Tuesday, 10 December 2024

ABOUT ALUMNI UNIGE

A worldwide network

Alumni UNIGE is an association for all graduates of the University of Geneva. Established in 2009, we now have some 10,000 of members, and our network is expanding every day – across Geneva, the whole of Switzerland, and over 110 other countries. We actively work to inaugurate local chapters and to set up communities for specific faculties or regions in major cities worldwide.

Your benefits

As a member, you get access to the Career Centre and specific job ads. You also get access to UNIGE sports and cultural activities at Alumni prices. In addition, we run a programme of conferences, exhibitions, concerts and theater shows, together with research-based and cultural trips with UNIGE lecturers as your guide.

Through our mentoring programme, accommodation postings and student questionnaires, we also do what we can to support current students in their studies. And to top it all off, members get discounts on a range of Swiss and international newspaper subscriptions, laptops and insurances.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee determines the organization and general policies of the Association (Art. 16 of the Bylaws). Elected every three years by the General Assembly, the Committee is made up of the president of Alumni UNIGE, its treasurer, other elected or co-opted members, and a representative of the University of Geneva’s Rector’s Office.

Romaine Jean
Romaine Jean
President
Former editor-in-chief for society matters at RTS
Minette Zeukeng
Minette Zeukeng
Treasurer
Pharmacist
Didier Raboud Didier Raboud
Secretary general at the University of Geneva
Robert-Pascal Fontanet
Robert-Pascal Fontanet
Honorary notary
Matthieu Ischer
Matthieu Ischer
Doctor of neurosciences, scientific assistant at the University of Geneva Department of neurosciences
Grégoire Ribordy
Grégoire Ribordy
Co-founder & Head of ID Quantique
Anne Rist
Anne Rist
Head of integration and insertion at the University of Geneva
Isabel Rochat
Isabel Rochat
Former member of the Geneva State Council
Patrick Schefer
Patrick Schefer
Head of the Fondation d’aide aux entreprises

Honorary Committee

The Honorary Committee is made up of honorary members who are former students of the University of Geneva. Its members represent Alumni UNIGE within their field and help to increase its reputation.

    • Patrick Aebischer
      Former president of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    • Kofi Annan †
      Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
      Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation
      Docteur honoris causa at the University of Geneva
    • José Manuel Barroso
      Former President of the European Commission
    • Carla Del Ponte
      Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations international criminal law tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
      Former Swiss Ambassador to Argentina
    • Ruth Dreifuss
      Former President of Switzerland
      Former Federal Councillor
    • Edmond H. Fischer †
      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, 1992
    • Michel Mayor
      Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
      Astronomer, co-discoverer of the first extrasolar planet
      Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva
    • Claude Nicollier
      First Swiss astronaut in space, EPFL professor
      Docteur honoris causa at the University of Geneva
    • Pascal Praplan †
      Journalist, founder and director of Alumni UNIGE (2009 to 2021)
    • Bernard Ziegler
      Lawyer and former president of the Geneva State Council

Team

Karin Byland
Karin Byland
Head of UNIGE Alumni
Nicolas de Neef Nicolas de Neef
Communication designer
Eleonora Pabst

Eleonora Pabst
Administrative assistant

Contacts

Postal address

Alumni UNIGE
Rue du Général-Dufour 24
CH-1204 Genève

Offices

Alumni UNIGE
3rd floor, office 301
Rue du Général-Dufour 24
CH-1204 Genève

Phone

+41 (0)22 379 14 08 (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday)
+41 (0)22 379 12 78 (Friday)

Email

alumni@unige.ch

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