Lausanne

==Education==
[[File:Vue aérienne EPFL 07-2009.jpg|thumb|right|The [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]] (photo) and the [[University of Lausanne]] form a large [[Lausanne campus|campus]] near the [[lake Geneva]].]]
In Lausanne about 40,118 or (32.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 22,934 or (18.4%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 22,934 who completed tertiary schooling, 38.7% were Swiss men, 31.3% were Swiss women, 17.1% were non-Swiss men and 12.9% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 12,244 students in the Lausanne school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 |title=STATISTIQUE VAUD – Généralités : Organigramme |website=Scris.vd.ch |access-date=18 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075019/http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 6,601 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 5,244 students in those schools. There were also 399 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.<ref name=Vaud_Education>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office – Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]. {{in lang|fr}} Retrieved 2 May 2011.</ref>

Lausanne is home to several museums, including the ''[[Collection de l'art brut]]'', the ''Espace Arlaud'', the ''Fondation de l'Hermitage'', the ''Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire'', the ''Musée cantonal de géologie'', the ''Musée cantonal de zoologie'', the [[Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts]], the [[Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts]], the [[Musée de l'Élysée]] and the ''Musée historique de Lausanne''.<ref name=Vaud_Museum>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2181 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office – Fréquentation de quelques musées et fondations, Vaud, 2001–2009]. {{in lang|fr}} Retrieved 2 May 2011.</ref> In 2009 the ''Collection de l'art brut'' was visited by 27,028 people (the average in previous years was 33,356). The ''Espace Arlaud'' was visited by 9,222 people (the average in previous years was 14,206). The ''Fondation de l'Hermitage'' was visited by 89,175 people (the average in previous years was 74,839). The ''Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire'' was visited by 14,841 people (the average in previous years was 15,775). The ''Musée cantonal de zoologie'' was visited by 30,794 people (the average in previous years was 30,392). The ''Musée cantonal de géologie'' was visited by 28,299 people (the average in previous years was 24,248). The Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts was visited by 26,456 people (the average in previous years was 26,384). The Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts was visited by 28,554 people (the average in previous years was 22,879). The Musée de l'Élysée was visited by 36,775 people (the average in previous years was 37,757). The ''Musée historique de Lausanne'' was visited by 23,116 people (the average in previous years was 22,851).<ref name=Vaud_Museum/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 12,147 students in Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 2,258 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

===Libraries===
Lausanne is home to eight large libraries or collections of libraries. These libraries include the [[Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne]], the library of the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne]] (EPFL), the libraries of the ''Réseau [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne|EPFL]]'', the ''Bibliothèque municipale de Lausanne'', the ''Haute école de travail social et de la santé (EESP)'', the ''HECV Santé'', the ''Haute école de la santé La Source'' and the [[École cantonale d'art de Lausanne]] (ECAL). There was a combined total ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 3,496,260 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 1,650,534 items were loaned out.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706231342/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |date=6 July 2015 }}. {{in lang|de}} Retrieved 14 May 2010.</ref>

===Tertiary education===
Lausanne enjoys some world class education and research establishments (see also [[Lausanne campus]]), including private schools, attended by students from around the world.
* [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)]]
* [[University of Lausanne]] (UNIL)
** [[HEC Lausanne]], Faculty of Business and Economics of the [[University of Lausanne]]
* [[Lausanne University Hospital|University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)]], a hospital centre with associated research
* [[École hôtelière de Lausanne|''École hôtelière de Lausanne'' (EHL)]]
* [[École cantonale d'art de Lausanne|''École cantonale d'art de Lausanne'' (ECAL)]]
* [[International Institute for Management Development]] (IMD)
* [[IDHEAP|Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP)]]
* [[AISTS]] ("International Academy of Sports Science and Technology")
* [[Business School Lausanne]] (BSL)
* The Lausanne campus of the [[University of the Nations]]
* [[Pepperdine University]] maintains an international study campus in Lausanne

===Primary and secondary schools===
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; International schools:
* [[École française de Lausanne-Valmont]]
* [[Lycée Pareto]] (Italian school)
* [[Brillantmont International School]]
* [[International School of Lausanne]]
* [[Collège Champittet]]

; Private schools:
* École Vinet
* École Alphalif