Call for Applications: UNIL Masters Scholarships for study in Switzerland

Ednah Carrick September 2, 2024

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Closing Date: 1 November 2024

Call for Applications: UNIL Masters Scholarships for study in Switzerland

Overview

UNIL Masters Scholarships are scholarships for excellence awarded, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high level. UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year.

The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period of the programme chosen by the student. It amounts to CHF 1,600 per month. Students offered a scholarship will be exempt from the fixed registration fees for the courses, with the exception of the CHF 80.00 fees to be paid each semester.

Conditions for Application

To have obtained a foreign university degree considered equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor before the beginning of the masters programme at UNIL.

To have distinguished yourself during your studies, especially through particularly brilliant academic results.
To have a language level of at least C1 (according to the European Language Portfolio global scale) in French or at least C1 in English according to the language in which your chosen master is taught.
Not to be registered at UNIL

To have paid the CHF 200.00 Administrative fees (see document, “list of documents for an application”).

Withdrawal from the masters programme will lead to the suspension of the scholarship.

Application Process

The application form for the UNIL Masters Scholarships also serves as an application for ADMISSION to the chosen Master’s program (and hence as a matriculation form at UNIL): you therefore do not need to apply for the master’s degree at the Admission Office (SII) of UNIL.

Candidates for the Masters Scholarship must apply online and upload their complete application file in PDF during the online application (refer to the document in the margin, “list of documents for an application”).
- Application files in PDF sent by email and incomplete application files will not be considered.
Additionally, for candidates with a bachelor issued from a university basedin a State which did not ratify the Lisbon Recognition Convention :a certified copy of the university documents, certified by the university, in a sealed envelope of the university has to be sent by postal mail.
- Please consult the procedure to follow regarding the certified copies (see information in the blue box).The sealed envelope with the certified copies of the university must be sent to the following addresswithin the deadline of November 1st (post mark), but only if the online application was filled in and sent successfully.
Candidates with a bachelor issued from a university based in a State which did ratify the Lisbon Recognition Convention must not send certified copies by postal mail.

Timeline

1 November: Application deadline

November to December: Processing of applications by SASME and the Admissions Office (SII)
December to January: The SASME informs candidates whose application is incomplete or has not been accepted by the Admissions Office that their application for the scholarship has been unsuccessful.
January to February: Complete applications are transferred to the faculties for consideration of their eligibility for the chosen master’s degrees.

February to March: The SASME informs candidates whose application has not been accepted by the faculty.
March: The Selection Board for the Masters Scholarships selects the candidates who will be offered a Masters Scholarship.
Early April: Candidates are informed of the Selection Board’s decision.