The University of Lausanne (UNIL) awards around ten Master’s Scholarships a year to students with outstanding results who are studying or have graduated at a university outside Switzerland.
Recipients take a Master’s programme at UNIL in Lausanne, Switzerland. The current call is for entry in the 2027/2028 academic year.
Benefits & funding
- CHF 1,600 a month for the programme’s minimum length (three or four semesters), paid only while you live in Switzerland.
- Course enrolment fees waived; the CHF 80 semester fee remains.
- Guaranteed room with the Lausanne student housing foundation (FMEL).
- UNIL says this is not full funding: living in Lausanne costs about CHF 2,000 a month.
- Payments pause during an exchange semester and depend on reporting exam results.
Eligibility
- Enrolled at or graduated from a foreign university; no nationality or residence rule.
- A degree recognised as equal to a Swiss bachelor’s, held before the Master’s starts.
- Outstanding academic results.
- C1 level in the programme’s teaching language (French or English).
- Not currently enrolled at UNIL.
- Not open for: School of Medicine Master’s, Sciences and Practices of Education, most Law Master’s, Physical Education and Sport Didactics, Health Sciences, Sustainable Management & Technology, Human Taphonomy, and all MAS.
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Application process
- 1Pay the non-refundable CHF 200 administrative fee.
- 2Upload one PDF application file, with proof of payment, through UNIL’s online form by 1 November 2026.
- 3Have two referees (teachers or an employer) email their letters directly to UNIL.
- 4Degrees from outside the Lisbon Recognition Convention countries: also post certified copies of academic documents.
Program timeline
Application deadline
1 Nov 2026
Faculty eligibility decisions
Feb–Mar 2027
Selection Board decision announced
Early Apr 2027
Master’s programme starts
Sep 2027