UNIL awards around ten excellence scholarships each year, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high standard.
About University of Lausanne (UNIL)
The UNIL was born in 1537. It was then intended for the training of pastors. The only French-speaking Protestant theology school, it enjoyed great notoriety at that time.
Over the centuries, the number of chairs has increased and teaching has diversified. In 1890, the Academy received the name and status of university.
In 1970, she gradually left the center of Lausanne to settle in Dorigny. The end of the 20th century witnessed an important cooperation and development project between the universities of Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel and EPFL. In 2003, two new Facu... continue reading
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UNIL Masters Scholarships
Requirements for UNIL Masters Scholarships Qualification
- 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 (to check on the programme's page).
- Not to be registered at UNIL
- To have paid the CHF 200.00 Administrative fees (see document, "list of documents for an application").
Interview date, Process and Venue for UNIL Masters Scholarships
- The application form for the Masters Scholarship 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 below, "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 based in 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.
Université de Lausanne
Service des affaires sociales et de la mobilité étudiante (SASME)
Bâtiment Unicentre
CH - 1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Application Deadline
November 1, 2025How to Apply
For more details, visit UNIL Scholarship webpage
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