The University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Excellence Grant accepts applications from suitably qualified candidates. The 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 Master’s Grants are offered to international students interested in pursuing their master’s degree from the University of Lausanne Switzerland for the academic year 2025-2026. The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period of the program chosen by the student.
Scholarship Summary
- Host Institution(s): University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
- Nationality: International Students
- Number of Awards: Several
- Bursary Sponsor(s): University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland
- Funding Amount: CHF 1,600 per month
- Study Level: Masters
- Program Period: 2 years for students undertaking a Master
- Deadline: November 1st
What are Masters Scholarships
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.
The University of Lausanne (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 (for more details refer to the “General conditions for the award of a Master’s Excellence Grant”, article 10).
Candidates are made aware that the sum of the scholarship awarded is insufficient to live in Switzerland. It is not a fully funded scholarship. Students offered a scholarship will be exempt from the fixed registration fees for the courses, except the CHF 80.00 fees to be paid each semester.
The University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Excellence Grant Eligible Program
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’s program:
- 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 Sustainable Management & Technology
- Master from the School of Medicine
- Master of Science in Health Sciences
- All MASs (3rd cycle program, Further Education program)
The University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Excellence Grant Requirements
- To have distinguished yourself during your studies, especially through particularly brilliant academic results.
- To have paid the CHF 200.00 Administrative fees (see document, “list of documents for an application”).
- To have obtained a foreign university degree considered equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor before the beginning of the master’s program at UNIL.
- 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
The University of Lausanne Scholarship Benefits
- Beneficiaries are exempt from course enrolment fees and only pay the semester fee of CHF 80.00.
- Subject to availability at the Fondation Maisons pour Etudiants Lausanne (FMEL), the Beneficiary will be offered accommodation in one of its halls of residence.
- The amount of the Master’s Grant for the first year of the Curriculum is CHF 19,200.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the academic year and during July and August preceding the second year (12 months).
- The amount of the Master’s Grant for the second year of the Curriculum is a maximum of CHF 16,000.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the academic year (September to June: 10 months). If the planned Curriculum is only worth 90 ECTS credits, the amount of the Master’s Grant for this year is CHF 12,000.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the first semester of the academic year (September to January: five months).
The University of Lausanne Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: The application form for the Master’ 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 Master’s 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”).
Please find the general conditions for the Master grants below.
- Application files in PDF sent by email and incomplete application files will not be considered.
- Additionally, for candidates with a bachelor’s issued from a university based in a State that did not ratify the Lisbon Recognition Convention: a certified copy of the university documents, certified by the university, in a sealed envelope of the university has to be sent by postal mail.
- Please consult the procedure to follow regarding the certified copies (see information in the blue box). The sealed envelope with the certified copies of the university must be sent to the following address within the deadline of November 1st (postmark), but only if the online application was filled in and sent successfully.
Read Also: