University of Lausanne Alumni

International Students

23.33

% of international students in the university

4000

Total International Students in the university

UNIL, founded in 1537 and restructured in 2012, is Switzerland’s second-largest university and a research powerhouse across social sciences, life sciences, business, law, and more. It has shaped global leaders, Nobel laureates, artists, and inventors.

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Jacques Dubochet

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017); cryo-electron microscopy pioneer

Honorary Prof. at UNIL (PhD elsewhere)

N/A

Claude Nicollier

First Swiss ESA astronaut; flew 4 Space Shuttle missions

Studied physics

N/A

Jean-Claude Biver

CEO and powerhouse executive in luxury watchmaking (TAG Heuer, Hublot)

HEC Lausanne

1975, Licence

Louis C. Camilleri

CEO of Philip Morris International

HEC Lausanne

1976, Licence

Jean-Claude Gandur

CEO of Addax Petroleum

HEC Lausanne

N/A

Sepp Blatter

Former FIFA President

Licence (business)

1959

Ignazio Cassis

President of the Swiss Confederation (2022)

Law/Political science studies

N/A

Pascal Couchepin

Former President of the Swiss Confederation

Law/Political science studies

N/A

İsmail Cem

Turkish Foreign Minister

Studied political science

N/A

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

Swiss Federal Councillor & President of Confederation (1989, 1996)

BA Political Science

1960

Paul Cérésole

19th‑century President, Swiss Confederation

Studied law/administration

Mid‑1800s

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

King of Thailand (1946–2016)

Studied sciences/law

1940s

Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII)

King of Thailand (1935–1946)

Studied sciences/law

1930s

Princess Galyani Vadhana

Thai Princess & humanitarian

Studied sciences/law

1930s

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

Royalty, World War II resistance figure

Studied at UNIL

1930s

Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh

Founder of modern Persian prose

Literature studies

Mid‑1900s

Philippe Jaccottet

Esteemed Swiss poet

Literature studies

Mid‑1900s

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

French‑Swiss novelist

Literature studies

Early 1900s

Vilfredo Pareto

Economist & sociologist; co‑founder of Lausanne School of Economics

Economics studies

Late 1800s

Léon Walras

Founding mathematical economist; marginal‑utility theory

Economics studies

Late 1800s

Georges de Rham

Mathematician renowned for de Rham cohomology

Mathematics studies

Early 1900s

Alexandre Yersin

Co‑discoverer of plague bacterium; Explorer and doctor

Medicine / Natural sciences

Late 1800s

Students

1

Yocketers Applied

0

Yocketers Admitted

68

Yocketers Interested

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