Lausanne campus

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The EPFL, on the west part of the Lausanne campus, at the shores of Lake Geneva.
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One of the buildings of the University of Lausanne, towards the east of the Lausanne campus.
The main library of the EPFL, the Learning Center.
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The campus, seen from the west, before the construction of the Swiss Tech Convention Center.
UNIL-EPFL is located in Switzerland
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UNIL-EPFL
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Lausanne campus or Dorigny university campus (French: campus lausannois or campus de Dorigny) is a vast area of ground where the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and several other institutions are located.

The campus (in Dorigny) is located towards the west of Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Léman. It is served by Lausanne Metro line 1, from four consecutive stations (UNIL-Dorigny, UNIL-Mouline, UNIL-Sorge and EPFL), and possesses a bicycle sharing system.

The site is about 2.2 kilometres wide[1] and 31'000 people study and work there.[2]

History

In 1946, the citizens refuse a project of airport ("aéroport vaudois Lausanne-Écublens") on the site.[3] In 1963, the Canton of Vaud buy the property of Dorigny; at this time, the University of Lausanne is located in more than forty places in Lausanne.[3]

The first building (the Amphipôle[4]) was built in 1969-1970; in 2013, the campus comprises about sixty buildings.[1] The chief architect of the UNIL campus is Guido Cocchi (1928-2010).[3]

The inauguration of the first EPFL buildings of the new campus took place in 1978.

The campus is mainly located on the municipality of Écublens but part of it are on Chavannes-près-Renens and Saint-Sulpice.[5] The campus has its own postal code: 1015 Lausanne.

Future developments

A new building (Synathlon) will host the Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne, the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology, the International University Sports Federation and the International Sport Cluster.[6]

The Radio télévision suisse plan to move its centre of Lausanne (headquarters of the radio) to a new building on the campus, in 2019–2020.[7][8]

Institutions

Facilities

  • Catering:
    • Numerous restaurants, cafeterias and food stalls
    • Bars ("Zelig" in the Géopolis and "Satellite" in the CM building)
  • Shopping area "Les Arcades" (at the "EPFL" metro station):
  • Other shops:
    • Bookshops ("Basta!" in the Anthropôle and "La fontaine" in the Learning Centre)
    • University souvenir shops (of the UNIL in the Amphimax[10] and of the EPFL in the Learning Centre[11])
    • Groceries ("L'épicentre" at the UNIL and "Le négoce" at the EPFL)
    • Banks (Banque cantonale vaudoise in the Internef and Credit Suisse in the Learning Centre)
    • Swiss Post office
    • Swiss Federal Railways ticket shop
    • Kiosks
  • Accommodations next to the campus:
    • Some university halls of residence (Atrium, Ochettes and Triaudes) of the Fondation de maisons pour étudiants de Lausanne (FMEL)
    • Hotels (Starling Hotel, Swiss Tech Hotel) and motel (Motel des pierrettes)
  • Others:

Photographs

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    The Batochime building hosts groups from both the UNIL and the EPFL.

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    "La grange de Dorigny", the theatre of the UNIL.

  • The Avenue Forel, between the UNIL and the EPFL.

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    The Génopode building hosts the Center for Integrative Genomics of the UNIL and the central administration of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

  • The EPFL esplanade and the Alps in winter.

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    The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law.

Other education and research institutions in Lausanne

Other education and research institutions in Lausanne includes:

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Un campus en chantier jusqu'à 2016, www.letemps.ch, 5 June 2013 (page visited on 14 June 2013).
  2. ↑ "Lausanne. A city to discover with public transport", brochure edited by Lausanne Tourisme, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (French) "Sur les pas de Guido Cocchi", Allez savoir !, no. 56, January 2014, p. 61. On-line.
  4. ↑ Formerly known as Collège propédeutique.
  5. ↑ In addition to that, the UNIL also has campuses in Lausanne (campus of the University Hospital of Lausanne), Épalinges (Center for Immunity and Infection Lausanne) and Prilly (psychiatric hospital).
  6. ↑ (French) "UNIL : une architecture emblématique pour fédérer l'administration du sport, la formation et la recherche de pointe", www.unil.ch, 28 October 2013 (page visited on 28 October 2013).
  7. ↑ Nicolas Dufour, "La RTS a des vues sur le campus lausannois", Le Temps, Saturday 15 June 2013 (page visited on 29 June 2013).
  8. ↑ "Vers un transfert des activités de la RTS à Lausanne sur le site de l'EPFL", www.rts.ch, 17 December 2013 (page visited on 17 December 2013 ).
  9. ↑ Center for Biomedical Imaging (page visited on 2 October 2011).
  10. ↑ Boutique de l'UNIL, www.unil.ch (page visited on 16 September 2013).
  11. ↑ Boutique de l'EPFL, www.epfl.ch (page visited on 16 September 2013).

See also

Bibliography

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