The 2024–2025 University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Grant Scholarships are now accepting applications. Masters scholarships are excellence-based awards given only to students who have completed their studies at a foreign university and have demonstrated exceptionally high academic achievement.
UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year.
The scholarship is awarded for the minimum legally required time frame of the student’s selected program. For the whole course of the masters program—one and a half years or two years, depending on the chosen masters—it amounts to CHF 1,600 per month from September 15 to July 15 (or 10 months a year), with the exception of cases of decisive failure after the first year.
Eligible Programmes
The list of all master’s degrees at UNIL for which it is possible to apply, can be found at this address.
However, applications for the following master’s programs are not accepted:
- Master from the School of Medicine
- Master in Sciences and Practices of Education
- Master of Law. Exceptions: Open to applications for Masters Scholarships : Specialisms “International and Comparative Law”, “Legal Theory” and “International Tax Law and Policy”
- Master of Science in Physical Education and Sport Didactics
- Master of Science in Health Sciences
- Master of Science in Sustainable Management & Technology
- All MASs (3rd cycle programmes, Further Education programmes)
Requirements
To have completed an undergraduate degree from a foreign institution that is recognised as being on par with a Swiss bachelor’s degree prior to the start of the UNIL master’s program.
To have made a name for yourself while you were an undergraduate, particularly with excellent grades.
should possess a language proficiency of at least C1 in French or at least C1 in English, depending on the language used to teach your chosen master’s degree, as measured by the European Language Portfolio worldwide scale.
Not to be included on the UNIL
T have paid the administrative costs in the amount of CHF 200.00 (see to the “list of documents for an application” document).
Suspension from the master’s program will result in the scholarship being suspended.
Timeline:
November 1st is the deadline for applications.
November to December: SASME and the Admissions Office process applications (SII)
December through January: The SASME notifies applicants that their application for the scholarship has been denied if it is incomplete or has not been approved by the admissions office.
January through February: Finished applications are sent to the faculties so that their suitability for the selected master’s degrees can be evaluated.
February to March, candidates whose applications have not been accepted by the faculty are notified by the SASME.
March: Those who will be offered a Masters Scholarship are chosen by the Masters Scholarship Selection Board.
The Selection Board notifies the candidates of its choice in early April.
NB: You cannot appeal decisions!
Method of Application
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 in the margin, “list of documents for an application”).
- Application files in PDF sent by email and incomplete application files will not be considered.
In addition, candidates holding a bachelor’s degree from an institution located in a country that has not ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention must mail a certified copy of their academic records in a sealed university envelope.
Please refer to the protocol (details in the blue box) for handling the certified copies. If the online application was completed and submitted successfully, the sealed envelope containing the certified copies of the university must be forwarded to the following address by November 1st (post mark).
Université de Lausanne
Service des affaires sociales et de la mobilité étudiante (SASME)
Bâtiment Unicentre
CH – 1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Applicants who hold a bachelor’s degree from an institution located in a state that has ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention are not permitted to mail certified copies of their diplomas.
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