INcoming exchange students
Before coming to Geneva
Conditions
Thanks to an agreement with your home university, you have the opportunity to attend Bachelor- (BA) or Master-level (MA) courses at the FTI for one or two semesters. In order to do so, you must meet the following conditions:
- Be nominated by your home university;
- Receive information on enrollment from UNIGE's Student exchange services;
- Have at least a B2 level in French for the BA level and C1 for the MA level for all the languages in your language combination.
Come up with a study plan
Come up with a study plan based on the FTI's curriculum and:
- Your level of studies at your home university (BA or MA);
- Your language combination;
- Restrictions on FTI courses by level (see below).
Restrictions
Bachelor in Multilingual Communication
In a nutshell:
| Si vous souhaitez… If you want to, |
Vous pouvez suivre les cours suivants… you can attend the following courses |
| suivre des cours donnés en français attend courses taught in French |
Linguistique Technologies de l’information et de la communication Gestion et recherche documentaires Initiation à l’interprétation Outils d’aide au traducteur Traductique Communication interculturelle et médiation linguistique Langues de spécialité Lexique et ressources langagières Théories et stratégies de la communication Initiation à l’économie |
| suivre des cours de renforcement du français (B2 requis) attend French refresher courses (B2-level required) |
Étude de la langue B/FR Civilisation B/FR Thème langue A/FR Expression écrite B/FR Communication et culture B/FR |
| traduire vers l'anglais translating into English |
Thème langue B/EN |
| suivre des cours de traduction attend translation courses |
Méthodologie de la traduction 1 et 2 langue B/langue A |
| suivre des cours de traduction avancée attend advanced translation courses |
Pratique de la traduction langue 1 et 2 B/langue A |
Masters in Translation
No restrictions on the courses offered by the FTI in our MA programmes.
MA in Conference Interpreting
The following restrictions apply:
- Follow a similar curriculum in a university that is a member of the European Masters in Conference Interpreting (EMCI);
- Gain experience in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting.
Upon your arrival
Course schedule
See this short video to familiarise yourself with your schedule:
FTI information session
Upon your arrival, you must attend an information session organised by the FTI. For the Fall 2023-2024 semester, the session will take place on:
Monday, 18 September 2023 from 9:15 to 10 am
in room MR060 (ground floor), Uni Mail
Incoming exchange student guide
Download the Guide de la mobilité IN à la FTI for more information on your time at the Faculty (during and after your exchange).