The University of Lausanne (in French: Université de Lausanne) or UNIL in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being made a university in 1890.
The University of Lausanne is composed of 7 faculties (theology, law, arts, social and political science, economics and business administration, geoscience and environment, biology and medicine).
The "School of Lausanne" is associated with the development of general equilibrium theory as well as the marginalist revolution Marginalism.
Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north.
It is the capital of the canton of Vaud and of the district of Lausanne.
Lausanne is located at the limit between the extensive wine-growing regions of Lavaux (to the east) and la Côte (to the west).