UNIL Master’s Grants To International Students

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) in Switzerland grants these scholarships to prospective international Master’s degree students. So, if you think that this might be for you, stick around, and let’s talk about the opportunity. 

An Overview

Students of top academic performance can access this annual scholarship program and have graduated from universities outside Switzerland. There are ten units of the scholarship granted every year. Each award lasts for as long as the Master’s program the student has chosen lasts.

Each recipient of the scholarship receives the sum of CHF 1,600 every month for ten months. This applies to programs that last for a year and six months or two years, barring cases of definitive failure after the first year. 

The University of Lausanne would want to inform applicants that the grant does not cover living expenses. As a result, every applicant must consult this page detailing the reference budget of a student at the University of Lausanne. 

Recipients of the scholarship are exempt from the fixed registration fees for the courses. But they will be required to pay the sum of CHF 80 every semester. 

Study Programs Covered by the UNIL Master’s Grants

The scholarship covers all the Master’s programs offered by the University of Lausanne Graduate School with the exception of the following:

• All Master’s programs from the school of medicine
• Master of education
• Master of law (with the exception of Legal Theory and International/Comparative Law)
• MSc in physical education and sports didactics. 
• MSc in health sciences
• MSc (sustainable management and technology)
• Master of criminal law
• All Masters of Applied Science

Who Is Eligible to Apply for the UNIL Master’s Grants?

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship program, every applicant must:

• Have earned at least a recognized undergraduate degree from a university outside Switzerland
• Have shown good performance in their academics as attested in their results
• Based on the European Language Portfolio global scale, have a minimum language rating of B2 in French or C1in English. In this respect, every applicant is judged by the language their chosen Master’s program at the University of Lausanne is taught. 
• Have paid the administration fee of CHF 200.
• Not have been registered with the University of Lausanne before

How to Apply for the UNIL Master’s Grants

1. Get all the documents required for the application. The list can be found here.
2. Complete the application form on a computer and sign it.
3. Send the completed application, unbound, by post to: 

Université de Lausanne

Service des affaires sociales et de la mobilité étudiante (SASME)

Bâtiment Unicentre

CH – 1015 Lausanne

Switzerland

NOTE:

 1. The application for the Master’s scholarship serves as an application for the UNIL master’s program.

2. The application deadline is always November 1 for the next academic year to begin the following year.

3. Incomplete applications never get considered. This is so especially if some or all of the certified copies of the required academic documents are absent.

The Selection Process Timeline

• Application deadline – November 1
• Processing of the application lasts from November to December.
• Applicants whose application couldn’t scale through the first screening stage are informed of their unsuccessful status – December to January.
• Applications that scale through the first stage are sent to the applicants’ faculties to consider their eligibility for the chosen course (second stage of screening) – January to February.
• Candidates who failed to scale through the second stage of the screening are informed – February to March.
• The selection board decides on the candidates to be offered a scholarship in March.
• The final decision of the selection board is made known to the applicant in April.