All the laws and regulations concerning your doctorate or employment as a researcher at the University of Lausanne are available on the Human Resources website. You will find, in particular, the Law of July 6, 2004, on the University of Lausanne (LUL), the Application Regulations for the Law of July 6, 2004, on the University of Lausanne, as well as the Regulations on Assistants at the University of Lausanne.
The Internal Directives of the University of Lausanne also provide information on the functioning of UNIL. For example, you will find information on different positions, the hiring procedure for graduate assistants, MA and MER, scientific or family leave, scientific integrity issues, and conflict management.
We also recommend consulting the specific regulations for your faculty, which are available on its website. These regulations define the organisation of the faculty, the roles of the Dean’s Office and the Faculty Council, the faculty committees, as well as the degrees and diplomas awarded, the study programs, and the exam procedures, etc. In some faculties, the purely organizational aspects and those related to studies are covered by separate regulations.
Finally, if you are enrolled as a PhD student at UNIL, please be aware that each faculty has its own regulations for the doctorate. These regulations are available on your faculty’s website.
Does the Loi sur le personnel de l’Etat de Vaud (Lpers) fully apply to the intermediate staff?
No. Assistants are excluded from it. However, the State Council (Conseil d’Etat) has adapted the Regulations for Assistants, particularly to grant them a number of additional leaves (including the fifth week of vacation) that are present in the Lpers. On the other hand, the pension fund for assistants remains with Retraites populaires, unlike all other civil servants, who are with the Caisse de pension de l’Etat de Vaud (CPEV).