French courses and vacation courses

A good knowledge of French is required for admission to the University of Lausanne.

Students whose mother tongue is not French and who have no Swiss secondary school diploma, but who are exempted from the Complementary examination of Swiss universities (ECUS), must sit a French exam before final registration on a Bachelor programme.

French courses

The University of Lausanne offers French courses to its regular students.

These courses are French lessons (language, literature, culture) intended for non French-speaking students.

They are free of charge and their aim is to allow students to organise and systematise the knowledge of French that their life and studies in Lausanne have enabled them to acquire.

They are organised by the School of French as a Foreign Language (EFLE).

Enrolment on these courses does not however grant exemption from the French exam.

Vacation courses

Students wishing to improve their knowledge of the French language may enrol on the University's vacation courses at the following address:

Université de Lausanne
Cours de Vacances
Anthropole
CH -1015 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND

Telephone: ++41 (0)21 692 3090
Fax: ++41 (0)21 692 3085
E-mail

The Certificate of French Studies (certificat d'études françaises) (+ 6 ECTS credits) of the vacation courses, level B1-B2 and level C1-C2 grants exemption from the French exam.

Note: candidates wishing to enrol at UNIL after a vacation course must have sent their application to the Admissions Service within the regular deadline.

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the French version of the registration conditions prevails