The Faculty of Theology and Sciences of Religions (FTSR) encourages the mobility of its students and welcomes international students at the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree levels. With this aim in mind, it provides several scholarships to FTSR students and international students, funded either by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud, or by the University of Lausanne. The scholarships for FTSR students or outward mobility scholarships are generally linked to mobility agreements with other Swiss or international universities, such as the faculties of theology of Göttingen and Manchester. Obtaining any student scholarship, for outward or inward mobility, is subject to precise conditions that are described in the rules proper to each scholarship (pdf document to download). The applications are then examined by the student scholarship Commission according to the criteria proper to each scholarship, then submitted to the faculty Council and given, when required, to the synodal Council of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud for information. There are five mobility scholarships for sending students out for a period of a semester or an academic year and two mobility scholarships for receiving students into the FTSR for an academic year. Many students have already taken advantage of these scholarships and have pursued their studies in Manchester, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Fribourg, Rome, Bayreuth or again Quebec.
The scholarships in brief:
Short-term Student Scholarship
CHF 1'500.- and CHF 4'500.-, according to the project. The purpose of this scholarship, funded by the FTSR, is to provide short-term support (1-2 months) during an academic year: language learning or introduction to a specific academic or religious context, generally as part of a Master’s degree thesis.
Deadline for applications: January 31st
“Göttingen” Outward Student Mobility Scholarship
CHF 1'600.-/semester. This scholarship is offered by the Faculty of Theology of Göttingen to an FTSR student who wants to study for an academic year in Göttingen. It is the exchange scholarship for the “Göttingen” Inward Student Mobility Scholarship offered by the Reformed Evangelical Church of the Canton of Vaud to a student of the Faculty of Theology of Göttingen. Duration: 2 semesters.
Deadline for applications: January 31st
Outward Student Mobility Scholarship
CHF 1'500.-/month (+ travel allowance). This scholarship is offered by the Reformed Evangelical Church of the Canton of Vaud to an FTSR student who wants to study for an academic year in the Faculty or School of his or her choice.Duration: 9 months.
Deadline for applications: January 31st
Document to download for these three Scholarships
Faculty Outward Student Mobility Scholarship
The amount of this scholarship varies according to the student’s level of studies, the number of semesters and the destination (infra or extra-European). The University of Lausanne makes available to the Faculty of Theology and Sciences of Religions a scholarship enabling an undergraduate or a postgraduate student to pursue his or her education for a semester or an academic year at a University with which the Faculty has made mobility agreements. These agreements may be consulted here.
Deadline for applications: January 31st
Document to download
Inward Student Mobility Scholarship
CHF 1'500.-/month for a period of 9 months (+ travel allowance) The Reformed Evangelical Church of Vaud offers, through the Faculty of Theology and Sciences of Religions of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), a scholarship to a student of theology who wants to pursue his or her education in Lausanne for an academic year.
Deadline for applications: January 31st
Document to download
