International networks and initiatives
UNIL is an active member of several university networks.
Other networks
UNICA is a network of 46 universities in 35 European capitals. UNICA brings the views of its member universities to the attention of European institutions and national, regional and municipal governments. It provides a forum for reflection on strategic changes in research, education and administration.
L'UNIL is actively involved in the following working groups:
International initiatives
A special partnership has existed between UNIL and the Collège de France since 2008: it enables two UNIL Faculties to invite a professor from the Collège de France to give a public lecture each year.
Upcoming lectures
- FBM: Prof. Sonia Garel, Chair of Neurobiology and Immunity at the Collège de France – lecture planned for autumn 2024
Past lectures
2022–2024
- Arts: Prof. Luigi Rizzi, Chair of General Linguistics Collège de France – lecture scheduled for 2022, but did not take place
- FGSE: Prof. Barbara Romanowicz, Chair of Physics of the Earth's Interior at the Collège de France – seminar and lecure "Large earthquakes and tidal waves: why, when and how?", June 2022
- SSP: Prof. François Héran, Chair of Migrations and Societies at the Collège de France – lecture "What reception for exiles and migrants in Europe?", May 2023
- FDCA: Prof. Samantha Besson, Chair in International Institutional Law at the Collège de France – lecture "Science, a human right?", May 2023
- HEC: Prof. Esther Duflo (Nobel Prize 2019), Chair of Poverty and Public Policy at the Collège de France – lecture "Towards a Fair Future: Economics, Climate and Poverty", April 2024 (simultaneous translation in French )
2016–2021
- HEC: Prof. Philippe Aghion, Chair of Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth at the Collège de France – lecture and discussion "Innovation : what challenges for economic growth ?", May 2017
- FBM: Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, Chair of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Collège de France – lecture "Gut microbiota : a new dimension in medicine?", March 2017
- Arts: Prof. Claudine Tiercelin, Chair of Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge at the Collège de France – lecture "Contemporary challenges of essentialism", March 2018
- Arts: Prof. Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Chair of Religion, History and Society in the Ancient Greek World at the Collège de France – two seminars on ritual norms and the study of Greek gods, respectively, April 2018
- FTSR: Prof. Patrick Boucheron, Chair of History of Power in Western Europe, 13th to 16th centuries at the Collège de France – invitation cancelled in February 2019
- FGSE: Prof. Edouard Bard, Chair of Climate Change and Ocean at the Collège de France – lecture "Climate and People", January 2019
- SSP: Prof. Henry Laurens, Chair of Contemporary History of the Arab World at the Collège de France – lecture "The question of Palestine", April 2019
- FDCA: the Dean's Office waived the right to invite a professor from the Collège de France (decision of 4 November 2019)
- HEC: Prof. Gérard Berry, Chair of Algorithms, Machines and Languages at the Collège de France – lecture planned for 2021, cancelled and not rescheduled (organisational issues, COVID)
- FTSR: the Dean's Office waived the right to invite a professor from the Collège de France (decision of 1 July 2020)
- FBM: Prof. Alain Fischer, Chair of Experimental Medicine at the Collège de France – lecture planned for 2021, cancelled and not rescheduled (organisational issues, COVID)
2009–2015
- FBM: Prof. Alain Prochiantz, Chair of Morphogenetic Processes at the Collège de France – lecture "Development and evolution of the nervous system", March 2010
- FTSR: Prof. Henry Laurens, Chair of Contemporary History of the Arab World at the Collège de France – lecture "Arab Spring", March 2013
- Arts: Prof. Antoine Compagnon, Chair of Modern and Contemporary French Literature: history, criticism and theory at the Collège de France – two lectures on"The literary war", March 2014
- FGSE : Prof. Barbara Romanowicz, Chair of Physics of the Earth's Interior at the Collège de France – lecture "Voyage to the Earth's interior", September 2014
- SSP: Prof. Pierre Rosanvallon, Chair of Modern and Contemporary History of Politics at the Collège de France – two lectures "Of transparency in democracy I. The question of democratic government" and "Of transparency in democracy II. Conceptualizing transparency", October 2014
- FDCA: Prof. Dominique Charpin, Chair of Mesopotamian Civilisations at the Collège de France – lecture "Debt cancellation, from Mesopotamia to the present day", September 2015
- FGSE: Prof. Philippe Descola, Chair of Anthropology of Nature at the Collège de France – lecture "The crisis of nature in the Anthropocene era", November 2015
Would you like to help solve the world's development problems? Come and submit your humanitarian project and benefit from financial support from the Prix Christophe Pralong and the Prix Olivier Cadot.
The aim of these awards is to help a student carry out a project in a developing country. All types of project (entrepreneurial, humanitarian, etc.) are welcome, including academic case studies or internships in international organisations or local NGOs.
Students from all UNIL Faculties are welcome to submit a project.