Research at UNIGE - Facts and Figures

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3'950 research staff from 113 foreign countries

  •  595 professors
  •  3'355 teaching and research collaborators - including 1'904 doctoral students                                                    

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More than 130 million francs acquired each year on a competitive base

  • 78,8 million francs granted to researchers in 2011 from the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF), primary institution encouraging research in Switzerland
  • 20,1 million francs received in 2011 from the European Commission for the researchers participation in European research framework programs
  • Consequent funds obtained from many foundations

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Multidisciplinarity and centres of competence

A great variety of research fields covering all areas being taught in the 8  faculties                                                                

Six National Centres of Competence in Research :

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A challenging environment for researchers

Access to cutting-edge research infrastructures like  :

  • One of the most powerful computer in the world
  • A unique facility dedicated to brain and behavioural studies
  • A biomedical imaging center equipped with the most powerful MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) in the world (14 Tesla)
  • More than 5 million documents through the Geneva Library Network, 30'000 electronic magazines and an extraordinary collection of archives

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A european and international research

  • Worldwide collaborations with more than 110 countries and more than 3'000 institutions including the most prestigious
  • 200 participations to the 7th European Framework Program (FP7)
  • 13 European projects coordinations

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Dynamism and productivity

  • Since 20 years UNIGE scientific publications have doubled with nearly 3'500 publications in 2011
  • Cutting-edge discoveries made each year (2011 overview)
  • About 50 seminars, conferences and symposiums are taking place each week  
  • In 10 years more than 350 invention announcements, 150 license agreements, 20 start-ups and 600 industrial research agreements

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Talented researchers

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National and International UNIGE ranking

  • 4th of the 21 Swiss institutes of higher educations for SNSF funding in 2011                                                                                
  • 38th in the Top-50 participant organisations in FP7 (2010 FP7 Interim Evaluation)
  • 69th among 20’000 universities in the world (Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012)
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