Looking for a job
The Université de Lausanne offers a database of job offers exclusively for its current students. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a work experience placement at the end of your studies, please consult the internship/job offers page.
You can access this database using your UNIL ID (username and password). If you are interested in an advert, simply contact the author directly.
Each advertisement is checked by our staff before publication to ensure that it is correct and complies with current standards.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have by emailing travail@unil.ch.
Useful employment-related information
Students from EU/EFTA countries
To be gainfully employed in Switzerland as a student. As a student holding a B or L permit, it is essential to obtain a work permit.
The employer must complete the form “demande d^un titre de séjour UE-AELE” by the Service de la population - Division Etrangers (SPOP).
The student must then obtain a favourable opinion from UNIL from the Social Affairs and Student Mobility Unit (SASME), and then submit the form to the residents' registration office in her commune of residence.
For more information, visit the official website of the canton of Vaud (forms and useful links for entry and residence).
Official website of the canton of Vaud.
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Only students who are nationals of a European Union country may register with temporary employment agencies.
Students from non-EU countries
The employer must complete the form “demande d'un titre de séjour Etats tiers” (form 1350).
The student must then obtain a favourable preliminary opinion from UNIL at the Service des affaires sociales et de la mobilitétudiante (SASME), and then submit the form to the office du contrôle des habitants in their commune of residence.
For more information, visit the official website of the canton of Vaud (forms and useful links for entry and residence).
official website of the canton of Vaud (forms and useful links for entry and residence).Foreign students holding a B or L permit are authorised to work a maximum of 15 hours per week during the academic year.
During the university holidays, they are authorised to work full-time for a maximum of 3 months per year.
Students from the European Union are authorised to work as soon as they arrive in Switzerland.
However, students from non-EU countries are not permitted to work for the first 6 months of their stay in Switzerland.
All students, even those paid by the hour, are subject to the same obligations and rights as other employees (AVS, unemployment, insurance, holidays, etc.).
For more information about social security contributions, employers can contact :
Centre Patronal de Paudex
Route du Lac 2
1094 Paudex
CH-1001 Lausanne
+41 21 796 33 00
info@centrepatronal.ch
www.centrepatronal.ch
It is compulsory for students to complete a tax return and declare all their income, regardless of the amount. Salaried employment is considered to be incidental when it is less than 30% of a full-time job and is carried out in parallel with studies or for a short period (e.g. holidays). Earnings from a secondary activity are taxable after any flat-rate deductions have been made.
Tax at source
Students with a B or L permit who work for a company are subject to withholding tax.
Article 133 paragraph 3 LI stipulates that a person subject to withholding tax may, until 31 March of the following year, request the tax authorities to rectify their withholding tax to take into account deductions in addition to those contained in the tax scales.
This deadline is mandatory and there are no exceptions.
To do this, the taxpayer must submit a simplified tax return to the Withholding Tax Section within the above-mentioned deadline.
Information for the Canton of Vaud:
Vaud cantonal administration of impôts
Section impôt à la source
Rue Caroline 9 bis
1014 Lausanne
+41 021 316 20 65
info.aci-source@vd.ch
vd.ch/impot-source
Hours : 08h30-11h30, 13h30-16h30