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 from 15 September to 15 July (or 10 months a year) for the complete duration of the masters (one and a half years or two years depending on the chosen masters), with the exception of cases of definitive failure after the first year.
Candidates are made aware of the fact that the sum of the scholarship awarded is not sufficient to live in Switzerland.
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.
What are the programmes for which it is possible to apply
for a Masters scholarship?
First of all, it is not possible to apply for the following
programmes:
- Master
from the School of Medicine
- Master
of education
- Master
of Law from the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne
- Master
of criminal Law, magistracy specialism
- All
MASs (PhD programmes)
Please note: for the Master of Law, only two
specialisms, "international and comparative law" and "legal
theory" are open to applications for Masters scholarships.
What are the conditions necessary for applying for a
Masters scholarship?
- To
have obtained a foreign university degree considered equivalent to a
bachelor at UNIL 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 B2 (according to the European Language
Portfolio global scale) in French or English according to the language in
which your chosen masters is taught.
- Not
to have been registered with UNIL in the past.
- To
have paid the CHF 200.00 administration fee (see document, "list of
documents to attach to your application").
Withdrawal from the programme will lead to the suspension of
the scholarship.
