University of Geneva
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 Latin: Schola Genevensis |
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| Established | 1559 |
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| Type | Public University |
| Rector | Prof. Jacques Weber |
| Students | 14'685 |
| Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Affiliations | Coimbra Group, LERU, EUA |
| Website | www.unige.ch |
The University of Geneva (Université de Genève) is a university in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded by John Calvin in 1559. Initially a theological seminary, it also taught law. It remained heavily theological into the 17th century, at which point it began adding other disciplines as it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873 it dropped its religious associations and acquired the secular status of University. Today The University of Geneva is the second largest university in Switzerland and it plays a leading role in many fields--its location in Geneva gives it a prime location for diplomatic and international affairs studies, and it is also considered among the top scientific research universities in Europe, making notable discoveries in planetary science and genetics, among other fields. It pursues three missions: teaching (classes are, in general, taught in French), research, and service to the wider community.
It is a member of the Coimbra Group and the LERU.
In an article published on August 13, 2006 by American magazine Newsweek, the University of Geneva was ranked 32nd best global university in the world, the London School of Economics coming in 34th position. Schools were evaluated on some of the measures used in well-known rankings published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Times of London Higher Education Survey. Fifty percent of the score came from equal parts of three measures used by Shanghai Jiatong: the number of highly-cited researchers in various academic fields, the number of articles published in Nature and Science, and the number of articles listed in the ISI Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities indices. Another 40 percent of the score came from equal parts of four measures used by the Times: the percentage of international faculty, the percentage of international students, citations per faculty member (using ISI data), and the ratio of faculty to students. The final 10 percent came from library holdings (number of volumes).
Before 2005, the University applied the French education model with some minor differences. The academic degrees were the Demi-Licence, Licence, DEA / DESS, Doctorate. The University now follows the requirements of the Bologna process.
The University of Geneva, comprising the following seven Faculties : 1- Faculty of Sciences 2- Faculty of Medicine 3- Faculty of Arts 4- Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences + HEC department 5- Faculty of Law 6- Faculty of Protestant Theology 7- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences 8- School of Translation and Interpretation 9- Institute of Architecture
The University has also developed over the past few years its on-going education programme, giving more than 100 programmes for people in employment. Moreover, Students at the University, profiting from its close relations with the Graduate Institute of International Studies, the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, and the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, and may attend courses at these institutes.
Interfaculty Centers:
- Institute for Reformation History
- Computer Science Department
- University Centre of Human Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- University Centre for Study of Energy Problems
- The European Institute of the University of Geneva
- Interfaculty Center of Gerontology
- Interfaculty Center for Affective Sciences
[edit] External links
- Official website - http://www.unige.ch
- Live Camera - http://www.unige.ch/visite/live.html
- HEC Geneva - http://www.hec.unige.ch
- HEI Geneva - http://www.hei.unige.ch
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