General deadlines

APPLICATION DEADLINES

The online application must be submitted and validated by candidates within the deadlines indicated below. Depending on the country where the previous diplomas were obtained, certified copies must be provided. These certified copies must be sent by post within the deadlines indicated below, the date of the postmark is taken as evidence.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: for a Bachelor, Master, EFLE or Doctoral programme.
Bachelor (and School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE) programme)
Autumn 2024/2025
Spring 2025

Candidates for a Bachelor programme

30 April 2024
No registration

Candidates for a Bachelor programme, needing a study visa

28 February 2024
No registration
Medicine (2 compulsory applications: swissuniversities + UNIL)*
15 February 2024
+ 30 April
2024
No registration
German Law students
30 April 2024
30 November 2024
Guest students
30 April 2024
30 November 2024
Guest students needing a study visa
28 February 2024
30 September 2024
Master
Autumn 2024/2025
Spring 2025
Candidates for a Master’s programme
30 April 2024
30 November 2024
(only some specific Master's programmes start in the spring semester)

Candidates for a Master’s programme, needing a study visa

28 February 2024

30 September 2024
(only some specific Master's programmes start in the spring semester)

Guest students 30 April 2024 30 November 2024
Guest students needing a study visa 28 February 2024 30 September 2024
* Medicine: compulsory enrolment before 15 February 2024 at swissuniversities in Bern. It is mandatory to register online at UNIL before 30 April 2024, further to the enrolment at swissuniversities.
Doctorat
Autumn 2024/2025
Spring 2025
31 July 2024
30 November 2024
Passerelle biology/life sciences engineering/biomedical sciences/biochemistry/pharmaceutical sciences/dental medicine/veterinary medicine - medicine Autumn 2025/2026 Spring 2025
Candidates for the passerelle programme biology/life sciences engineering/biomedical sciences/biochemistry/pharmaceutical sciences/dental medicine/veterinary medicine - medicine 30 novembre 2024 No registration

Note: only complete applications submitted within the specified deadlines will be examined.

The deadlines are to be respected even if the diploma giving entitlement to registration (school-leaving diploma, baccalauréat, Bachelor's degree, Master's degree etc) is not issued before the end of the summer, respectively at the end of the year.

In this case return the other documents within the deadlines indicating when the copy of the diploma granting access to UNIL will be sent to the Admissions Office. However, candidates must provide the missing documents as soon as possible to allow processing of the application, failing to do so the application will be cancelled.

This is particularly important for candidates who must take the French examen or the Complementary examination of Swiss Higher Education Institutions (ECUS).

The Admission Office reserves the right to require the applicant to provide additional documentation.

All deadlines, including those valid for students already registered at UNIL:

NOTE

the French version of the registration conditions prevails