The UNIL was born in 1537. It was then intended for the training of pastors. The only French-speaking Protestant theology school, it enjoyed great notoriety at that time.
Over the centuries, the number of chairs has increased and teaching has diversified. In 1890, the Academy received the name and status of university.
In 1970, she gradually left the center of Lausanne to settle in Dorigny. The end of the 20th century witnessed an important cooperation and development project between the universities of Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel and EPFL. In 2003, two new Faculties were born out of a desire to focus on man and living things: the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Environmental Geosciences.
