The large number of innovations made at the University Hospitals of Lausanne
and at the University of Lausanne in the past years clearly demonstrates
the institutions' international competitive capacities.
The Faculty of Medicine comprises about 120 tenured Professors and about 140 other Faculty members, all of them involved in teaching and research. Teaching is conducted in tight collaboration with the University Hospitals of Lausanne (UHL). The size and scope covered by the Faculty and the University Hospitals ensure that students are taught the latest advances in medicine. Research interests are very diverse, but fields of excellence with internationally recognized teams are:
1. Bioengineering - Transplantation - Gene therapy
2. Medical Genetics
3. Metabolism and Cardio-Vascular
4. Microbiology - Immunology - AIDS - Infectous Diseases
5. Neurosciences
6. Oncology
The Faculty of Sciences comprises about 17 tenured Professors and 15 other Faculty members in biology, with major research programs in:
1. Biophysics
2. Biotechnology
3. Ecology
4. Microbiology
5. Molecular Biology and Animal Transgenesis
6. Plant Genomics
The University of Lausanne has recently placed Life sciences research on top of its strategic priority, with massive developments and investments, in partnership with the University of Geneva and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. These new developments will take place in fields of Genetics, by the creation of new laboratories in:
1. Genomics
2. Proteomics
3. Complex Traits Genetics
4. Behavioral Genetics
5. Genomics of Microorganisms
These research activities will be backed by the currently created platform facilities in DNA chips, proteomics, bioinformatics and a large scale animal transgenesis facility, all to be grouped in buildings devoted to the creation of a research unit with a size and focus that should place it in the leading edge In Europe.
These new developments, together with two business parks next to the University's research laboratories, and the proximity with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and its complementary activities, should create a growing number of opportunities for collaboration with companies wishing to be integrated within the dynamically developing Lausanne area.