University of Lausanne Masters Grants Scholarships 2024/2025
Applicant criteria
- 18 - 60
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
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 program 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 master (one and a half years or two years depending on the chosen master), except cases of definitive 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.
It is however not possible to apply for the following master programs:
- 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 programs, Further Education programs)
Withdrawal from the master's program will lead to the suspension of the scholarship.
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.
NB: Decisions may not be appealed!
Eligibility criteria
Requirements
- 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”).