HEC LAUSANNE
Fact sheet 2024-2025

HEC Lausanne, the Faculty of Business andEconomics of the University of Lausanne(UNIL) is a high-level research faculty witha strong international influence. Situatedonly 10 minutes by public transport fromthe city center of Lausanne, the UNIL
campus has exceptional sports, culturaland leisure facilities in a green and spacious
environment by Lake Geneva, Lac Léman inFrench, with the Alps in the background.
Lausanne is known as the Olympic Capital
as it is the home of the headquarters of theInternational Olympic Committee and many
international sports federations. Located in
the French-speaking part of Switzerland, thisvibrant and cosmopolitan city is about 60km
from Geneva International Airport and easily
connected by train.

academic calendar
Autumn semesterurs

Spring semester

WELCOME DAY

September 13, 2024

February 14, 2025

FIRST DAY OF
CLASSES

September 17, 2024

February 17, 2025

BREAK

-LAST DAY OF CLASSES

December 20, 2024

May 30, 2025

EXAMINATION SESSION

January 10 to February 1st,2025

June 10 to July 5, 2025
August 18 to September 6,2025

RETAKE SESSION

study programs
New! Two bilingual Bachelor’s degreesin French and English
BSc in Economics
BSc in Management
MSc in Accounting, Control and FinanceMSc in Actuarial Science
MSc in Economics
MSc in FinanceMSc in Information Systems and Digital
Innovation
MSc in Management
MLaw in Law and Economics
MLaw in Legal Issues, Crime andSecurity of Information Technologies
MSc in Sustainable Management &Technology

April 22 to April 25, 2025

nomination deadlines
For
coordinators

Online applications& forms forstudents

Autumn semester
FACULTY/UNIL AGREEMENTS,
March 31, 2024
QTEM OVERSEAS

June 30, 2024

SEMP, QTEM EUROPE

May 31, 2024

June 30, 2024

October 15, 2024

November 30, 2024

Spring semester
ALL AGREEMENTS

All exchange students must be nominated by the Student Exchange Office of the partner
university using the online nomination form sent by hec.incoming@unil.ch.
Students will then receive the online application and relevant information for theirexchange at HEC Lausanne by e-mail.

QTEM Program

Pioneers since 1911

languages
Language of instruction
Starting in September 2023, HEC Lausanne
introduces French-English bilingualism in its
Bachelor’s programs. Students will have thechoice of taking courses in French, English ora mix of the two languages.
At Master’s level, courses are mainly taught inEnglish.
Language requirements
Exchange students are not required topass any official language test. A minimum
level of B2 according to the «Common
European Framework of Reference forLanguages» is required in French and/or
English depending on the language ofinstruction of the course attended by thestudent.

academic
information andcourse registration
HEC courses
Bachelor exchange students may choose
courses in the 2nd and/or 3rd year of theBachelor’s programs (undergraduate).
To attend Master courses (graduate),exchange students must have completeda Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of
180 ECTS in Management and/orEconomics.
The courses in the Master in Accounting,Control and Finance and in the Master in
Sustainable Management & Technology are
not open to exchange students.
Some courses may require prerequisites,
the approval of the Professor or may belimited in the number of students.

All HEC students are strongly recommended
to have a personal laptop computer.
Courses for exchange students
www.unil.ch/hec/exchange/choice-ofcourses
Non HEC courses
Exchange students who are registered atHEC Lausanne are allowed to take courses
in another faculty of UNIL, but most courses
must be taken at HEC Lausanne, the main
faculty where the student is enrolled.

French classes
The School of French as a Foreign Language(EFLE) offers courses for non French-speaking
students. They are free and can be taken
throughout the semester in parallel withcourses at HEC Lausanne.
Intensive French courses (Le FIL de l’EFLE)
are also available before the start of thesemester(s).
EFLE: www.unil.ch/fle
Le FIL de l’EFLE: www.unil.ch/lefil

A limited number of courses are also
open at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), upon request by thestudent at the beginning of the semester,
directly to EPFL.
Course registration
Students must register for courses during
the 3rd and 4th weeks of the semester.
Registration for courses automaticallyentails registration for the corresponding
assessments.
Exchange students are expected to taketheir exams during the official exam
sessions under the same conditions asregular students.
www.unil.ch/hec/exchange/exams

grading system

Workload
The full workload is 30 ECTS per semester.
Exchange students are requested to take aminimum of 15 ECTS and a maximum of36 ECTS per semester. 1 ECTS is equivalent
to 25-30 hours of work.

UNIL grades(0 - 6 scale)

ECTS
gradesDefinition

6A

Excellent

5.5

B

Very good

5C

Good

A semester lasts 14 weeks of classes.

4.5

DSatisfactory

4E

Pass

3 - 3.5

FX

Fail

1 - 2.5

F

Fail0Unjustified absence atthe exam or cheating

Transcripts of records
An official transcript is sent by e-mail tothe exchange coordinator of the home
university about ten days after the end ofthe examination session.

HEC LAUSANNE
fact sheet 2024-2025
Ms Madeleine LINARD
Executive Director forInternational Relations& Doctoral School
madeleine.linard@unil.ch+41 21 692 33 07

about UNIL
7 faculties
190 research units
335 partner universities
17’000 students

Ms Isabelle SCHMID
Exchange Program Manager& QTEM Programisabelle.schmid@unil.ch+41 21 692 36 85

125 nationalities
40 sheep on campus
2 km2 campus area
133 sports activities
1 minute walk to lakeshore

Ms Inès ROSATI
Incoming Students Assistant& Fact Sheethec.incoming@unil.ch+41 21 692 33 08

Ms Jessica FASTRÉ
Outgoing Students Advisor
Europe & Switzerland
hec.outgoing@unil.ch+41 21 692 33 11

HEC Lausanne
2 bachelor programs
9 master programs
International Relations OfficeInternef 256 and 256.1
UNIL-Chamberonne
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Erasmus code:
CHLAUSANN01
www.unil.ch/hec/exchange/inwww.unil.ch/hec

find us on:
Ms Jessica ULLOA
Outgoing Students Advisor
Overseas
hec.outgoing@unil.ch+41 21 692 33 39

health insurance
As health and accident insurance ismandatory in Switzerland, foreign students
must have an insurance coverage thatcomplies with Swiss regulations. If aforeign health and accident insurance does
not offer the minimum coverage requiredby Swiss law, exchange students will haveto contract a Swiss health and accident
insurance for international students.
European students can benefit from theminimum coverage required by Swiss law
if they have a European Health InsuranceCard.
www.unil.ch/international/insurance

The average budget a student needs tolive in Lausanne is around CHF 1’950 per
month (incl. CHF 600 to 800 per monthfor accommodation). This amount includes
food, personal effects, housing, healthand accident insurance, books and schoolsupplies.
www.unil.ch/international/insurance

accommodation
UNIL works closely with the Fondation
Maisons pour Etudiants Lausanne (FMEL),
which welcomes over 3’500 students at 14
sites, mainly within the Lausanne urban area.
UNIL tries to secure accommodation for apart of the exchange students in an FMEL
hall of residence.

However, since FMEL has a limited
number of places available, unfortunately
UNIL cannot provide accommodation for
all exchange students. Priority is given tostudents from non-European countries
and from universities with which UNIL
has signed bilateral student exchangeagreements. UNIL cannot guarantee
accommodation at FMEL to students
coming under the SEMP agreements.
It is therefore recommended thatexchange students consider otherhousing options on the private rental
market at the same time. If needed, UNIL
and EPFL run a joint accommodation
database reserved exclusively for theirstudents.

Updated: November 2023

living costs

www.unil.ch/international/comingtolausannewww.fmel.ch
www.unil-epfl-logement.ch/en

student services
Information for exchange students

www.unil.ch/international/incoming

UNIL Academic Calendar

www.unil.ch

Life on campus

www.unil.ch/etudiantsSport Santé UNIL-EPFL

https://sport.unil.ch/

University Libraries

www.unil.ch/etudiants/Libraries

IT Services

www.unil.ch/etudiants/IT

Support and Assistance(e.g. disabilities)

www.unil.ch/etudiants/Support-assistance

HEC Career Center

https://heccareer.ch/

Comité HEC Lausanne

https://comite.ch/

ESN-UNIL student association

https://unil.esn.ch/

QTEM Lausanne Club

www.unil.ch/hec/exchange/qtem