University of Geneva

Established in 1559, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) enjoys worldwide recognition and is ranked amongst the top 100 best universities in the world. The university strives to foster the emergence of inter and multidisciplinary fields in both research and teaching. UNIGE’s continuing education programmes cover an extremely wide variety of fields including exact sciences, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and law. The University of Geneva’s domains of excellence in research include life sciences, physics of elementary particles, and astrophysics. As with the city of Geneva itself, the university enjoys a strong international reputation, for the excellence of its education and research. The university has strong ties to many national and international Geneva-based organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the European Organization for Nuclear Research.