University Of Neuchtel

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University of Neuchtel
Information
Type	Public University
Language regime	French
Budget	CHF 126 million per year
Location
City	Neuchatel
Country	Switzerland
Direction
Rector	Martine Rahier
Key figures
Students	4'053 (2009-2010)
Miscellaneous
Affiliates	BENEFRI , Triangle Azur , CUSO and AUF
Website	www.unine.ch
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The University of Neuchatel is a public university located in Neuchtel in Switzerland. More than 850 bachelors, masters, doctorates and degrees are issued each year. The university has more than 840 jobs (FTE).

Academic organization

The Rector

The Rector is the executive body of the University. He is responsible for overall strategy and is composed of the President and two or three vice-presidents elected for a period of four years. The general secretary of the university attended the meetings in an advisory capacity. Since ¹ August 2008, the rectory is composed of Martine Rahier, president, Claire Jaquier, Vice-President Quality, Nathalie Tissot, vice-president research development and Philippe Terrier, Vice-President Education.

The University Council

It is composed of a chairman appointed by the State Council, nine members from outside the university, deans of faculties, a faculty representative, a representative of employees in education and research and two representatives of students, PhD students and listeners. It monitors and supports the direction of the University. His skills are mentioned in the University Act. His responsibilities include the president to propose the appointment, review and forward the plan of intent, with its recommendation, the Council of State. It is also in charge of approving the budget and allocation of resources at the university.

The Senate

It includes all the ordinary and extraordinary professors, research directors and assistant professors. His skills are mentioned in the Act include the University and to ensure respect for academic freedom and scientific ethics.

Faculty

It includes the ordinary and extraordinary professors, research directors, associate professors, assistant professors, visiting professors, lecturers and privat-docents.

Faculties

Main Building of the University of Neuchatel

Faculties are each composed of a coordinated set of teaching units and research. Bodies are the Faculty Council of Faculty, the Dean and Faculty Council. The Dean directs and administers the Faculty. It is composed of three members, the dean, vice dean and a secretary. All are professors elected by the Faculty Council for a period of two years and may be reelected.

Faculty of Humanities

With nearly 1700 students, the Faculty of Humanities is the largest faculty of the University of Neuchatel. His research and studies at bachelor and master are many and varied: Languages and Civilizations of Antiquity and Middle Ages , archeology , history, art history, museology , philosophy , logic, speech therapy , science and sport, German language and literature, English, French and Spanish. In the field of social sciences , the House of analysis of social processes (MAPS), established institutes of ethnology , geography, sociology , psychology and education and the Swiss Forum for Migration (SFM) supports collaborative work on projects interdisciplinary research.

The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Neuchatel comprises the following institutes:

• Institute of Geography,
• Institute of Ethnology,
• Institute of Philosophy,
• Institute of French literature,
• History Institute,
• Institute for Art History and Museology,
• Institute of Linguistics and Communication,
• Institute of Archaeology,
• Institute for German Language and Literature,
• Institute of English Language and Literature,
• Institute of Hispanic Languages and Literatures,
• Institute of Psychology and Education,
• Institute of French Language and Civilisation,
• Institute of Sociology,
• Swiss Forum for Migration Institute

Entry into the Bologna system in 2005, the Faculty of Humanities has awarded the following titles: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Certificate of French Studies, Diploma for teaching French language, Doctor of Letters degree and doctorate humanities.

Faculty

This faculty has about 900 students in bachelor and master benefiting from modern facilities and infrastructure. The laboratories of the faculty are highly active in various research fields such as biology , the Biogeosciences, the hydrogeology , the geothermal , the computing and mathematics.

The Faculty comprises the following institutes:

• Institute of Mathematics
• Informatics Institute
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Chemistry
• Institute of Geology and Hydrogeology
• Institute of Biology (Botany and Zoology).

The Bologna system has been implemented since October 2004. The titles are awarded the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctorate of Science. To address the possibility to opt for a multidisciplinary Bachelor "biology and ethnology" or "Science and Sport, programs targeted specifically for students intending to teach.

The Faculty of the University of Neuchtel heads the division of Research (NCCR) "Plant Survival in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems." Four other universities in Switzerland (Bern, Fribourg, Lausanne and Zurich), the two Federal Institutes of Technology and three federal research stations are also participating.

Faculty of Law

It has 560 students, supervised by a faculty of about thirty people, divided among a dozen chairs in key areas of private law, public law and international law and European It includes institutes and centers research:

• Institute of Health Law
• Seminar on the Law of the lease
• Centre for Research on alternative dispute jurisdictional and conflict management
• International Centre for Sports Studies
• Documentation Centre of the Swiss Police Institute
• Centre for the Study of Labour Relations
• Center for Interdisciplinary Law and study of traffic
• Centre for Commercial Law, tax and innovation

The adoption of the Bologna system by the Faculty of Law of 2004. Degrees awarded are the Bachelor of Law, Master of Law, the degree of training, the degree of training in health law and a doctorate in law. The Faculty also offers postgraduate degrees: the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport (in collaboration with the Federation Internationale de Football Association and conducted three site: Montfort University in Leicester, the high school administration and management SDA Bocconi in Milan and the University of Neuchatel), Master of Advanced Studies in European Law and International Economic Law and Postgraduate Diploma in HES fight against economic crime.

Faculty of Economics

It has about 500 students and includes the following institutions, which in addition to their training mission, actively participate in research programs both nationally and internationally. Several of these institutes conduct regular mandates for companies and public authorities, as well as international organizations.

• Business Institute
• Institute of Psychology of Work and Organizational
• Institute of Information Management
• Institute of Statistics
• Institute of Economic Research
• Institute of Financial Analysis
• Academy of Journalism and Media

The Academy of Journalism and Media offering Masters in journalism, unique in Switzerland, which was designed by industry professionals and focuses on emerging business needs.

Qualifications awarded by the Faculty of Economics are the Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics, Master of Advanced Studies in Human Resources and Career Management, the Certificate of training, the diploma and doctoral training in finance, computer science, economics, management, work psychology and statistics.

Faculty of Theology

A historic building, headquarters of the prestigious Library of pastors, home to the Faculty of Theology. The universities of Neuchtel, Geneva and Lausanne, which met in the Triangle Azur, signed an agreement that sets up the Federation of theological faculties of their three institutions. Under the agreement, the three schools offer a Bachelor of Theology common (whose education is provided by the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne). The federation was replaced in 2009 by a less restrictive agreement. At master level, Neuchtel was chosen as a competence center of practical theology. The research focuses on methods of communication of the Christian faith in contemporary society and the development of pastoral action.

Training

At the University of Neuchatel, all faculties offer courses compatible with the Bologna model.

The Bologna Process is a European area of higher education and research and provides for harmonization of academic qualifications at European level. The system also provides for the allocation of credits (ECTS) for each course evaluated, in particular to promote student mobility.

The training system consists of two cycles (Bachelor and Master). Undergraduate university core, the bachelor is the first stage of basic scientific training, to acquire a way of thinking and scientific methodology. The bachelor degree is the prerequisite for further studies in a master's program. The course of study for its master aims to provide extensive knowledge and expertise to students.

Academic Awards

The University of Neuchtel issues the following awards to outstanding students:

History

• 1837: The government asked the Neuchtel Prussian king Frederick William III the creation of an academy. He sent a brief to the Court on May 24, urging the king to grant the funds necessary to run an academy.
• 1838: The King's Office creates the necessary funds (royal decision of 17 March). The academy is created.
• 1840-1841: first official academic year
• 1843: first bachelor's degree awarded by the Academy (BA)
• 1841: official inauguration of the Academy November 18
• 1848: for reasons of political, financial and educational, the Grand Council decreed June 17, 1848 closing of the Academy
• 1866: Law on Higher Education for the establishment of the Second Academy: Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Law (the institution of the Faculty of Theology was held in 1873).
• 1909: Decree of the Grand Council of 18 May The Academy became University.
• 1910: Law on Higher Education to open a section of commercial science and giving students the opportunity to enter the doctorate in every faculty.
• 1919: Constitution of the Federation of Students Neuchtel (FEN)
• 1963 new University Act

Personalities

List of Rectors since 1909

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Alumni

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