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Registration requirements depend on your academic profile.

Depending on your academic profile and your situation, the application deadlines are as follows:

Fall semester

January 15 – February 28 or January 15 – April 30

The February 28 deadline applies to applicants:

• who, according to their nationality, require a visa to enter Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to the regulations of the Swiss Confederation, regardless of their current place of residence, or who do not have a residence permit in Switzerland valid beyond April 30;

• who, according to the country of issue of their upper secondary school diploma, are subject to passing the Swiss University Supplemental Examination (ECUS)

• if the program applied for is subject to a particular deadline or to an additional registration in a faculty/institute/center (see registration conditions).

Spring semester

September 15 – 30 or September 15 – November 30

The September 30 deadline applies to applicants:

• who, according to their nationality, are subject to a visa for a stay of over 90 days in Switzerland, according to the regulations of the Confederation, regardless of their current residence, or who do not have a residence permit in Switzerland valid beyond September 30.

The UNIGE offers many courses relative to your level of study: bachelors / masters / certificates and diplomas / doctorates.

The academic advisors of the faculties/institutes/centers are also at your disposal for information concerning the study programs that interest you.

To find out which courses are open in the spring semester, please consult the list available on our website.

No. We only decide on complete applications received according to the procedure and deadlines mentioned. A preliminary analysis is not possible.

The application for registration must be sent by postal mail within the required period only. The mailing address is:

Service des immatriculations

Uni Dufour, rue du Général-Dufour 24

CH - 1211 Geneva 4

The postmark will be used to determine if the file is sent within the deadline. When the registration deadline corresponds to a non-business day, the application must be sent or submitted at the latest on the last business day preceding the deadline. Any application postmarked/filed after the deadline is inadmissible. Applications sent by e-mail will not be accepted.

Exception: For applications for Master’s degrees and complementary certificates at the Faculty of Social Sciences, a specific online portal and procedure apply.

The Admissions Office will send you an acknowledgement of receipt by e-mail as soon as it receives your application file.

UNIGE uses generic addresses (e.g. “immat@unige.ch,” or “noreply-immatriculation@unige.ch”) to write to you. Save these addresses in your contacts to ensure that e-mails sent from these addresses will not go into your spam/junk mail folder.

Exception: For applications for Master’s degrees and complementary certificates at the Faculty of Social Sciences, a specific online portal and procedure apply. An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to you once the application has been submitted on the portal.

The documents required for your application depend on your academic profile. A non-exhaustive list can also be found at the end of the PDF version of the application form.

The Admissions Office reserves the right to request any additional documents necessary for the study of the application and to declare incomplete applications inadmissible. Any omission or submission of falsified documents may lead to the definitive refusal of registration, or to exclusion from UNIGE.

Yes. However, if you wish to apply for more than one program or training, you must submit a single online application and pay a single fee.

• At the Bachelor’s level: select the program that requires pre-registration or that has a specific registration deadline (e.g. for Medicine or Translation & Interpretation).
• At the Master’s level: select the program you are most interested in.

Then, on the printed version of the form, indicate by hand all the other courses that you have applied for. It is no longer possible to apply after the deadline.

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If the problem persists, contact us via our platform and attach a screenshot of the problem encountered. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

We invite you to reset your password if necessary and then try again from another browser.

If the problem persists, contact us via our platform and attach a screenshot of the problem encountered. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

The registration fee is CHF 65. This fee is charged to candidates who do not hold, or are about to hold, a recognized Swiss or Liechtenstein high school diploma.

The registration fee is deducted from the university fees for the first semester of study. It is neither refunded nor carried over to another semester, even in the case of an erroneous, withdrawn, or refused registration application.

Payment must be made online only, as soon as the registration application has been confirmed. Payment can only be made by one of the following methods: credit card, PostFinance, Paysafecard, or PayPal. No other means of payment are accepted.

Applications for which the required registration fee has not been paid are inadmissible.

As French is (mostly) the language of instruction, especially at the Bachelor's level, good skills in French (level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR) are required to study at UNIGE.

Registration conditions define which candidate is subject to the exam according to nationality, secondary education, university education, and level of chosen education or program.

More information on the French exam and possible exemptions can be found on our website.

• For the fall semester: the French exam takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September.
• For the spring semester: the French exam takes place in early February.

More information on the dates of the UNIGE French exam on our website.

The UNIGE’s registration requirements do not define a specific level of English for applicants. However, some Master's programs do equire a certain level (GMAT/GRE tests, TOEFL/IELTS/CAE, etc.). We invite you to contact the person in charge of the program you are interested in to find out what conditions apply.

No bridging or upgrading exams can be taken.

Registration at UNIGE is based solely on the diplomas presented, which must meet the registration requirements.

It is possible to validate previous academic achievements in the context of a Bachelor’s degree by obtaining an equivalence. Only the faculty/institute can decide if and how many ECTS credits will be considered as equivalent. The request must be made at the time of application for registration (except for exceptions mentioned on the form), by filling out the equivalence request form.

The Admissions Office is not in charge of equivalences at the Master’s level. The request must be made directly to the academic advisors of the faculty/institute concerned.

No. There are no transfers between the UNIGE and other Swiss or international higher education institutions. You must submit a complete application within the allotted time.

No. Dual enrolment at UNIGE and at another Swiss higher education institution is not permitted. Candidates admitted after having begun studies at another institution must provide proof that they are no longer registered at that institution in order to confirm their registration at UNIGE.

Once we have received all the required documents, your application will be processed and you will receive a written decision, either by e-mail or by postal mail. No information regarding the progress of the registration process will be given by e-mail or telephone.

The Supplementary Examination of the Swiss Universities (ECUS) concerns only candidates for a Bachelor’s degree. It is an examination required in addition to the foreign higher secondary school diploma when the latter is not recognized as equivalent to a Swiss Matura diploma by UNIGE.

It is complementary to the diploma, which must first meet the UNIGE registration requirements. In no case can it exempt the candidate from producing the secondary school diploma required per our conditions. Successful completion of the ECUS is a prerequisite for admission to the university. A second failure is eliminatory.

We strive to process each application as quickly as possible. Your application will be reviewed within a few weeks of receipt.

In case of application for the Faculty of Translation & Interpretation, the Master of Science in Learning and Teaching Technologies (MALTT), or the Master’s degree at the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), at the Global Studies Institute (GSI), at the Faculty of Social Sciences, in biomedical science at the Faculty of Sciences institute, at the Environmental Sciences Institute (MUSE) and in neuroscience at the Faculty of Sciences, the process can take up to 3 months.

Your application is rejected if:

• You do not meet the requirements for enrollment. In that case, you will be notified by registered mail by the Admissions Office;

• You do not meet the requirements for enrollment at the faculty/institute/center/school of your choice. In that case, you will be informed by the faculty/institute/center/school in question.

You must make your final choice at the latest when you confirm your registration.

No, the decision is pronounced for the semester applied for only. In the event of a subsequent application, a complete new application must be submitted and a new analysis will be carried out.

We do not transfer applications from one year or semester to another.

If you wish to reapply, you can follow the reactivation procedure. This only applies if you applied last semester or last year. If you applied over one year ago, you must redo the entire registration procedure (except for Masters and complementary certificates at the Faculty of Social Sciences).

If you wish to withdraw your application – at any time, even after you have been admitted – please inform us via our online platform.

Please note that this step is irreversible for the current semester.

We do not return application files. However, if you wish to retrieve original documents, such as certified or apostilled copies, please contact us via our online platform to arrange an appointment at our offices.

If your application is accepted, you will receive an e-mail with a pre-registration certificate attached, indicating how to confirm your registration. This is the only binding acceptance document.

Confirmation procedures are indicated on your pre-registration certificate.

No. The information for the payment of your semester fees will be provided to you by the Admissions Office only after your registration has been confirmed.

The fees are CHF 500 per semester (CHF 65 for fixed fees and CHF 435 for tuition fees), regardless of the student's nationality and the course of study.

• Fall semester: Monday of week 38.
• Spring semester: Monday of week 8.

For candidates coming from countries requiring a visa for a stay of more than three months, it is imperative to be in possession of an entry visa for studies before coming to Switzerland.

It is therefore imperative for you to be up to date with the necessary documents for your entry and stay in Switzerland.

Since the visa application process can take some time, it is strongly recommended that you contact the Swiss consular authorities at the latest when obtaining the pre-registration certificate.

UNIGE is not competent to support candidates in their visa application process.

The student card will be provided to you by the Admissions Office after your registration has been confirmed. Depending on the confirmation method, it will either be given to you during an in-person appointment or to be picked up at the Campus Life information point during opening hours.

To access your proof of enrollment for the semester, you must have paid the fees for the semester. The attestation is available by logging on to portail.unige.ch as soon as the payment is received.

You will find all the relevant information on the UNIGE Campus Life website.

You will find all the relevant information on the UNIGE Campus Life website.

• On our online platform (reply within 3 working days)

• By phone at +41 22 379 77 39 (Monday-Friday - 10:30am-1pm - excluding official holidays)