Are you experiencing financial hardship as a PhD student at UNIL? Struggling to pay your bills?
ACIDUL can offer punctual support once per academic year (1st August-31st July), for a maximum of 1’000 francs. Rules and conditions for this support can be found here. To apply, please send us an email (acidul@unil.ch) explaining your situation and the amount you need, with proof of your immatriculation as a PhD student at UNIL.
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If you wish to pursue a PhD at UNIL, several long term funding options are available to you:
- You can find a position as a graduate assistant (assistant·e diplômé·e) by checking UNIL’s job offers
- You can be hired as a PhD student on a SNSF (or other external funding) project by a professor. These positions are generally advertised here
- You can choose to self-finance your PhD by working alongside it, e.g., as a teacher in a school
- You can find another means of funding, such as a scholarship or grant
Please note that a minimum income of 2500 Swiss francs per month is necessary to live decently in Switzerland. We strongly advise you to discuss your funding options with your supervisor before you start your PhD.
The following pages provide information on available scholarships at UNIL:
Foreign nationals are also eligible for the following scholarships, although the amounts that are offered are insufficient to live in Switzerland:
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
- China Scholarship Council
- Scholarship from the Republic of Indonesia
If you are the recipient of one of these three scholarships, you can apply for a complementary scholarship (bourse complémentaire) from UNIL.
You can also find information on funding opportunities, including outside of UNIL and Switzerland, at the following links:
- open4research – a tool developed by UNIL to find research funds
- fundraiso – an online portal for finding foundations and benefactors.