Winter 2025
Registration closed
Our registration and cancellation conditions are described in our General Terms and Conditions.
► General terms and conditions
Registration for Summer 2025 courses will open in March 2025.
Registration
How to register
Registration is carried out via our online registration portal, by following the steps below:
- Create my registration account*
- Enter my personal data
- Choose my course
- Pay by credit card
As soon as your payment has been accepted, you will receive two automatic e-mails:
- An e-mail containing your registration confirmation and the General Terms and Conditions you have accepted by registering. The registration confirmation gives you the time and place of your first day's class.
- An e-mail asking you to send us a scan of your ID and a passport-size photo for your student card.
*If you have already taken an intensive course with FIL (formerly École du Cours de vacances), you will need to re-use the same log-in details as for your previous registration.
The language skills assessment
Around ten days before the start of your course, you'll receive an e-mail with instructions for taking the online language skills test. The test lasts around 2 hours and can be taken over a week at your convenience. This test is not a certification test, but it is compulsory. It is a test that will enable us to assign you to a class corresponding to your level, so that you can make the best possible progress in learning French.
IMPORTANT
To log in to the test, you'll need your UNIL e-mail account. If you don't yet have a UNIL account, our IT Center will send you these identifiers by e-mail, approximately 10 days before the start of your course, to the e-mail address you gave when you registered. Keep these identifiers in a safe place! If you haven't received this e-mail, check your spam folder.
First day of course
We'll be delighted to welcome you along with all the other participants for a general welcome, where you'll get to know the teaching and administrative team who'll be there for you for the duration of your course. This will also be an opportunity for us to pass on some important information.
After a general welcome, you'll take part in a group oral test. This test will enable us to fine-tune your placement in a class. You will then be able to join your class in the second half of the morning.
