Status: February 17th, 2022
Study
| Immediate lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic control measures
| Distance learning
| Problems or questions: where to turn to
Immediate lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic control measures
The Federal Council has announced the immediate lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic control measures.
Consequences for UNIL:
- COVID certificate or cantonal attestation are no longer required, neither for teaching nor for access to the facilities and services on campus.
- Mask is no longer mandatory on campus. Everyone is free to wear it as they wish, including when working or studying (note that the mask must still be worn on the CHUV premises).
- As far as teaching is concerned, the Rectorate has decided to extend the exceptional hybrid teaching system in place since the autumn 2021 semester for the duration of the spring 2022 semester. This should enable all students to make arrangements to start their semester in the best possible conditions.
- It is therefore expected that a broadcast and/or recording of the courses will be maintained at least for the beginning of the spring 2022 semester in order to allow synchronous and/or asynchronous distance learning. For teachers, you can find more information on our "Teach" page.
- With regard to teleworking, its recommendation by the political authorities has been lifted. Line managers are responsible for implementing the Rectorate's wish for a gradual return to in person working, taking into account the needs of their unit and specific individual situations. The modalities of implementation of the new directive on teleworking will be specified soon, at the end of the transition period we are entering today.
Distance learning
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Distance Learning: video tutorials
The University of Lausanne provides tutorials to study in a distance learning context.
Technical solutions to improve distance learning
IT tools at your disposal
The UNIL Rectorate provides you with a range of digital learning tools such as Moodle or Zoom. You will find here a set of guides, tutorials and good advice to help you in their use.
For group work
Microsoft Teams is a collaborative tool that already allows you to chat, create virtual communities, share documents and collaborate as a team in a synchronous or asynchronous way. In view of the start of the new academic year, it has been enriched with new functionalities. You can now :
- Hold videoconferences with up to 49 simultaneous video streams (for a maximum of 300 participants)
- Invite your colleagues to your virtual meetings directly from your calendar in Teams
- Work securely: documents stored and shared on MS Teams are encrypted
You must use your UNIL usernames and passwords to use Teams and all Microsoft online services.
To follow the distance learning courses
Zoom and Ubicast are used to broadcast your lessons live. Your teachers can also record and stream them.
The IT Centre helpdesk is at your disposal for any further information you may require.
Data analysis and programming
Matlab, as well as other softwares, are available to students in the computer classrooms. However, with the closing of the campus, physical access to these rooms is limited.
- The Ci manages the rooms of the SSP and GSE faculties at Géopolis. Their students have remote access to the computers in the computer classrooms in these buildings. They can find information here.
Other options : Octave, directly compatible with most simple Matlab scripts, is the closest alternative to Matlab. Increasingly popular, the Julia programming language, which is located between Matlab and R software, is another possibility.
The softwares available to students for their personal machine can be found here: https://www.unil.ch/ci/distrisoft (softwares with a green view on the students' line).
Evaluate the lessons
Your teachers have worked hard to adapt their teaching to the current situation and the use of distance education technologies, sometimes with varying degrees of success. They have the possibility to ask the Teaching Support Centre to send you an interim evaluation questionnaire in order to obtain your opinion on their course in its current form, your possible needs and suggestions for improvement.
If so, you will receive an e-mail from the Teaching Support Centre inviting you to fill in an online questionnaire anonymously. Help your teachers to help you in your learning by constructively raising your difficulties and suggesting solutions!
Problems or questions: where to turn to
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Need financial support?
Write to affaires.sociales@unil.ch. All information on UNIL financial aid can be found on the website of the Social Affairs and Student Mobility Service (SASME).
In case the SASME cannot intervene, the UNIL Federation of Student Associations ("Fédération des associations d'étudiant-e-s de l’UNIL" - FAE) offers a Student Solidarity Fund.
Need psychological support?
Do not hesitate to contact the psychotherapeutic consultation: consult.psy-unil@chuv.ch. Further information on the conditions and general operation of the consultation can be found on the website of the Social Affairs and Student Mobility Service (SASME).
The team of peer students, adapting to the situation of the distance learning courses, launched an online support environment on the free Discord platform, with the support of Accueil Santé. The peer students are trained in the fields of mental health, sexual health, alcohol and drug consumption, as well as in the motivational approach. For more information, click here.
Do you have health problems?
Accueil Santé UNIL can help you.
Need spiritual support?
Mourning, questioning, need to listen, or need a moment of prayer or meditation? Please contact the UNIL-EPFL Ecumenical Chaplaincy.
Do you have any questions about your study situation or about a reorientation?
The Guidance and Careers Service (SOC) can be contacted by e-mail (orientation@unil.ch) or by phone (Mon-Thurs, 1 to 3pm and Fri, 10am to midday: 021 692 21 30), to give you an update on your current study situation, to anticipate a change of orientation or to answer your questions concerning the transition to employment.
A permanent service on Zoom has been set up, upon registration. All the information is available here.
For any specific questions related to your studies, you can contact the study advisors or the study secretariats of your respective faculties.
Do you have any questions regarding a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate registration?
Registration, change of faculty, or request for information on the conditions of access to UNIL: https://www.unil.ch/immat/en/home/menuinst/futurs-etudiants/sinscrire/nous-contacter.html.
Questions about student mobility?
For any questions about general agreements, faculty agreements, SEMP agreements (Swiss-European Mobility Programme - ex-Erasmus), mobility grants or internships abroad, write to the SASME at studentmobility@unil.ch.
