Law

Conditions valid for 2025.

The following texts are given for information only. Only the School’s admission preliminary examination regulations are authentic. They can be obtained from the School secretariat or from the School website

The conditions for success are set out in the rules for the preliminary entrance examination to the law school, available on the law school website.

In parallel with your registration with the UNIL Registrar's Office, you must submit a registration file to the school's secretariat.

Deadlines

Your application must be submitted by 31 January prior to the summer session in which you wish to sit the preliminary examination.

As a reminder, you must register with UNIL's Registration and Enrolment Department by 30 April prior to the summer session in which you wish to sit the preliminary examination.

Composition of the application

Your registration file must contain:

• a full curriculum vitae;
• a copy of the qualification(s) obtained;
• a copy of passport or identity card;
• an authenticated translation of documents not in French, German, Italian or English;
• a covering letter explaining why you wish to undertake University Baccalaureate studies at the Law School.

In accordance with Article 9 of the Directive 3.16 on Preliminary Entrance Examinations for University Baccalaureate Courses in UNIL Faculties, successful completion of the preliminary entrance examination entitles the candidate to admission to the faculty for 2 years from the autumn semester immediately following the examination session.

Secretarial office
Law School
Internef – 1015 Lausanne
+41 21 692 27 68
administration.droit@unil.ch
unil.ch/ecolededroit

Study advisor
Livia Danieli
Internef 219 – 1015 Lausanne
+41 21 692 27 61
Livia.Danieli@unil.ch

Subject to change. Only regulatory texts are authentic.
Last update: June 2024