Applications must be sent to:
Social Affairs and Student Mobility Service
Unicentre
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 21 692 21 13
Fax: +41 21 692 21 15
Email
SEMP agreements
The nominations of exchange students must reach us by April 30 for the autumn semester, and by October 15 for the spring semester.
Students do not need to send us their application.
Bilateral agreements
The nominations of exchange students must reach us by March 15 for the autumn semester, and by September 30 for the spring semester.
Student exchange applications must reach us by March 31 for the autumn semester, and by October 15 for the spring semester.
For question concerning details of the study programme (teaching language, credits awarded for a specific course, etc.), please contact the Study Counsellor in the Faculty.
Credits
ECTS credits are used at UNIL. 60 ECTS credits represent one year of full-time study.
Credits linked to a teaching unit (course, module) are awarded only if the student obtains a pass at the evaluation of the unit (examination, written assignement, continuous assessment, etc.).
Grades
Grading scheme from 0 to 6.
6 is the highest grade and 4 the minimum pass mark.
| 6 | excellent |
| 5.5 | very good |
| 5 | good |
| 4.5 | satisfactory |
| 4 | pass |
| 3.5 | fail |
| 3 | poor |
| 2.5 | very poor |
| 2 | extremely poor |
| 1.5 | almost no performance |
| 1 | no performance |
| 0 | Absence without good cause, cheating or attempt to cheat |
Transcript
A transcript is sent to the home university, mentioning the credits and grades earned by the exchange student. The transcript is sent within four weeks after the end of the examination session.
UNIL participate in EGRACONS, an online grade conversion tool. It is based on the distribution of grades within the participating institutions, and thus follows the recommendations of the 2015 ECTS User's Guide. Do not hesitate to join EGRACONS (free of charge) to benefit from a reliable and user-friendly grade conversion tool.
Otherwise, please refer to the distribution of awarded grades at UNIL overall or by ISCED discipline to facilitate the grade conversion.
Please contact Mr Marc Pilloud (tel. +41 21 692 20 23) if you have any question.
