fbpx
Wikipedia

University of Geneva

November 27, 2023

The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary.[1][2] It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship. Today, it is the third largest university in Switzerland by number of students.[3]

University of Geneva
Université de Genève
Latin: Schola Genevensis
MottoPost tenebras lux (Latin)
Motto in English
Light after darkness
TypePublic university
Established1559; 464 years ago (1559)
RectorYves Flückiger
Administrative staff
approx. 6,500
Students17,271
Location
Geneva
,
Switzerland
CampusUrban
LanguageFrench
English
AffiliationsCoimbra Group
LERU
EUA
IFPU
Websitewww.unige.ch

In 1873, it dropped its religious affiliations and became officially secular.[2] In 2009, the University of Geneva celebrated the 450th anniversary of its founding.[4] Almost 40% of the students come from foreign countries.

The university holds and actively pursues teaching, research, and community service as its primary objectives. In 2016, it was ranked 53rd worldwide by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities,[5] 89th by the QS World University Rankings,[6] and 131st in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking.[7]

UNIGE is a member of the League of European Research Universities (including academic institutions such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cambridge, Heidelberg, and Milan) the Coimbra Group and the European University Association.[8]

The university has a diverse student body, with students from over 150 countries. It is also home to numerous research centers and institutes, including the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, the Global Studies Institute, and the Institute of Global Health.

History edit

The university was founded in 1559 as the Academy of Geneva (Académie de Genève) by John Calvin, as a seminary administered by the Company of Pastors, to be the center of public education in Protestant Geneva.[9] With the goal of educating not only pastors but also magistrates for the republic, in 1565 the academy began the teaching of Law.[9]

During the French annexation of Geneva (1798–1813), the school was reorganized into a more universal format, with the introduction of degrees and its division in faculties.[9] This process of modernization continued into the period of national Restoration[9]

Location edit

The University of Geneva is located in several districts in the eastern part of the city and in the nearby city of Carouge (on the left bank of the Lake Léman and the Rhône), and the different buildings are sometimes very distant from each other (the Battelle buildings are for instance more than three kilometers away from the Bastions). The oldest building (1559) is the Collège Calvin, and is no longer a university building. Lectures are given in six different main locations, Les Bastions, Uni Dufour, Sciences I, II and III, Uni Mail and Uni Pignon, Centre Médical Universitaire (CMU), and Battelle;[10] as well as in other less important locations (for instance part of the Mathematics Section is located at the second and (partly) third and sixth storeys rented by the university in an office building in Carouge).[11]

Uni Bastions edit

Built between 1868 and 1871, Uni Bastions is the symbol of Geneva's academic life. It is located in the middle of a park and is host to the faculty of Protestant Theology and to the Faculty of Arts.[12]

Uni Dufour edit

 
Uni Dufour

Its architecture was inspired by Le Corbusier. It hosts the Rectorat and the administration of the university.[13]

Uni Mail edit

 
Uni Mail

It is Switzerland's biggest building dedicated to social sciences. It currently hosts the Faculty of Law, of Economics and Management,[14] of Psychology and Education and the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.[15]

Organisation edit

The University of Geneva is structured in various faculties and interfaculty centers which are representing teaching, research and service to society in the various disciplines.

Faculties edit

The university is composed of nine faculties:[16]

  • Faculty of Sciences[17]
  • Faculty of Medicine[18]
  • Faculty of Humanities[19]
  • Faculty Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM)[20]
  • Faculty Geneva School of Social Sciences (G3S)[21]
  • Faculty of Law (Geneva Law School)[22]
  • Faculty of Theology[23]
  • Faculty of Psychology and Education[24]
  • Faculty of Translation and Interpreting[25]

Interfaculty centers edit

The university is composed of fourteen interfacultary centers. Amongst others:

Associated institutions edit

The university has also several partnerships with the nearby institutions, where students at the university may take courses.

Finances edit

The University of Geneva had a budget of roughly 760 million CHF for the year 2016.[28] It mostly comes from the cantonal subventions, the other notable contributors being the federal state and the tuition fees.[29]

Libraries and press edit

Libraries edit

UNIGE's library facilities are spread across four sites.

  • Uni Arve is host to seven libraries: Bibliothèque Ernst & Lucie Schmidheiny, Bibliothèque d'Anthropologie, Bibliothèque du Centre universitaire d'informatique, Bibliothèque Georges de Rham (Mathematics), Bibliothèque de l'Institut des Sciences de l'environnement (ISE), Bibliothèque de l'Observatoire (Astronomy) and the Bibliothèque des Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement.[30]
  • Uni Bastions hosts the language libraries, as well as the university's libraries focused on history and musicology.[31]
  • Uni CMU is home to an extensive collection of medical issues. Besides, it is also hosts the Centre de documentation en santé (CDS) and the Bibliothèque de l'nstitut de la médecine et de la santé et de l'Institut d'éthique biomédicale (IHMS – IEB).[32]
  • Uni Mail's collection is focused on the following themes: Economics and social sciences, Law, Psychology and Learning Sciences, Translation and Interpreting, European studies, French as a foreign language and Musicology. Besides, it also hosts UNIGE's multimedia library.[33]

Press edit

The journal de l'UNIGE is released biweekly. Its purpose is to ease communication inside the university, to inform the students about the research being carried at UNIGE, to convey new opinions and to inform students and teachers of upcoming university events via l'Agenda.[34]

Campus is released monthly with the objective to ease communication between the scientific community and the citizens and to be a "bridge between science and city".[35]

Academics edit

Admission and fees edit

To be enrolled in a bachelor programme, one must hold a Swiss maturity diploma or a secondary diploma considered by the University of Geneva to be equivalent.[36] If the degree was not pursued in French, applicants must pass an eliminatory French language test at the beginning of September, which consists of an oral and a written comprehension test and of a piece of argumentative writing.[37] Tuition fees are of CHF 500 per semester.

Academic year edit

UNIGE's academic year runs from mid-September to mid-June. It is divided in two semesters, each one being concluded by an examination session, held respectively at the beginning of January and at the beginning of June. An examination session is held at the end of August and beginning of September as a retake for students who failed their January or June examinations.[38]

During the three days before the start of the new academic year, the Journées d'accueil (Welcome Days) are organized by the university to introduce the new students to the city and the facilities, tips are also given on how to succeed at university. A second chapter including city tours, outdoor concerts and animations is also organized by the student association UniAccueil (AUA) to celebrate the new academic year.[39]

Teaching and degrees edit

Before 2005, the university applied various very different models, depending on Faculties, and sometimes even on Departments (or "Sections"). Some Faculties applied the French education model of granting academic degrees, with some minor differences: demi-licence (two years), trois-quarts de licence (three years), licence (four years), diplôme d'études approfondies and diplôme d'études superieures spécialisées (DEA/DESS) (1–2 years), and doctorate (3–5 years).

The university now follows the requirements of the Bologna process: bachelor's (three years), master's (1–2 years), in some departments or sections Master of Advanced Studies (1–2 years), doctorate (3–5 years).[40]

UNIGE offers more than 240 types of diplomas: about 30 bachelor's degrees,[41] 70 masters and 78 doctorates. It also provides more than 200 programmes of continuing education in various sectors.[42]

International partnerships edit

Students at UNIGE have the possibility to study abroad for a semester or a year during their degree. Partner universities include Free University of Berlin, Harvard Law School, École Normale Supérieure, Trinity College Dublin, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Université Libre de Bruxelles, King's College London, McGill University, HEC Montreal, University of Ottawa, University of Oxford, Uppsala University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, UCLA, University of Southampton, University of Sydney, University of Tokyo.[43]

Research edit

The key sectors of research at the University of Geneva are sciences (molecular biology, bio-informatics, etc.), elementary physics, astrophysics, economics, social sciences, psychology, chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics.

UNIGE is home to six national research centers: in genetics (Frontiers in Genetics), in material sciences (MaNEP), in study of emotions (Affective Sciences), in chemical biology (with EPFL), in study of mental illness (Synaptic, with EPFL and Unil), in study of life path (with Unil). UNIGE also carries research in international studies since the creation in 2013 of the Global Studies Institute, in finance with the Geneva Finance Research Institute,[44] and in environmental studies, with the creation in 2009 of the Institut des sciences de l'environnement.[45]

Famous discoveries have been made by researcher working at UNIGE including the discoveries of extrasolar planets by Michel Mayor, and of quantum teleportation by Nicolas Gisin.

Rankings edit

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[46]62 (2022)
CWUR World[47]110 (2022–23)
QS World[48]125 (2023)
THE World[49]201–250 (2023)
USNWR Global[50]101 (2022)

The University of Geneva is consistently ranked one of the top universities in the world.

Global rankings edit

In 2016, the University of Geneva is ranked 53rd overall in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking. In 2012, it was ranked 69th overall in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking, 74th overall according to the QS ranking and 133rd overall according to the THE ranking. In 2006, Newsweek ranked the university 32nd in the world.[51]

The QS World University Rankings[52] ranked the University of Geneva as follows:

Year In the World
2016 89th
2015 85th
2012 74th
2011 69th

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings[53] ranked the University of Geneva as follows:

Year In the World
2015–2016 131st
2012–2013 133rd
2011–2012 116th
2010–2011 118th

Subject rankings edit

In molecular biology, the impact of the research carried in Geneva was ranked 4th in Europe by Times Higher Education for the period 1999–2009, directly behind the University of Oxford.[54] In physics, UNIGE was ranked sixth.[citation needed]

The QS 2013 subject ranking placed the University of Geneva at the 21st place in the field of Pharmacy and at the 49th place in Philosophy. In every subject, the university was ranked in the world's top 200.[55]

Other rankings edit

In the 2013 QS ranking, the university was ranked 24th in the world for most international faculty and 20th in the world for most international student body.[56]

Student body edit

In 2016, 16,530 students were studying at UNIGE, of whom 61% were female. 37% of the students were non-Swiss, originating from 151 countries. 4,449 teachers and collaborators, of whom 49% are female, are working for UNIGE.[57]

Student life edit

Sports edit

The Bureau des sports organizes all the sports related activity at UNIGE. Free sports lessons are given everyday and it suffices to show one's student card to access. Other lessons organization with the university's partners demand a small fee.[58] UNIGE is home to the Geneva university championships in basketball, indoor football, rowing, badminton, outdoor football.[59] The university also sends teams to the Swiss university championship in badminton, indoor football, skiing, basketball, fencing, football, golf, ice-hockey, table tennis and volleyball.[60] UNIGE also provides special schedules for students wishing to pursue their high level sporting career and to study at the same time.[61]

Associations edit

Alumni UNIGE is the alumni association of the University of Geneva, it offers a network of several thousand people to its members, as well as other advantages, such as discount prizes, special events, access to the official networking platform.[62] Atout-lettres is the alumni association of the literature students of the university, founded in 1997. Its purpose is to prepare the professional insertion of the literature students, to establish links between literature student and the working world and to promote the formation given by the Faculté de Lettres.[63]

Alumni edit

Over the course of its history, a sizeable number of UNIGE alumni have become notable in their fields, both academic, and in the wider world.[64] Affiliates of the University of Geneva have won 10 Nobel prizes. Graduate alumni (Martin Hairer and Vaughan Jones) have won 2 Fields Medals.

The university has hosted several Nobel laureates as students, researchers and/or professors: Norman Angell (1872–1967), Nobel Peace Prize 1933; Karl Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1974; Daniel Bovet (1907–1992), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957; Niels Kaj Jerne (1911–1994), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1984; Maurice Allais (1911–2010), Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1988; Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1992; Martin Rodbell (1925–1998), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1994; Alan Jay Heeger (born 1936), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000; Werner Arber (born 1929), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1978; Kofi Annan (1938–2018), Nobel Peace Prize 2001; Michel Mayor (1942-- ) and Didier Queloz (1966-- ), Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 (jointly with James Peebles).

It has also hosted or graduated three Fields Medal laureates: Vaughan Jones (1952–2020), laureate in 1990, Stanislav Smirnov (born 1970), laureate in 2010 and Martin Hairer (born 1975), laureate in 2014.

Notable scholars edit

Notable alumni edit

In fiction edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About the University – Université de Genève". www.unige.ch. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Our Heritage – Faculté d'économie et de management – UNIGE". www.unige.ch. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "University of Geneva (UNIGE)". Studying in Switzerland. 5 September 2006.
  4. ^ "University of Geneva honors LHC project leader at 450th anniversary ceremony". CERN. 5 June 2009.
  5. ^ "ARWU World University Rankings 2016 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016 | Top 500 universities | Shanghai Ranking – 2016". Shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ "QS World University Rankings® 2015/16". Top Universities. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 30 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ^ "University in the Spotlight: University of Geneva". Globalinksabroad.
  9. ^ a b c d Marco Marcacci. "Université de Genève". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French).
  10. ^ . Schenk Photos. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Accueil". Bâtiments: plans d'accès. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Accueil". Bâtiments: plans d'accès. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Accueil". Bâtiments: plans d'accès. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Accueil". Bâtiments: plans d'accès. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  16. ^ . Archives. Université de Genève. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Faculty of Science – Faculté des sciences – UNIGE". www.unige.ch. 12 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  18. ^ "University of Geneva – PhD School of Life Sciences | Welcome to the PhD School in Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science". lifesciencesphd.unige.ch. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities!". www.unige.ch. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Geneva School of Economics and Management – Faculté d'économie et de management – UNIGE". www.unige.ch. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  21. ^ "About us". www.unige.ch. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Welcome to the Faculty of Law". www.unige.ch. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Faculté de théologie – Faculté de théologie – UNIGE". www.unige.ch (in French). 1 February 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  24. ^ "FPSE – Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation – UNIGE". www.unige.ch (in French). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Faculty of Translation and Interpreting – University of Geneva". www.unige.ch. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  26. ^ "Bienvenue". droit de l'art. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  27. ^ "Centre Universitaire Romand – CURML". Curml.ch. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  28. ^ "Rapport financier et budget". L'Université se présente (in French). Université de Genève. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  29. ^ "Budget 2013" (PDF). Unige.ch. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  30. ^ "Site Uni Arve". Bibliothèque. Université de Genève. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  31. ^ "Site Uni Bastions". Bibliothèque. Université de Genève. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  32. ^ "Site Uni CMU". Bibliothèque. Université de Genève. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  33. ^ "Site Uni Mail". Bibliothèque. Université de Genève. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  34. ^ "Journal n°77". Le Journal. Université de Genève. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  35. ^ "Campus n°100, édition spéciale". Unige.ch. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  36. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  37. ^ . Division de la formation et des étudiants. Université de Genève. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  38. ^ . International. Université de Genève. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013.
  39. ^ . Accueil et intégration. Université de Genève. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  40. ^ "Enseigner et Apprendre". Division de la formation et des étudiants. Université de Genève. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  41. ^ . Futurs Étudiants. Université de Genève. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
  42. ^ "Centre pour la formation continue et à distance". Centre pour la formation continue et à distance. Université de Genève. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  43. ^ . 129.194.40.25. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  44. ^ "Geneva Finance Research Institute". Faculté d'économie et de management. Université de Genève. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  45. ^ "Thématiques de l'institut". Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement. Université de Genève. June 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  46. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  47. ^ "World University Rankings 2022–23". Center for World University Rankings. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  48. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2023". Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  49. ^ "World University Rankings 2023". 4 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  50. ^ "U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  51. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  52. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2010 Results". Topuniversities.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  53. ^ "Times Higher Education World University Rankings". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  54. ^ "Top European Institutions in Molecular Biology". Times Higher Education. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  55. ^ "University of Geneva Rankings". Top Universities. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  56. ^ "University of Geneva Rankings". Top Universities. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  57. ^ "Publications". Unige.ch. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  58. ^ . Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  59. ^ . Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  60. ^ . Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  61. ^ . Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  62. ^ "Services & avantages – ALUMNI – UNIGE". Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  63. ^ . Asso-etud.unige.ch. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  64. ^ For a summary description of all of the set of scholars and literati who intervened in teaching at the University of Geneva since its inception to the eve of the Industrial Revolution (1800), see Valentine Debois and David de la Croix, (2021), Scholars and Literati at the University of Geneva (1559–1800), Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae/RETE, 1:41–47.
  65. ^ Marion, Gilbert (7 July 2011). "Narbel, Marguerite". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in German). Translated by Alice Holenstein-Beereuter. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  66. ^ . Dominique-levy.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  67. ^ * Pearson, John (2008). James Bond: The Authorised Biography. Random House. ISBN 978-0-09-950292-0., p. 299

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Geneva.
  • Official website  
  • Scholars and Literati at the University of Geneva (1559–1800), in Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae/RETE.
  1. ^ "Members" (in German, French, Italian, and English). Berne, Switzerland: swissuniversities. 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

November 27, 2023
university, geneva, french, université, genève, public, research, university, located, geneva, switzerland, founded, 1559, john, calvin, theological, seminary, remained, focused, theology, until, 17th, century, when, became, center, enlightenment, scholarship,. The University of Geneva French Universite de Geneve is a public research university located in Geneva Switzerland It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary 1 2 It remained focused on theology until the 17th century when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship Today it is the third largest university in Switzerland by number of students 3 University of GenevaUniversite de GeneveLatin Schola GenevensisMottoPost tenebras lux Latin Motto in EnglishLight after darknessTypePublic universityEstablished1559 464 years ago 1559 RectorYves FluckigerAdministrative staffapprox 6 500Students17 271LocationGeneva SwitzerlandCampusUrbanLanguageFrenchEnglishAffiliationsCoimbra GroupLERUEUAIFPUWebsitewww unige chIn 1873 it dropped its religious affiliations and became officially secular 2 In 2009 the University of Geneva celebrated the 450th anniversary of its founding 4 Almost 40 of the students come from foreign countries The university holds and actively pursues teaching research and community service as its primary objectives In 2016 it was ranked 53rd worldwide by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 5 89th by the QS World University Rankings 6 and 131st in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 7 UNIGE is a member of the League of European Research Universities including academic institutions such as Amsterdam Barcelona Cambridge Heidelberg and Milan the Coimbra Group and the European University Association 8 The university has a diverse student body with students from over 150 countries It is also home to numerous research centers and institutes including the Geneva Centre for Security Policy the Global Studies Institute and the Institute of Global Health Contents 1 History 2 Location 2 1 Uni Bastions 2 2 Uni Dufour 2 3 Uni Mail 3 Organisation 3 1 Faculties 3 1 1 Interfaculty centers 3 1 2 Associated institutions 3 2 Finances 4 Libraries and press 4 1 Libraries 4 2 Press 5 Academics 5 1 Admission and fees 5 2 Academic year 5 3 Teaching and degrees 5 4 International partnerships 5 5 Research 5 6 Rankings 5 6 1 Global rankings 5 6 2 Subject rankings 5 6 3 Other rankings 6 Student body 7 Student life 7 1 Sports 7 2 Associations 8 Alumni 8 1 Notable scholars 8 2 Notable alumni 9 In fiction 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory editThe university was founded in 1559 as the Academy of Geneva Academie de Geneve by John Calvin as a seminary administered by the Company of Pastors to be the center of public education in Protestant Geneva 9 With the goal of educating not only pastors but also magistrates for the republic in 1565 the academy began the teaching of Law 9 During the French annexation of Geneva 1798 1813 the school was reorganized into a more universal format with the introduction of degrees and its division in faculties 9 This process of modernization continued into the period of national Restoration 9 Location editThe University of Geneva is located in several districts in the eastern part of the city and in the nearby city of Carouge on the left bank of the Lake Leman and the Rhone and the different buildings are sometimes very distant from each other the Battelle buildings are for instance more than three kilometers away from the Bastions The oldest building 1559 is the College Calvin and is no longer a university building Lectures are given in six different main locations Les Bastions Uni Dufour Sciences I II and III Uni Mail and Uni Pignon Centre Medical Universitaire CMU and Battelle 10 as well as in other less important locations for instance part of the Mathematics Section is located at the second and partly third and sixth storeys rented by the university in an office building in Carouge 11 Uni Bastions edit Built between 1868 and 1871 Uni Bastions is the symbol of Geneva s academic life It is located in the middle of a park and is host to the faculty of Protestant Theology and to the Faculty of Arts 12 Uni Dufour edit nbsp Uni DufourIts architecture was inspired by Le Corbusier It hosts the Rectorat and the administration of the university 13 Uni Mail edit nbsp Uni MailIt is Switzerland s biggest building dedicated to social sciences It currently hosts the Faculty of Law of Economics and Management 14 of Psychology and Education and the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting 15 Organisation editThe University of Geneva is structured in various faculties and interfaculty centers which are representing teaching research and service to society in the various disciplines Faculties edit The university is composed of nine faculties 16 Faculty of Sciences 17 Faculty of Medicine 18 Faculty of Humanities 19 Faculty Geneva School of Economics and Management GSEM 20 Faculty Geneva School of Social Sciences G3S 21 Faculty of Law Geneva Law School 22 Faculty of Theology 23 Faculty of Psychology and Education 24 Faculty of Translation and Interpreting 25 Interfaculty centers edit The university is composed of fourteen interfacultary centers Amongst others Institute for Reformation History the Reformation Interfaculty Center for Informatics computer science Institute for Environmental Sciences energy policy The Global Studies Institute Interfaculty Center of Gerontology gerontology Swiss Center for Affective Sciences affective science Associated institutions edit The university has also several partnerships with the nearby institutions where students at the university may take courses Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies IHEID Bossey Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro engineering Swiss National Supercomputing Centre Art Law Centre 26 Center for Biomedical Imaging CIBM University Centre of Legal Medicine CURML 27 The Institute for Work and Health IST Finances edit The University of Geneva had a budget of roughly 760 million CHF for the year 2016 28 It mostly comes from the cantonal subventions the other notable contributors being the federal state and the tuition fees 29 Libraries and press editLibraries edit UNIGE s library facilities are spread across four sites Uni Arve is host to seven libraries Bibliotheque Ernst amp Lucie Schmidheiny Bibliotheque d Anthropologie Bibliotheque du Centre universitaire d informatique Bibliotheque Georges de Rham Mathematics Bibliotheque de l Institut des Sciences de l environnement ISE Bibliotheque de l Observatoire Astronomy and the Bibliotheque des Sciences de la Terre et de l environnement 30 Uni Bastions hosts the language libraries as well as the university s libraries focused on history and musicology 31 Uni CMU is home to an extensive collection of medical issues Besides it is also hosts the Centre de documentation en sante CDS and the Bibliotheque de l nstitut de la medecine et de la sante et de l Institut d ethique biomedicale IHMS IEB 32 Uni Mail s collection is focused on the following themes Economics and social sciences Law Psychology and Learning Sciences Translation and Interpreting European studies French as a foreign language and Musicology Besides it also hosts UNIGE s multimedia library 33 Press edit The journal de l UNIGE is released biweekly Its purpose is to ease communication inside the university to inform the students about the research being carried at UNIGE to convey new opinions and to inform students and teachers of upcoming university events via l Agenda 34 Campus is released monthly with the objective to ease communication between the scientific community and the citizens and to be a bridge between science and city 35 Academics editAdmission and fees edit To be enrolled in a bachelor programme one must hold a Swiss maturity diploma or a secondary diploma considered by the University of Geneva to be equivalent 36 If the degree was not pursued in French applicants must pass an eliminatory French language test at the beginning of September which consists of an oral and a written comprehension test and of a piece of argumentative writing 37 Tuition fees are of CHF 500 per semester Academic year edit UNIGE s academic year runs from mid September to mid June It is divided in two semesters each one being concluded by an examination session held respectively at the beginning of January and at the beginning of June An examination session is held at the end of August and beginning of September as a retake for students who failed their January or June examinations 38 During the three days before the start of the new academic year the Journees d accueil Welcome Days are organized by the university to introduce the new students to the city and the facilities tips are also given on how to succeed at university A second chapter including city tours outdoor concerts and animations is also organized by the student association UniAccueil AUA to celebrate the new academic year 39 Teaching and degrees edit Before 2005 the university applied various very different models depending on Faculties and sometimes even on Departments or Sections Some Faculties applied the French education model of granting academic degrees with some minor differences demi licence two years trois quarts de licence three years licence four years diplome d etudes approfondies and diplome d etudes superieures specialisees DEA DESS 1 2 years and doctorate 3 5 years The university now follows the requirements of the Bologna process bachelor s three years master s 1 2 years in some departments or sections Master of Advanced Studies 1 2 years doctorate 3 5 years 40 UNIGE offers more than 240 types of diplomas about 30 bachelor s degrees 41 70 masters and 78 doctorates It also provides more than 200 programmes of continuing education in various sectors 42 International partnerships edit Students at UNIGE have the possibility to study abroad for a semester or a year during their degree Partner universities include Free University of Berlin Harvard Law School Ecole Normale Superieure Trinity College Dublin Erasmus University of Rotterdam Universite Libre de Bruxelles King s College London McGill University HEC Montreal University of Ottawa University of Oxford Uppsala University Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan UCLA University of Southampton University of Sydney University of Tokyo 43 Research edit The key sectors of research at the University of Geneva are sciences molecular biology bio informatics etc elementary physics astrophysics economics social sciences psychology chemistry biochemistry and biophysics UNIGE is home to six national research centers in genetics Frontiers in Genetics in material sciences MaNEP in study of emotions Affective Sciences in chemical biology with EPFL in study of mental illness Synaptic with EPFL and Unil in study of life path with Unil UNIGE also carries research in international studies since the creation in 2013 of the Global Studies Institute in finance with the Geneva Finance Research Institute 44 and in environmental studies with the creation in 2009 of the Institut des sciences de l environnement 45 Famous discoveries have been made by researcher working at UNIGE including the discoveries of extrasolar planets by Michel Mayor and of quantum teleportation by Nicolas Gisin Rankings edit University rankingsGlobal OverallARWU World 46 62 2022 CWUR World 47 110 2022 23 QS World 48 125 2023 THE World 49 201 250 2023 USNWR Global 50 101 2022 The University of Geneva is consistently ranked one of the top universities in the world Global rankings edit In 2016 the University of Geneva is ranked 53rd overall in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking In 2012 it was ranked 69th overall in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking 74th overall according to the QS ranking and 133rd overall according to the THE ranking In 2006 Newsweek ranked the university 32nd in the world 51 The QS World University Rankings 52 ranked the University of Geneva as follows Year In the World2016 89th2015 85th2012 74th2011 69thThe Times Higher Education World University Rankings 53 ranked the University of Geneva as follows Year In the World2015 2016 131st2012 2013 133rd2011 2012 116th2010 2011 118thSubject rankings edit In molecular biology the impact of the research carried in Geneva was ranked 4th in Europe by Times Higher Education for the period 1999 2009 directly behind the University of Oxford 54 In physics UNIGE was ranked sixth citation needed The QS 2013 subject ranking placed the University of Geneva at the 21st place in the field of Pharmacy and at the 49th place in Philosophy In every subject the university was ranked in the world s top 200 55 Other rankings edit In the 2013 QS ranking the university was ranked 24th in the world for most international faculty and 20th in the world for most international student body 56 Student body editIn 2016 16 530 students were studying at UNIGE of whom 61 were female 37 of the students were non Swiss originating from 151 countries 4 449 teachers and collaborators of whom 49 are female are working for UNIGE 57 Student life editSports edit The Bureau des sports organizes all the sports related activity at UNIGE Free sports lessons are given everyday and it suffices to show one s student card to access Other lessons organization with the university s partners demand a small fee 58 UNIGE is home to the Geneva university championships in basketball indoor football rowing badminton outdoor football 59 The university also sends teams to the Swiss university championship in badminton indoor football skiing basketball fencing football golf ice hockey table tennis and volleyball 60 UNIGE also provides special schedules for students wishing to pursue their high level sporting career and to study at the same time 61 Associations edit Alumni UNIGE is the alumni association of the University of Geneva it offers a network of several thousand people to its members as well as other advantages such as discount prizes special events access to the official networking platform 62 Atout lettres is the alumni association of the literature students of the university founded in 1997 Its purpose is to prepare the professional insertion of the literature students to establish links between literature student and the working world and to promote the formation given by the Faculte de Lettres 63 Alumni editOver the course of its history a sizeable number of UNIGE alumni have become notable in their fields both academic and in the wider world 64 Affiliates of the University of Geneva have won 10 Nobel prizes Graduate alumni Martin Hairer and Vaughan Jones have won 2 Fields Medals The university has hosted several Nobel laureates as students researchers and or professors Norman Angell 1872 1967 Nobel Peace Prize 1933 Karl Gunnar Myrdal 1898 1987 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1974 Daniel Bovet 1907 1992 Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957 Niels Kaj Jerne 1911 1994 Nobel Prize in Medicine 1984 Maurice Allais 1911 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1988 Edmond H Fischer 1920 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine 1992 Martin Rodbell 1925 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine 1994 Alan Jay Heeger born 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 Werner Arber born 1929 Nobel Prize in Medicine 1978 Kofi Annan 1938 2018 Nobel Peace Prize 2001 Michel Mayor 1942 and Didier Queloz 1966 Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 jointly with James Peebles It has also hosted or graduated three Fields Medal laureates Vaughan Jones 1952 2020 laureate in 1990 Stanislav Smirnov born 1970 laureate in 2010 and Martin Hairer born 1975 laureate in 2014 Selected Nobel laureate affiliates of UNIGE nbsp Karl Gunnar Myrdal recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences nbsp Werner Arber recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nbsp Edmond H Fischer recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nbsp Kofi Annan recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize nbsp Didier Queloz recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNotable scholars edit Werner Arber born 1929 Fawzia Al Ashmawi born 1940s Jonathan Barnes born 1942 Roland Barthes 1915 1980 Samuel Baud Bovy 1906 1986 Theodore Beza 1519 1605 Yves Bonnefoy 1923 2016 Raymond Boudon born 1934 Jacques Bouveresse 1940 2021 Francois Bovon born 1938 Michel Butor 1926 2016 John Calvin 1509 1564 Edouard Claparede 1873 1940 Georges Cottier 1922 2016 Gabriel Cramer 1704 1752 Victoria Curzon Price born 1942 Sheridan Delepine 1855 1921 Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam born 1949 Jean Pierre Eckmann born 1944 Pascal Engel born 1954 Georges Favon 1843 1902 Guglielmo Ferrero 1871 1942 Adolphe Ferriere 1879 1960 Oystein Fischer 1942 2013 Theodore Flournoy 1854 1920 Harry Gideonse 1901 1985 President of Brooklyn College and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research Jeanne Hersch 1910 2000 Barbel Inhelder 1913 1997 Albert Jacquard born 1925 Hans Kelsen 1881 1973 Stephan Klapproth born 1958 Ulrich K Laemmli born 1940 Jan Erik Lane born 1946 Nadia Magnenat Thalmann born 1946 Giorgio Malinverni born 1941 Michel Mayor born 1942 Hans Morgenthau 1904 1980 Kevin Mulligan born 1951 Robert Mundell 1932 2021 Marguerite Narbel 1918 2010 65 Joseph Nye born 1937 Carlo Ossola born 1946 Jean Piaget 1896 1980 Jean Pictet 1914 2002 Franciscus Portus 1511 1581 Albert de Pury born 1940 William Rappard 1883 1958 Andre Rey 1906 1965 Gonzague de Reynold 1880 1970 Georges de Rham 1903 1990 Denis de Rougemont 1906 1985 Jean Rousset 1910 2002 Ferdinand de Saussure 1857 1913 Joseph Justus Scaliger 1540 1609 Klaus Scherer born 1943 Klaus Schwab born 1938 Jean de Serres 1540 1598 Stanislav Smirnov born 1970 Jean Starobinski 1920 2019 Maurice Stroun born 1926 George Steiner 1929 2020 Ernst Stueckelberg 1905 1984 Carsten Peter Thiede 1952 2004 Pierre Weiss born 1952 Chaim Weizmann 1874 1952 Eric Werner born 1940 Zhang Weiwei born 1958 Jean Ziegler born 1934 Raphael H Cohen born 1953 Notable alumni edit Henri of Luxembourg HEI Maria Teresa Mestre Astrid de Belgique IUEE Josephine Charlotte de Belgique Nora of Liechtenstein HEI Marie Jose Burki Elias Farah Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia Bonaya Adhi Godana Hartley Shawcross Baron Shawcross Sir Norman Angell Natalia Aszkenazy Jose Manuel Durao Barroso IUEE Ferdinand P Beer Manolo Blahnik Nicolas Bouvier Micheline Calmy Rey HEI Robert Cey Bert Marguerite Champendal Corinne Chaponniere Albert Cohen Hernando de Soto Ruth Dreifuss Jacques Dubochet Georges Favon Ian Fleming Paul Flowers Diane von Furstenberg Claude Goretta Martin Hairer Jean Hoerni Afet Inan Sandra Kalniete HEI Sophie Kanza Lazare Kopelmanas Zygmunt Krasinski Dominique Levy 66 Kaweh Mansouri Moshe Many Gilles Marchand Sukru Saracoglu Fatima Mereles Serge Moscovici Placide Nicod Claude Nicollier Jean Pictet Emma Pieczynska Reichenbach Claude Piron Hans Gert Pottering Nasser Mohammed Al Ahmed Al Sabah Arnold Reymond Marco Solari Jurgen Wohler Ehsan Naraghi Georg Seelig Sigmund Widmer Tariq Ramadan Hani Ramadan Elena Aprile Paul Dubrule Frank Martin Enrique Moles Ormella Riadh Sidaoui Alain Tanner Sophie Schwartz Alan E Zimmer Mirjana Spoljaric EggerIn fiction editJames Bond briefly studied at the University of Geneva as did his creator Ian Fleming 67 See also editList of early modern universities in Europe List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland International Academy of Sport Science and Technology AISTS References edit About the University Universite de Geneve www unige ch 28 July 2016 Retrieved 26 March 2021 a b Our Heritage Faculte d economie et de management UNIGE www unige ch 27 April 2017 Retrieved 26 March 2021 University of Geneva UNIGE Studying in Switzerland 5 September 2006 University of Geneva honors LHC project leader at 450th anniversary ceremony CERN 5 June 2009 ARWU World University Rankings 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016 Top 500 universities Shanghai Ranking 2016 Shanghairanking com Retrieved 15 June 2017 QS World University Rankings 2015 16 Top Universities 11 September 2015 Retrieved 15 June 2017 World University Rankings Times Higher Education THE 30 September 2015 Retrieved 15 June 2017 University in the Spotlight University of Geneva Globalinksabroad a b c d Marco Marcacci Universite de Geneve Historical Dictionary of Switzerland in French L Universite de Geneve a fete ses 450 ans en 2009 Schenk Photos Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 29 July 2014 Accueil Batiments plans d acces Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 Accueil Batiments plans d acces Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 Accueil Batiments plans d acces Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 GSEM Archived from the original on 17 July 2017 Retrieved 17 July 2017 Accueil Batiments plans d acces Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 Facultes ecole UPER Archives Universite de Geneve Archived from the original on 12 August 2014 Faculty of Science Faculte des sciences UNIGE www unige ch 12 August 2007 Retrieved 21 August 2023 University of Geneva PhD School of Life Sciences Welcome to the PhD School in Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science lifesciencesphd unige ch Retrieved 21 August 2023 Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities www unige ch 5 March 2014 Retrieved 21 August 2023 Geneva School of Economics and Management Faculte d economie et de management UNIGE www unige ch 5 January 2017 Retrieved 21 August 2023 About us www unige ch 2 December 2009 Retrieved 21 August 2023 Welcome to the Faculty of Law www unige ch 19 February 2009 Retrieved 21 August 2023 Faculte de theologie Faculte de theologie UNIGE www unige ch in French 1 February 2006 Retrieved 21 August 2023 FPSE Faculte de Psychologie et des Sciences de l Education UNIGE www unige ch in French 6 August 2015 Retrieved 21 August 2023 Faculty of Translation and Interpreting University of Geneva www unige ch 29 April 2016 Retrieved 21 August 2023 Bienvenue droit de l art Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 Centre Universitaire Romand CURML Curml ch Retrieved 14 January 2018 Rapport financier et budget L Universite se presente in French Universite de Geneve 19 January 2017 Retrieved 15 June 2017 Budget 2013 PDF Unige ch Retrieved 14 January 2018 Site Uni Arve Bibliotheque Universite de Geneve 17 April 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Site Uni Bastions Bibliotheque Universite de Geneve 17 April 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Site Uni CMU Bibliotheque Universite de Geneve 17 April 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Site Uni Mail Bibliotheque Universite de Geneve 17 April 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Journal n 77 Le Journal Universite de Geneve 18 February 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Campus n 100 edition speciale Unige ch 20 April 2007 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Accueil S inscrire a l UNIGE 2019 20 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 18 July 2013 Retrieved 11 August 2013 Examen de francais Division de la formation et des etudiants Universite de Geneve 3 August 2013 Archived from the original on 3 August 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Studying Doing research International Universite de Geneve Archived from the original on 4 March 2013 Programme des Welcome Days 2013 Accueil et integration Universite de Geneve 1 August 2013 Archived from the original on 1 August 2013 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Enseigner et Apprendre Division de la formation et des etudiants Universite de Geneve 6 May 2015 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Fiches Bachelors Futurs Etudiants Universite de Geneve Archived from the original on 3 March 2013 Centre pour la formation continue et a distance Centre pour la formation continue et a distance Universite de Geneve 10 August 2015 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Archived copy 129 194 40 25 Archived from the original on 11 January 2014 Retrieved 14 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Geneva Finance Research Institute Faculte d economie et de management Universite de Geneve Retrieved 14 January 2018 Thematiques de l institut Institut des Sciences de l Environnement Universite de Geneve June 2015 Retrieved 20 July 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 Shanghai Ranking Consultancy Retrieved 25 October 2022 World University Rankings 2022 23 Center for World University Rankings Retrieved 25 October 2022 QS World University Rankings 2023 Retrieved 25 October 2021 World University Rankings 2023 4 October 2022 Retrieved 25 October 2022 U S News Education Best Global Universities 2022 Retrieved 25 October 2022 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link QS World University Rankings 2010 Results Topuniversities com Retrieved 14 January 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings Timeshighereducation co uk 13 April 2015 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Top European Institutions in Molecular Biology Times Higher Education 13 May 2010 Retrieved 20 July 2015 University of Geneva Rankings Top Universities Retrieved 20 July 2015 University of Geneva Rankings Top Universities Retrieved 20 July 2015 Publications Unige ch 5 September 2006 Retrieved 14 January 2018 Calendrier amp Horaires Archived from the original on 28 December 2012 Retrieved 10 August 2013 Championnats Archived from the original on 15 July 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2013 Championnats Archived from the original on 25 June 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2013 Sport Etudes Archived from the original on 17 July 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2013 Services amp avantages ALUMNI UNIGE Archived from the original on 11 August 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2013 Atouts Lettres Presentation Asso etud unige ch Archived from the original on 23 June 2008 Retrieved 20 July 2015 For a summary description of all of the set of scholars and literati who intervened in teaching at the University of Geneva since its inception to the eve of the Industrial Revolution 1800 see Valentine Debois and David de la Croix 2021 Scholars and Literati at the University of Geneva 1559 1800 Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae RETE 1 41 47 Marion Gilbert 7 July 2011 Narbel Marguerite Historical Dictionary of Switzerland in German Translated by Alice Holenstein Beereuter Retrieved 20 January 2023 Dominique Levy Dominique levy com Archived from the original on 23 June 2013 Retrieved 8 May 2014 Pearson John 2008 James Bond The Authorised Biography Random House ISBN 978 0 09 950292 0 p 299External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Geneva Official website nbsp Scholars and Literati at the University of Geneva 1559 1800 in Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae RETE Portal nbsp Switzerland Members in German French Italian and English Berne Switzerland swissuniversities 2023 Retrieved 6 May 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of Geneva amp oldid 1181988508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.