University of Lausanne

The Université de Lausanne (UNIL, German University of Lausanne) was founded in 1537 as the theological Académie de Lausanne and was given the name and status of a university in 1890. In 1970, the university moved from the city center to the campus in Dorigny near Lake Geneva. There, together with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), it forms the largest education and research center in Switzerland. As of 2015, more than 14,000 students are studying at the University of Lausanne. Lectures are held primarily in French.