4. Defending the project
The VAE Advisor will support you at this stage
Sophie Serry
VAE consultant
+41 21 692 38 25
vae@unil.ch
- At the earliest opportunity: I ask for information
- 15 September: I ask for notice
- 15 November: I commit to the VAE programme
- 28 February: I submit my VAE application
- Invitation to attend: I defend my projectt
If you complete all the formal conditions for accessing the VAE procedure (Directive 3.17 de l'UNIL: VAE), the Faculty Commission will call you for an interview after you have submitted your complete VAE file.
What is the purpose of the VAE interview?
The interview provides an opportunity to examine certain elements of your complete VLE application in greater detail.
Following the interview, the VAE Committee determines the knowledge, skills and aptitudes acquired and demonstrated in relation to the chosen course of study, on the basis of the relevant syllabus. These must correspond essentially to the training objectives set out in the various components of the chosen course.
Following this assessment, you may be awarded a certain number of equivalence credits, within the limits set by Directive 3.18.
What is the maximum number of equivalence credits that can be obtained by VAE?
‘The maximum number of equivalence credits that can be obtained through the VAE procedure corresponds to one third of the credits in the programme from which the dissertation credits have been subtracted for masters degrees (as well as clinical placement credits for masters degrees in medicine)’.
Bachelor
- A maximum of 60 ECTS credits can be acquired in the form of VAE equivalences;
Master
- 20 ECTS credits maximum for a 90 ECTS Master's degree with a 30 ECTS dissertation,
- 15 ECTS credits maximum for a 90 ECTS Master's degree with a 45 ECTS dissertation,
- 25 ECTS credits maximum for a 90 ECTS Master's degree with a 15 ECTS dissertation,
- 30 ECTS credits maximum for a 120 ECTS Master's degree with a 30 ECTS dissertation,
- 20 ECTS credits maximum for a 120 ECTS master's degree with a 60 ECTS dissertation,
- 35 ECTS credits maximum for a 120 ECTS Master's degree with a 15 ECTS dissertation,
- 26 ECTS credits maximum for a 120 ECTS Master's degree with a 40 ECTS dissertation,
- 40 ECTS credits maximum for a 180 ECTS Master's degree with a 10 ECTS dissertation and 50 ECTS of clinical placements.
The information contained on the unil vae pages is provided for information purposes only. Only the following reference texts are authentic: art. 77 and 78 RLUL. Detailed VAE framework: UNIL Directives 3.17, 3.18 and 3.2.