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A year after: the outcome for students and researchers

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, bringing to an abrupt stop the studies or research of a great number of people active in Ukrainian universities. Thanks to the Horizon académique program, more than a hundred of them, in the context of asylum, have now been able to resume their studies in Geneva. The large influx of applications has been absorbed thanks to close collaboration with the Rectorate and the various services of the university. The program has also been able to count on an important surge of solidarity within the institution. In 2023, Horizon académique will continue its mission and develop new projects, including a daycare center for the children of its beneficiaries, of all nationalities.

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SUPPORT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA IN FAVOR OF THE STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS IMPACTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Since the crisis began, the University of Geneva has been in high demand from numerous students and researchers who would like to pursue their academic career. UNIGE has developed some opportunities for these people notably through the Horizon académique program, which since 2016 has offered the most efficient program of academic integration in Switzerland for people with asylum status. UNIGE possesses ample expertise in terms of social integration and can rapidly respond to the needs of the students and researchers impacted by the war in Ukraine.

The Horizon académique program is supported by the federal and regional authorities, as well as private partners. However, in view of the significant needs identified, we call for your solidarity to insure a sustainable integration.

For more information about the program: https://www.unige.ch/horizon-academique/

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Learn more about the systems implemented by UNIGE:

The Horizon académique program was recently opened to people impacted by the war, who possess an S permit.

Your donation will allow them to benefit from the following services:

  • Academic and professional follow-up
  • A language and integration course (summer intensive and regular semester courses)
  • Access to university courses
  • Support from the university community

The support system for researchers aims to ensure their integration into the UNIGE community.

UNIGE has created research scholarships that allow researchers impacted by the war in Ukraine to be hosted in a UNIGE structure and continue their activities.

Your donation will allow these scientists persue their academic carreers in Switzerland.

Beneficiaries:

  • Profiles: Ukrainian researchers who have to flee the war; Russian or Belarusian scientists seeking asylum in Switzerland.

  • Scholarship attributions: These scholarships are offered in subsidiarity and in addition to funding from the SNSF and the faculties, according to criteria defined by the Rectorate.

For several years now, we have observed that some students and researchers, especially parents, are unable to participate in the proposed activities because of childcare concerns, and consequently find themselves facing an additional difficulty in learning French and in their university studies.

Also, with the increasing arrival of Ukrainian families, the program has accelerated the launch of a childcare centre project for pre-school children to allow the participants of the Horizon académique program to fully concentrate on their studies.

As of September 2023, a new childcare center called "EVE Horizon" will welcome about 20 children from the university community, including the children of participants in the Horizon académique program, and from the City of Geneva. Thanks to various private and public partners, the project will be inaugurated at the beginning of the academic year in the fall of 2023.

Your donation will complement the private funding already received and facilitate the integration of children from asylum and migration backgrounds by offering a collective early education.

 

Contact us :

✉ horizonacademique(at)unige.ch

☏ +41 22 379 77 83