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SEMP (Swiss-European Mobility Programme - ex-Erasmus) agreements

Contact mobility advisor by faculty

If you want to study at a university available under an SEMP or faculty agreement, you need to apply to your faculty by 20 February at the latest (note: the deadline for applications in the School of Medicine is a few days earlier – please check the School of Medicine website)

Target audience:

  • Students in the faculty or school/section covered by the agreement

Geographical areas covered:

  • Europe
  1. Attend the information session on university exchanges that your faculty or school/section organises at the start of the academic year.
    Check your faculty’s website for mobility OUT.
  2. Check how much time your faculty allows you to spend away on an exchange.
  3. Identify the destination(s) you are interested in for your exchange via the database of agreements proposed by UNIL.
  4. Study the course programmes at the universities you are considering carefully and check that they are compatible with the course you are taking at UNIL.
  5. Make an appointment with your mobility adviser to make sure that the courses you are planning to take abroad will be recognised when you return. See point g below regarding the Learning Agreement.
  6. Make sure you start the process of taking the language proficiency tests (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.) required by some non French-speaking destinations early enough. 
  7. Duly complete and sign the application form as well as the Learning Agreement corresponding to your profile, available in margin.
  8. Submit your full application by the deadline given in the instructions shown on the application form.
    Note: you must submit your application in English if you are applying for a non French-speaking destination.

The application deadline is February 20 for the following academic year (autumn and/or spring semester).

Submit application to: the mobility coordinator in your faculty or section/school.

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