Université de Lausanne

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) has more than 190 research units in seven faculties. It relies on leading academics working in fields as diverse as genetics, the aesthetics of cinema, environmental law and forensic science.

Within the institutes, laboratories and libraries, about 3,000 researchers, including 580 professors, work every day on projects of national or international scope, thereby advancing the institution's academic capital. In order to promote the circulation of knowledge as effectively as possible, UNIL considers it vital to foster a strong culture of interdisciplinarity (one of the main thrusts of its strategic plan). To this end, it has a number of interdisciplinary centres, including the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (CIRM), the Interdisciplinary Centre for Sports Research, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics Research and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Life Course Research (LIVES-UNIL).

In addition to these centres, UNIL participates in several national research hubs (National Centres of Competence in Research – NCCRs), which are tools for encouraging cutting-edge research and supported by the Swiss Confederation. These include the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES)  and the NCCR Microbiomes, in the field of medicine and life sciences. There are also numerous research projects that cross Swiss borders, resulting in fruitful collaborations with internationally renowned institutions.

UNIL promotes interdisciplinary research that is rooted in its local area and open to the world.