University of Geneva

A leading institution characterised by its openness to the world, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is Switzerland’s third largest university with 18,261 students of more than 150 different nationalities.

Our University has been cultivating excellence for more than 450 years. We encourage interdisciplinarity both in teaching and research, which has garnered us worldwide recognition. Located in the heart of international Geneva, UNIGE has built a vast network with numerous international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Faculties and Interdisciplinary Centers

The University of Geneva offers a wide array of high-level programs through nine Faculties (Science, Medicine, Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics and Management, Law, Theology, Psychology and Educational Sciences, Translation and Interpreting) and fourteen interdisciplinary Centres and programs (Global Studies Institute, Computer Science Centre, University Teacher Training Institute, etc.). The University also hosts several National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs).

Programs

More than 580 programs are on offer at UNIGE, including 104 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, 91 doctoral programs, and more than 390 continuing education programs. Disciplines covered include Neuroscience, Environmental Sciences, Finance, Bioethics, Human Rights, International Relations, Genetics, Affective Sciences, History, and many more.

UNIGE is also

• A global university: about 40% of students, 60% of academic staff and 67% of doctoral students come from abroad.
• An institution open to the world’s elite: UNIGE constantly works to establish and expand relations internationally. Thanks to these efforts, UNIGE has hosted several Nobel laureates and recipients of other distinguished prized, as students, researchers and/or professors (e.g: Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize 2001; Stanislav Smirnov, Fields Medal 2010; Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, Nobel Physics Prize 2019).
• One of the most active centers for multilateral diplomacy and global governance. UNIGE is fully integrated in this international landscape and plays a major role as an essential and respected partner to the «International Geneva». UNIGE has established several collaborative agreements with major international organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the UNDP, the ICRC, and CERN, among others.
• A member of prestigious academic networks such as the League of European Research Universities (LERU), which unites the 23 best research universities in Europe, or the Coimbra Group, an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standards.
• An institution with competitive research funding and world-class research findings and host of several cutting-edge research infrastructures (eg: Biotech Campus, Centre for Biomedical Imaging, etc.).
• One of the most active Swiss players for competitive European and international research grants, in particular 50 prestigious ERC grants and over 300 FP7 and H2020 grants, as well as numerous European COST networks and US-NIH subsidies.