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University of Lausanne
University of Lausanne
| Total number of students [?] | 9895 |
| Female students [?] | 5666 |
| International students [?] | 1130 |
| Exchange students [?] | 314 |
| Accommodation for students [?] | 1300 places, rent range 350-500 €/month, LAN provided, WLAN provided; In addition to the FMEL accomodation, the UNIL offers an updated list of private accomodation offers for its students (around 1600 offers per year) |
| Accommodation for graduate stud. [?] | no specific accommodation for graduate students |
| Accommodation for international stud. [?] | Priority housing for exchange students: first overseas students, then European students. |
| Accomodation provided by Partners [?] | The partner is the "Fondation maisons pour Etudiants a Lausanne (FMEL)", (in English "Foundation for students' houses in Lausanne"). It is a private foundation in charge of managing the houses of residence of the UNIL and the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne). |
| Support Facilities / Social Benefits [?] | The Service for socio-cultural affairs, and the Service for educational counselling and careers guidance offer counselling in the following areas: Master students: search for scholarships, accomodation search, health and accident insurance, educational counselling, psychological and psychotherapeutical counselling, kindergarden, job hunting, careers guidance: For PhD students: accomodation search, health and accident insurance, educational counselling, careers guidance, psychological and psychotherapeutical counselling, kindergarden |
Gilberte Isler
Office for socio-cultural affairs
+41 21 692 2113
gilberte.isler@unil.ch
International students benefit from the same services as local students. However, exchange students have special services offered by the Office for socio-cultural affairs: Welcome day (campus tour, general info, presentation of the faculties, lunch, etc.); Cultural and recreational activities (dinners, ski camp, theatre plays, visits, etc.); Counselling during the stay. In addition, the very dynamic ESN student association (Xchange), funded by the UNIL, offers a buddy programme in partnership with the above-mentioned Service, and recreational activities.