University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Excellence Grant 2024/2025

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) is pleased to invite applications from exceptional international students for the Master’s Excellence Grant. This prestigious scholarship is awarded to outstanding individuals who have completed their undergraduate degree at a foreign university with remarkable academic achievements.

If you demonstrate academic excellence and wish to pursue a Master’s degree at UNIL, apply now to take advantage of this exclusive opportunity.

The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period of the programme chosen by the student. It amounts to CHF 1,600 per month (for more details refer to the “General conditions for the award of a Master’s Excellence Grant”.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for UNIL Master’s Excellence Grant, the applicant has to meet all of the following criteria:

• International students who have achieved excellent results in their previous studies and who submit an application to the Selection Process for the award of a Master’s Grant.
• Candidates whose academic results are of a very high level (there is no list with required grades by country available).
• Students with a foreign university degree who have already begun a Masters programme at UNIL or who are in their preparatory year are not authorised to apply.
• Candidates must have graduated from a foreign university only: their qualification/university degree must be deemed equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits).

Benefits

• The amount of the Master’s Grant for the first year of the Curriculum is CHF 19,200.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the academic year and during the months of July and August preceding the second year (12 months).
• The amount of the Master’s Grant for the second year of the Curriculum is a maximum of CHF 16,000.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the academic year (September to June: 10 months). If the planned Curriculum is only worth 90 ECTS credits, the amount of the Master’s Grant for this year is CHF 12,000.00, i.e. CHF 1,600.00 per month during the first semester of the academic year (September to January: five months).
• Beneficiaries are exempt from course enrolment fees and only pay the semester fee of CHF 80.00.
• Subject to availability at the Fondation Maisons pour Etudiants Lausanne (FMEL), the Beneficiary will be offered accommodation in one of its halls of residence.

How to Apply

The application form for the Masters Scholarship also serves as an application for ADMISSION to the chosen Master’s program (and hence as a matriculation form at UNIL): you therefore do not need to apply for the master’s degree at the Admission Office (SII) of UNIL.

Candidates for the Masters Scholarship must apply online and upload their complete application file in PDF during the online application (refer to the document in the margin, “list of documents for an application”).

Application files in PDF sent by email and incomplete application files will not be considered.

Additionally, for candidates with a bachelor issued from a university based in a State which did not ratify the Lisbon Recognition Convention : a certified copy of the university documents, certified by the university, in a sealed envelope of the university has to be sent by postal mail.