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University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Program 2025/2026

University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Program 2025/2026

Algeria 27 Dec 2024
University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

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Area
Host Country
Deadline
27 Dec 2024
Opportunity type
Opportunity funding
Not funding
Eligible Countries
This opportunity is destined for all countries
Eligible Region
All Regions

Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 University of Lausanne (UNIL) Master’s Grants Scholarships. Masters Scholarships are scholarships for excellence awarded, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high level.

UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year.

The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period of the programme chosen by the student. It amounts to CHF 1,600 per month from 15 September to 15 July (or 10 months a year) for the complete duration of the masters (one and a half years or two years depending on the chosen masters), with the exception of cases of definitive failure after the first year.

Eligible Programmes

The list of all master’s degrees at UNIL for which it is possible to apply, can be found at this address.

It is however not possible to apply for the following master programmes:

  • Master from the School of Medicine
  • Master in  Sciences and Practices of Education
  • Master of Law. Exceptions: Open to applications for Masters Scholarships : Specialisms International and Comparative Law”, Legal Theory” and International Tax Law and Policy”
  • Master of Science in Physical Education and Sport Didactics
  • Master of Science in Health Sciences
  • Master of Science in Sustainable Management & Technology
  • All MASs (3rd cycle programmes, Further Education programmes)

Requirements

  • To have obtained a foreign university degree considered equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor before the beginning of the masters programme at UNIL.
  • To have distinguished yourself during your studies, especially through particularly brilliant academic results.
  • To have a language level of at least C1 (according to the European Language Portfolio global scale) in French or at least C1 in English according to the language in which your chosen master is taught.
  • Not to be registered at UNIL
  • To have paid the CHF 200.00 Administrative fees (see document, list of documents for an application”).

Withdrawal from the master programme will lead to the suspension of the scholarship.

Timeline:

  • 1 November: Application deadline
  • November to December: Processing of applications by SASME and the Admissions Office (SII)
  • December to January: The SASME informs candidates whose application is incomplete or has not been accepted by the Admissions Office that their application for the scholarship has been unsuccessful.
  • January to February: Complete applications are transferred to the faculties for consideration of their eligibility for the chosen master’s degrees.
  • February to March: The SASME informs candidates whose application has not been accepted by the faculty.
  • March: The Selection Board for the Masters Scholarships selects the candidates who will be offered a Masters Scholarship.
  • Early April: Candidates are informed of the Selection Board’s decision.

NB: Decisions may not be appealed!

Method of Application

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 basedin 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.
    • Please consult the procedure to follow regarding the certified copies (see information in the blue box). The sealed envelope with the certified copies of the university must be sent to the following address within the deadline of November 1st (post mark), but only if the online application was filled in and sent successfully.

Université de  Lausanne
Service des affaires sociales et de la mobilité étudiante (SASME)
Bâtiment Unicentre
CH – 1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

  • Candidates with a bachelor issued from a university based in a State which did ratify the Lisbon Recognition Convention  must not send certified copies by postal mail.

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