Part-time Masters

All UNIL Masters courses can be taken part-time, with the exception of the Master in Health Sciences (joint with the HES-SO), which nevertheless offers an enhanced study plan for work-based studies, and the Master in Human Taphonomy.

The opportunity to study part-time is aimed at people who, at the same time as their studies, have a family, a professional activity, a social commitment, who are disabled or chronically ill, or who wish to successfully complete a personal project.

Are you thinking of enrolling for a part-time Master's degree? This option is demanding in terms of motivation and organisation. Your reflection and planning should take into account the objectives of the Master's degree, the organisation specific to part-time study, the workload, commuting and the financial implications of this type of studies.

You are considering enrolling for a part-time Master's degree?

Some questions to ask yourself...

• Do you have a taste for abstraction and questioning certainties, which are essential in this type of studies?
• Will you be able to attend classes one or more days a week on the UNIL campus?
• Do your parallel activities (job, family, personal project...) leave you enough time to study?
• Do they allow you a degree of flexibility in your working hours?
• Have you included travel time to the UNIL campus, or even to other universities depending on your chosen course, in your planning?
• If you are planning to finance your studies via a cantonal grant, have you enquired about the possibility of obtaining one for part-time studies?

Only regulatory texts are authentic. Last update: 21 February 2024