SEMP (Swiss-European Mobility Programme - ex-Erasmus) agreements
If you want to study at a university available under an SEMP or faculty agreement, you need to apply to your faculty by 20 February at the latest (note: the deadline for applications in the School of Medicine is a few days earlier – please check the School of Medicine website). If you are not accepted, you can apply again by 15 April to study under a general agreement, but only for the spring term of the following year, provided there are still places available at one of the destinations you are interested in.
Target audience:
- Students in the faculty or school/section covered by the agreement
Geographical areas covered:
- Europe
- Attend the information session on university exchanges that your faculty or school/section organises at the start of the academic year.
Check your faculty’s website for mobility OUT. - Check how much time your faculty allows you to spend away on an exchange.
- Identify the destination(s) you are interested in for your exchange via the database of agreements proposed by UNIL.
- Study the course programmes at the universities you are considering carefully and check that they are compatible with the course you are taking at UNIL.
- Make an appointment with your mobility adviser to make sure that the courses you are planning to take abroad will be recognised when you return. See point g below regarding the Learning Agreement.
- Make sure you start the process of taking the language proficiency tests (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.) required by some non French-speaking destinations early enough.
- Duly complete and sign the application form as well as the Learning Agreement corresponding to your profile, available in margin.
- Submit your full application by the deadline given in the instructions shown on the application form.
Note: you must submit your application in English if you are applying for a non French-speaking destination.
The application deadline is February 20 for the following academic year (autumn and/or spring semester).
Submit application to: the mobility coordinator in your faculty or section/school.
Application form
UNIL_candidature_SEMP_OUT (970 Ko)
Learning Agreement for students in the Faculty of Arts and FTSR
Learning_Agreement_Model_2023.pdf (1251 Ko)
Learning Agreement for PhD Students
PHD_Learning_Agreement_2023.pdf (825 Ko)
Learning Agreement for all other students
Learning_agreement_SEMP (217 Ko)
