Academic year 2026-2027

Welcome session of the Faculty of Science

The welcome session is for the new students joining the Faculty of Science this year: a morning to discover the services that will support you, to meet the people in charge of your discipline and to take your first steps in our community.

Monday 14 September 2026 Starts at 9h00 Auditorium A300 — Sciences II, quai Ernest-Ansermet 30

The session starts at 9h00.

From 8h30, the AESc (the science students' association) offers you a welcome coffee and croissants at the entrance to Sciences II. Come earlier if you would like to enjoy it and meet people — the presentations themselves begin at 9h00 in Auditorium A300.

Program of the morning

from 8h30
Welcome coffee and croissants Entrance to Sciences II — offered by the AESc
9h00
Welcome address Start of the session Professor Costanza Bonadonna, Dean of the Faculty of Science · Auditorium A300, Sciences II
9h15
Presentation of the faculty and university services
  • Dr Xavier Chillier, academic adviser
  • Jihane Moser, Head of the Student Administration Office
  • Vincent Huber, training specialist, Uni Arve site services
  • Raphaël Maion, Head of security for the Arve site
  • Gaëlle Auge-Freytag, Equality and Diversity Office of the University
  • Professor Muriel Cuendet and Dr Amalia Poblador Bahamonde, representatives of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Faculty of Science
  • Conférence universitaire des associations d'étudiant.e.x.s (CUAE), the student union
  • Association des associations des étudiants des sciences (AESc), the science students' association
10h15
Lecture — “Cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence and quantum computing” Professor Eduardo Solana, Department of Computer Science
10h45
Welcome sessions by discipline Each discipline in its own room — the heads of section or department welcome you and give you the information specific to your field

The lecture

10h15 · Auditorium A300

Cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence and quantum computing

Professor Eduardo Solana Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Where to go at 10h45?

When the lecture ends, you go to the room of the discipline you have chosen, where the head of your section or department welcomes you for an information session specific to your field. Eleven disciplines, spread across four buildings: find yours before the day itself.

See the sessions by discipline

Unable to attend the session?

If you cannot be there — military service, illness, late enrolment or any other reason — you can follow the ceremony live, or watch it later:

mediaserver.unige.ch/lives/play/4972937

On site, the presentations are also broadcast live in auditoriums A150, A100, A50A, A50B, 1S081, 1S059 and in room 0019.

Practical information

  • All new students are invited to this session.
  • Classes are cancelled on the morning of Monday 14 September 2026.
  • Students with military obligations are asked to read the circular on military service carefully (in French).

A question? Contact the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Science — decanat-sciences(at)unige.ch.