Candidates are eligible for enrolment in a Master programme if they hold a Bachelor degree awarded by a Swiss university or another university qualification deemed equivalent by the Rectorate in the corresponding discipline. Candidates holding a HES* Bachelor are admitted subject to catch up the missing theoretical bases during the Master programme. *Haute Ecole Spécialisée Candidates with a Bachelor in a different field from the chosen Master programme are admitted on the condition of catching up the theoretical bases before starting their studies. The faculty regulations or study plans specify the essential theoretical bases. |
For Master programmes offered by: - Medical school - Faculty of Arts see the Particular conditions |
Language skills The language level for the Master programmes is C1. Candidates whose mother tongue is not French and who have no Swiss secondary school diploma must sit a French exam before final registration for the preparatory year for admission to the Master programme (when the preparatory year is taught in French). |
Online enrolment and preparation of your application Access to the online enrolment and the list of the documents you have to upload. Do not forget to take note of all the information mentioned in the next tab. |
How to enrol at UNIL
First of all select the Master programme you wish to apply for
Apply within the deadlines (candidates holding a Swiss Degree)
Autumn semester 2024/2025:
before 30 April 2024
Spring semester 2025:
before 30 novembre 2024
Note: only candidates for certain Master's programmes may register in the spring semester.
Part-time Master
Conditions for part-time studies
Specific registration conditions for Master programmes
Medicine and Lettres (Art)
Processing of your application
What happens once you have uploaded the required documents and validated your online enrolment.
Online enrolment and preparation of your application
Access to the online enrolment and the list of the documents you have to upload.
Register for the Service courses (“cours satellite”) or the Cours de vacances for non-French speakers
If you wish to take French courses beside or before your regular studies.
Request for equivalences
For students who wish to obtain equivalences for their former university studies.