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The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a theological seminary. [3] [4] It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship. Today, it is the third ...
The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.. This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Higher Education Institute in Geneva, Switzerland Geneva Graduate Institute Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement Former names Graduate Institute of International Studies (1927–2007) Type Semi-private, semi-public graduate school University institute ...
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
Philip Benedict (born 20 August 1949) is an American historian of the Protestant Reformation in Europe, currently holding the title of Professor Emeritus (profeseur honoraire) at the University of Geneva’s Institute for Reformation History (l'Institut d'histoire de la Réformation). [1]
This is a list of notable alumni of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (French: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, abbreviated IHEID or the Graduate Institute Geneva), a bilingual postgraduate university located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Geneva: University of Geneva. Duret, Patrice (1998a). L'École de traduction et d'interprétation et sa bibliothèque (1941-1993): dossiers documentaires et brochure historique: rapport (final-year project) (in French). Geneva: Association des bibliothèques et bibliothécaires suisses. Duret, Patrice (1998b). L'ETI: toute une histoire...
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