University of Geneva

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University of Geneva
Université de Genève
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founding 1559 as Académie de Genève ; since 1873 Université de Genève
Sponsorship state ( cantonal )
place Geneva
country SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Rector Yves Flückiger
Students 17,271 (2018)
Employee 4,200 (2015)
including professors 762
Annual budget 750 million CHF
Networks Coimbra Group , IAU , LERU , Swissuniversities , Triangle Azur
Website www.unige.ch
Seal of the University of Geneva
Main building of the University of Geneva

The University of Geneva ( French Université de Genève ) is a full university in Geneva , Switzerland . It was founded by Johannes Calvin in 1559 as the theological and humanistic Académie de Genève , but as a university, unlike the first university in Switzerland in Basel , it only received the status and name of a university with the establishment of a medical faculty in 1873. After the University of Zurich, the university is the second largest Swiss university in terms of number of students. Around 40 percent of all students come from abroad.

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

history

Under Jean Cauvin (Calvin), theology and humanistic subjects were taught at the Académie de Genève . In the 16th and 17th centuries it had a great international impact; At that time Geneva was known as "Protestant Rome". In the 18th century, new subjects were added, in particular natural sciences, philology and linguistics (Ferdinand de Saussure). In 1873 the academy was formally renamed a university .

organization

The university is organized into nine faculties :

  • GSEM - Geneva School Economics and Management (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
  • Natural Sciences: The Faculty of Natural Sciences has over 2,700 students, 680 of whom are research students. Over 130 professors, 725 teaching and research staff (including 570 doctoral students and post-docs) and 400 technical and administrative staff. Five National Research Centers (NCCR) are managed by the Faculty of Science. At the end of 2013, the Swiss Confederation issued two new NCCRs to the Faculty of Natural Sciences: Swiss maps in mathematics and theoretical physics and planets in astronomy. They connect the Center for Chemical Biology (2010) and two other centers (Frontiers in Genetics and MaNEP - Materials with Novel Electrical Properties), which were granted in 2001.
  • Medical Sciences: The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1876. The faculty is a leading institution in Switzerland in the fields of neuroscience, genetics and transplantation. She is also involved in global health. It conducts basic research and works very closely with the largest hospital complex in Switzerland, the Geneva University Clinics (HUG). The medical faculty is the second largest faculty in the entire university after that of the natural sciences in terms of budget and number of staff.
  • Law: The Law Faculty of the University of Geneva has close relationships for students and professors with Harvard Law School . In close proximity to many international organizations, the professors are also involved in the development of the international legal system and maintain relationships with institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences (SDS - Sciences de la Société)
  • Psychology and Education ( Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau )
  • Translation Studies
  • Protestant theology

Former courses

A section, later an independent institute for architecture, existed from 1942. Finally, after completing the (external) basic course, the main course could be completed there. Until the institute was wound up in 2007, it was - alongside Lausanne, Zurich and Mendrisio - one of four locations for university architecture teaching in Switzerland.

Partner universities

The University of Geneva offers joint master’s courses with the following Swiss universities:

A joint MBA program is also offered with Georgetown University in Washington, DC .

Rankings

In the current international university rankings , the university is usually included in the best 100 or 150 universities in the world:

Personalities (selection)

The following is a selection of students and teachers at the university over the past centuries: The actual founder, the German-Roman Emperor Charles IV, is missing.

  • John Calvin, founder of Calvinism

  • Théodore de Bèze, theologian and reformer

  • Chaim Weizmann, biochemist and first Israeli president

  • Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize in Economics (1999)

  • Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland's first female President

Researchers and teachers

16th Century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Students

Andreas Ackermann , Johannes Althusius , Jean Pierre Frédéric Ancillon , Kofi Annan , Jacobus Arminius , Fritz Arndt , Gustav Baist , José Manuel Barroso , Olivier de Beaumont, Birgitt Bender , Andreas Benz , Kurt Birrenbach , Klaus Bonhoeffer , Daniel Bovet , Birgit Breuel , Gustav Peter Bucky , Johann Buxtorf the Elder , Micheline Calmy-Rey , Franco-Romano Clara, Michael Georg Conrad , Franco Costa , Hans Daniels , Hernando de Soto , Carla Del Ponte , Arved Deringer , Ruth Dreifuss , Ubbo Emmius , Carl Feer-Herzog , Johannes Fischer , Pierre Frieden , Emanuel Friedli , Friedrich I. von Anhalt , Friedrich II. Von Hessen-Homburg , Riadh Sidaoui , Walter Friedrich , Samuel Frisching (* 1605) , Samuel Frisching (* 1638) , Claire Goll , Claude Goretta , Edvard Hambro , Alexandre Hay , Rudolf Hotzenköcherle , Annemarie Huber-Hotz , Cláudio Hummes , Meinrad Inglin , Urs Jaeggi , Marcel Junod , Sandra Kalniete , Karl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach , Victor Klemperer , Karl Korsch , Otto Kranzbühler , Jean-Georges Lossier , Alexander Lowen , Hubertus Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg , Prince Jan Lubomirski, Hans Luther , Maria Teresa Mestre , Ferenc Molnár , Johann Michael Moscherosch , Alva Myrdal , Claude Nicollier , Jean Frédéric Ostervald , Fabienne Pakleppa , Pericle Patocchi , Charles Poncet , Peter Radtke , Else Reventlow , Jacques Reverdin, Angelo Sala , Jochen Sanio , Simon Schwendener , Adolf von Steiger , Alain Tanner , Savielly Tartakower , Jean-Claude Thoenig , Kurt Tucholsky , Peter Ulmer , Philips van Marnix , Henry Vane , Traugott Vogel , Ernst von Börstel , Georg von der Wense , Christoph von Dohna , Egon Prince von Fürstenberg, Heinrich von Gagern , Hellmut von Gerlach , Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck , Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium , Henri of Luxemburg , Hans von Mangoldt , Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm , Jürgen Warnke , Dieter E. Zimmer

Memberships

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : University of Geneva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.unige.ch/rectorat/home/recteur-yves-fluckiger-2/
  2. ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 18, 2019 .
  3. ^ Members. In: www.swissuniversities.ch. swissuniversities, 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019 .
  4. ^ University of Geneva. Retrieved December 18, 2017 (American English).
  5. ^ Martin Boesch, Alain Léveillé: Adieu Institut d'Architecture . In: Hochparterre: magazine for architecture and design . tape 20 , no. 10 , 2007, p. 38 f ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-123273 .
  6. ↑ ARWU World University Rankings 2019 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019 | Top 1000 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2019. Accessed March 5, 2020 .
  7. ^ University of Geneva. September 9, 2019, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  8. ^ University of Geneva. July 16, 2015, accessed March 5, 2020 .
Universities in Switzerland
State universities

University of Basel  • University of Bern  • University of Friborg  • University of Geneva  • Università della Svizzera italiana  • University of Lausanne  • University of Lucerne  • University of Neuchâtel  • University of St. Gallen  • University of Zurich

Technical universities

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Universities of applied sciences

Bern University of Applied Sciences  • Fachhochschule Grisons  • University of Applied Sciences Les Roches-Gruyère  • Lucerne  • University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland  • University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland  • Supsi  • University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland  • Zurich University of Applied Sciences  • Kalaidos

Pedagogical colleges

HEP BEJUNE  • PH Bern  • PH Freiburg  • PH Graubünden  • SUPSI DFA  • PH Lucerne  • FH Northwest Switzerland PH  • SHL Rorschach  • PH Schaffhausen  • PH Schwyz  • PH St. Gallen  • PH Thurgau  • HEP Vaud  • PH Wallis  • PH Zug  • HfH  • PH Zurich

Coordinates: 46 ° 11 ′ 56 "  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 40.1"  E ; CH1903:  500105  /  117206