UNIL
Master’s grants

To
facilitate access to Master’s degrees by students with qualifications from
foreign universities, the University of Lausanne provides around ten Master’s
grants which are awarded on a competitive basis.

Programmes
concerned

Candidates
must choose a Master’s programme from among those offered by the UNIL, except:

Master
of Medicine
Master
of Arts in Sciences and Practices of Education
Master
of Law from the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne
Master
of Law in Criminal Sciences, judiciary mention
Master
of Science in Traceology and Crime Analysis
All
the MAS (3rd cycle programmes)

Caution: For the Master of Law,
students can apply for the scholarship Master for two of the
seven references proposed, namely: “International and Comparative
Law” and “legal theory.”

The
grant may not be used for any complementary studies required to enroll on the
Master’s degree (upgrade year) and may not be used for Executive Master in
Business Administration (EMBA) or Masters of Advanced studies (MAS).

Amount
and duration of the grant

The
amount of the grant is CHF 1,600.- per month from 15 September to 15 July, for
a duration not exceeding the regulation minimum period of the programme
(according to the programme, one-and-a-half years or two years subject to
deduction for paid placements or exempt semesters, if any). Abandonment of the
programme results in suspension of the grant.

Required
conditions

The
candidate must be the holder of a degree from a foreign university.
The
qualification held by the candidate must be deemed equivalent to the UNIL
Bachelor’s degree.

Selection
procedure

Candidates
must complete the “UNIL Master’s Grant” form and submit their
application within the deadline to:

Social Affairs
and Student Mobility Service (SASME)
University of
Lausanne
Unicentre
CH-1015
Lausanne

Uncomplete
applications are not taken into consideration and are returned to the sender.
If the application is complete, it will be examined by the Admissions Service
to determine whether the candidate can be admitted. In the event of a positive
decision, the application is forwarded by the SASME to the UNIL Faculty
responsible for the Master’s on which the candidate wishes to be enrolled.
The Faculty selects applications and notifies the SASME of its opinion based on
the candidate’s qualities, motivation and suitability for the Master’s
programme.
The SASME forwards shortlisted applications to the selection committee which
will award grants to students meeting all criteria according to the available
budget.

Decisions
are not open to appeal.

The
SASME will inform the candidates in writing of the UNIL’s decision at the end
of March.

Selection
criteria

The
grants are intended more particularly for students who distinguished themselves
in their university studies and who have difficulty meeting their financial needs
for the duration of the Master’s. It is however necessary that the candidates
have sufficient financial means to live on themselves during the complementary
studies that may be required prior to enroll on the Master’s degree.