University of Lausanne UNIL Master Scholarship

The University of Lausanne offers scholarships to outstanding international students admitted to Master’s programs. Located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland near Lake Geneva.

International students admitted to a UNIL Master's program. Outstanding academic record. Demonstrated financial need. Not already residing in Switzerland.

Monthly grant of CHF 1,600 for the duration of the Master's program (typically 2 years), tuition fee at UNIL rate

Scholarship application, Academic transcripts, Degree certificate, CV, Motivation letter, Financial situation documentation, UNIL admission confirmation

• Be an international student with an excellent academic record holding (or about to complete) a foreign university degree equivalent to a Swiss bachelor's, not previously enrolled at UNIL, with C1-level French or English (per your programme's language)
• Apply online through the UNIL Master's Grants portal by the deadline (1 November) for an eligible master's programme (a few programmes such as Medicine and certain Law/Education tracks are excluded) and pay the application fee (around CHF 200); the scholarship application also serves as your master's admission application
• Around 8 to 12 highly competitive awards are made, providing a monthly grant (about CHF 1,600 for roughly 10 months a year) plus exemption from the fixed registration fees (you pay only about CHF 80 per semester)