Doctoral programmes
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies | Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice | Faculty of Arts | Faculty of Social and Political Sciences | Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) | Faculty of Geosciences and Environment | Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Participation in a doctoral programme is strongly recommended. It allows you to be insert in a community of researchers, to participate to workshops, to meet other doctoral candidates, to present your research and to develop your skills.
You find below the list of doctoral programmes, per faculty.
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice
- Doctoral programme in Forensic Science
- Doctoral programme in Law (CUSO)
- Public Administration (ProDoc, until 2014)
Faculty of Arts
UNIL Programmes
- Interdisciplinary doctoral programme
- Devices of vision: cinema, photography and other media
- Switzerland in European enlightenment
CUSO Programmes
- Sciences of Antiquity (EDOCSA)
- Sciences of Language
- German Language and Literature
- English Language and Literature
- Italian Studies
- French Literature
- Philosophy
- Modern History
- Medieval Studies
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Programmes CUSO
- Sociologie
- Science politique
- Sciences de l’éducation
- Psychologie
- Etudes genres
- Anthropologie et Ethnologie
- Modern History
Programmes nationaux
Programmes interinstitutionnels
- Social Psychology
- Lemanic Neuroscience
- Public Administration (ProDoc, jusqu'en 2014)
- Argumentation practices in context (ProDoc, jusqu'en 2014)
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC)
CUSO programme
UNIL Programmes
Interinstitutional Programmes
- PhD programme in Economics (Gerzensee)
- PhD programme in Finance
- PhD programme in Public Administration (ProDoc, until 2014)
- International Doctoral Courses and seminars in Health Economics and Policy
Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
UNIL Programmes
- Life Sciences (general)
- Life Sciences - Cancer et Immunology
- Life Sciences - Cardiovascular and Metabolism
- Life Sciences - Integrated Experimental and Computational Biology
CUSO Programmes
Interinstitutional Programmes
- Lemanic Neuroscience
- SIB PhD Training Network
- SSPH+ PhD Program in Public Health
- Synaptic bases of mental diseases (NCCR)
- Population genomics


