and ethics. Lastly, it became the first university in Switzerland to obtain the federal \u20182000-Watt Site under development\u2019 certificate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bb9cff elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6bb9cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/central\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">To the UNIL website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Lausanne (UNIL) Founded in 1537, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) today has seven faculties and is a sustainable, interdisciplinary campus that celebrated a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017, awarded to Professor Jacques Dubochet. 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