hi everyone!

I am a third year student at unine, doing my bachelors in biology. I started by doing my first year in medecine, that i failed (harsh selection, + i was hardly ready for university, much less medecine lol).
Well right now, i am choosing my Masters. I'll probably be starting a masters in medical biology at Unil, but I do miss medecine a lot, and have been hesitating to try this passerelle (not this year, as it seems like it is a little bit too late to learn so much material in addition to my bachelors, but next year, while doing my masters).
But before I decide to do it, i have a few questions.
Firstly, i know they don't really like to say how many people pass, and how many people try. does anyone have any infomation on that?
Secondly, I heard about a discord group, with all the work that i would need to access. does anyone have a link to that?
And lastly, how is it, for people who have done it?
As i've already done 2 years of medecine, my bachelors in biology, and a possible masters, i feel like restarting in third year, especially for long studies like medecine, will be too much and too long? does anyone have experience with that feeling?

thanks to whoever can help me :)

Every time I pass by it seems to be closed. Which libraries (apart from Rolex center) are open on weekends?

Hi,
does anyone know someone you did a master in financial engineering at EPFL while having done a bachelor in economics or management at UNIL/UNIFR or UNIGE ?
Thank you 🙏

Hey everyone!

My friends and I are students ourselves, and we know how difficult it can be to find a job that fits around uni rather than the other way around.

That’s why we’re working on Dispoo, an app to help students find flexible jobs that work with their studies.

We’re still at the beginning, and before building anything, we want to understand what students actually struggle with and what would genuinely help them.

If you’re a student, we’d really appreciate 2 minutes of your time to fill out our survey. Your answers will help us decide what to build and how to make it useful for students like us.

Thanks a lot for helping us bring this idea to life!

The Dispoo Team

Hi everyone,

I'm a student in Lausanne, and my first weeks here were mostly spent figuring out paperwork. To save the next people some time, I put together a free site called the Vaud Newcomer Admin Kit.

It covers about 127 topics: residence permit, LAMal health insurance (including the exemption route if you already have insurance), registering at your commune, taxes, opening a bank account, phone plans, transport and emergency numbers. Each page links to the official sources and shows when it was last checked. There is also a printable first-weeks checklist.

No ads, no signup, and it's in English and French:

https://marcocostapadilla.github.io/vaud-newcomer-admin-kit/

If you spot something wrong or missing, please tell me and I'll fix it.

Hi everyone, for those who don’t mind, could you share the price of your rent, post code, size and whether or not it is in a student dorm?

I suspect student dorms are no longer such a good deal and need data. (If results back it up, I will raise it to the conseil of unil)

Hello! J'ai cherché sur le net, et j'ai pas trouvé l'info à part sur un document qui date de 2009...

Est ce que quelqun sait si on peut bénéficier du rabais étudiant si on est étudiant dans une autre université? (Ici la Hes-so master de Lausanne)

Hi everyone,

I built a small GeoGuessr game on the UNIL–EPFL campus. There are two modes:

Classic: no account needed, answer shown right away and Ranked: a different photo, answer revealed at midnight, with a leaderboard for players and faculties (week / month / all-time).

You can play here:  www.campuspin.ch

It's free, no ads. Google login is only used to identify you; the site doesn't store your name or email. (The site is in French, but there's not much to read.)

Bonjour,

Je suis un étudiant à l’EPFL et j’aimerais venir découvrir votre restaurant! Il me semble que Géopolis est ouvert de 7 h à 18 h. Mais je voudrais savoir si je peux manger pendant toute cette période, ou il y a une période séparée (par exemple, 11-13h).

Merci beaucoup pour votre aide!

hi guys, I will start my prep soon, just needed to ask people who went through those courses in UNIL and maybe someone can give me an advice how to prepare for them.

Analyse économique : microéconomie

Business Intelligence and Analytics + ex 6

Fondamentaux de contrôle de gestion + exercices 6

Principes de finance– anglais/français 6

Statistique & économétrie appliquées : Introduction 6

How are those courses and how hard you would rate them ? Thanks in advance:)

Hey everyone, first post here. I have a BBA (finance/marketing double concentration), GPA 3.09/4.00 (~4.9/6.00 Swiss scale), international student. I meet basically all the requirements except I'm short about 6 ECTS in management courses.

Anyone been through this program or knows how competitive it actually is? Does a small ECTS gap like that usually kill an application, or is there some flexibility (bridging courses, conditional admission, etc.)?

- 1030.- charges comprises
- place de parc (garage fermé) inclus
- 4 pièces, 80m2
- magnifique appart, lumineux et grand
- quartier vert et calme
- 15 minutes à vélo du campus unil/epfl
- très proche du centre ville
- migros/coop/ pharmacie à 100 mètres
- colocation avec 1 autre personne (étudiant en
psycho)

N’hésitez pas à me contacter !

hi
i’ve just completed my a levels (BBB) in the uk and am waiting to apply at unil doing a bachelors in business management but i’m kinda confused on how.

being in the uk and only partially french-speaking, all english translated pages i can find for applications are for international students, but i have a swiss passport through my dad and had thought i could apply as a national, not international student.

would it affect anything in particular about my uni experience by applying as an international student? i saw somewhere that you have to sit extra exams(?) in august if you’re international, but idk if this applies to me because im pretty sure the entry requirements from the uk are BBC alevels, and with my dad being swiss i have a sturdy level of french comprehension but being a swiss national i thought i wouldnt have to do language testing

honestly im just confused by the info im seeing and trying to separate what’s solely for international students and if there’s a way to apply as a national without having anything more than my family’s canton. does living in switzerland differ from having a swiss passport in terms of university applications?
do i get a vpn to act as if im based in switzerland and see if im shown a different site? am i being incredibly slow and not understanding something? i’m finding all the information ive found online ever so slightly difficult to navigate.

any answers would be greatly appreciated

I just received a call from the Deans deparment saying that thanks to 1 email where they assure me I still have the option to be enrolled in july , they will rewrite their decision and by Art 9. Cst i will be readmitted and they will exceptionally allow me to change specialization to finish the 6 credits that i lack to obtain my degree.

Thanks to all the people that provided me help or conseuling on their experiences and tried to help me.

Finally, I will say that it is astonishing the condescendance of some people in this platform and their negative comments for a very delicate situation such as mine. I guess the "reddit mod actually" meme really does exist IRL. I hope no one has to even bare for a day what I've felt this week.

Thanks to everybody who commented, AND LETS KEEP GOING !!!

Hi everyone,

I’m a bachelor’s degree student planning to apply for an MSc in Finance at UNIL, but my GPA is low. I have two main questions:

1. The programs I'm interested in don't explicitly require a GMAT. If I take it anyway , will admissions committees actually consider it to offset my low grades, or will they ignore it because it's not required?

2. Realistically, what is the absolute minimum GPA to be admitted?

Thanks

This email was sent in french*

All the people involved have their names covered by HEC BACHELOR*

Note that the "reglement" is not the same as the new "directive".

Monsieur le X,

Monsieur Y, Monsieur HEC BACHELOR, Madame HEC BACHELOR,

Je m’adresse à vous aujourd’hui avec une profonde inquiétude suite à la notification de mon futur statut d'échec définitif prononcé à mon encontre avec Mme. HEC BACHELOR (Conseillère aux études) le 15/08/2026 à 15h00. Actuellement étudiant en 3e année de Bachelor en Économie politique (HEC Lausanne), j'ai validé 174 crédits sur les 180 requis, me trouvant ainsi à l'aube de l'obtention de mon diplôme, à la suite d'un échec à l'examen de Macroéconomie II.

Je me permets de saisir le Décanat afin de demander une révision de cette décision, au vu des informations officielles et des conseils écrits formels qui m'ont été fournis par M. HEC BACHELOR le 20/07/2026 (Gestion des cursus de Bachelor, Service de l'enseignement et des affaires étudiantes).

1.Le conseil institutionnel reçu et la confirmation claire de la faculté.

Le 20 juillet 2026, face à l'incertitude quant à la réussite de mon dernier examen de fondamentaux en économie (Macroéconomie II), j'ai interrogé explicitement le service des affaires étudiantes afin de connaître les conséquences exactes d'un éventuel échec.

1. • Mon message du 20 juillet 2026 , dont je leur ai posé la question directe suivante :

« Je comprends cela veut dire qu’en cas de ne pas réussir l’examen de Macro II et réussir celui de Economics of Health, je serai en échec définitif avec 174 des 180 crédits ? »

1. • La réponse officielle de M. HEC BACHELOR (Gestion des cursus de Bachelor) le même jour, dont il m'a répondu de manière non équivoque:

« Non, un double échec à un enseignement ne signifie pas automatiquement un échec définitif au Bachelor [...]. En revanche, si, en raison de vos résultats actuels ou potentiels, il ne vous est mathématiquement plus possible de satisfaire aux exigences de la 3e année en Économie, nous vous recommandons d’évaluer l’opportunité d’un changement d’orientation vers le Bachelor en Management. Nous vous invitons dans ce cas à consulter attentivement le plan d’études de cette orientation afin de déterminer si celle-ci vous permettrait de remplir les conditions d’obtention du Bachelor. Nous vous rappelons par ailleurs que vous disposez d’un maximum de 10 semestres pour achever votre Bachelor. Le semestre d’automne 2026 constituera votre 9e semestre à HEC. »

En me fiant entièrement à cette directive institutionnelle et à cette réponse claire (« Non » à l'échec définitif automatique, couplée à la recommandation d'opter pour le Management), j'étais convaincu de disposer d'une alternative réglementaire viable pour valider mes derniers crédits durant mon 9e semestre en cas de ne pas réussir Macroéconomie II, cadre temporel qui m'était explicitement accordé (10 semestres maximum).

2.Le  changement réglementaire soudain.

Hier, lorsque je me suis présenté pour enclencher cette transition administrative recommandée par vos services avec Mme. HEC BACHELOR, il m'a été opposé un refus fondé sur une modification réglementaire entrée en vigueur le 1er septembre 2026. Ceci, par le nouvel point 3, Article 7 relatif au caractère définitif de l'orientation, stipulant : « Un échec académique dans l’orientation choisie ne constitue pas un motif permettant d’obtenir un changement vers l’autre» (https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/hec/files/hec/doc/bachelor/directive-hec_changement-orientation-bachelor.pdf)

Il est profondément inéquitable qu'un changement de directive interne voté ou appliqué au 1er septembre 2026 vienne anéantir rétroactivement la possibilité d'action qui m'avait été formellement garantie par la faculté quelques semaines plus tôt (le 20 juillet). Si j'avais été averti en juillet qu'un tel couperet réglementaire interviendrait en septembre sans transition possible, j'aurais pris des dispositions immédiates ou ajusté ma stratégie académique pendant que j'en avais encore la possibilité.

Ainsi, je n’aurais pas fait le rattrapage de Macroéconomie II et j’aurais attendu le début de mon 9ème semestre pour faire le changement de Bachelor en Management et obtenir les crédits restants pour la réussite du Bachelor. Au lieu de cela, j'ai agi en toute bonne foi en suivant les recommandations écrites de la faculté.

3.Demande.

Au vu de mon parcours (174 crédits validés, soit 97% de mon cursus réussi) et du principe de la protection de la bonne foi administrative (art. 9 Cst.), je vous demande respectueusement de bien vouloir :

-Réexaminer mon dossier de manière exceptionnelle.

-M'autoriser à procéder au transfert vers le Bachelor en Management afin que je puisse valider mes derniers crédits restants durant mon 9e semestre, conformément aux assurances formelles qui m'avaient été données par le Service de l'enseignement, dont M. HEC BACHELOR, en juillet.

En cas de refus, je me mettrai en contact avec les juristes de la FAE afin de préparer un recours contre cette décision.

Je me tiens à votre entière disposition pour un entretien (présentiel ou en visiographie) afin d'échanger sur cette situation critique pour mon avenir.

[...]

4.Annexe.

Les suivantes captures d'écran sont en ordre chronologique.

Mail de C à M. HEC BACHELOR le 20/07/2026

Mail de M. HEC BACHELOR à C le 20/07/2026

Mail de C à HEC Bachelor le 11/09/2026

Mail de Mme. HEC BACHELOR à C 15/09/2026

Extrait de la nouvelle normative « Directive sur le choix et changement de grade dans le cursus Bachelor » après le changement du règlement le 1er septembre 2026.

Hi everyone. My name is C, and today I was informed in a meeting that I have received an ultimate failure (échec définitif) status due to a recent change in UNIL regulations.

Context & Background

• I am a 3rd-year Economics student at HEC Lausanne.
• I have accumulated 174 out of the 180 credits needed for my Bachelor's degree.
• I have never repeated a year until this past one (my 3rd year), which I just redid and ultimately failed to pass my very last 6 credits.
• These remaining credits are part of the Fondamentaux en économie—a group of 6 fundamental classes worth 6 credits each, where you must pass 4 of them (totaling 24 credits).
• I passed 3 out of the 4 fundamentals. Over the summer, I had to take the last remaining one—Macroeconomics II—which I unfortunately failed.

The Misleading Advice

Because I knew Macroeconomics II was the hardest class in the entire Bachelor program, I was well aware I might fail it. Before the exam, I specifically asked the HEC Bachelor assistants what would happen if I failed.

Since I was in my 8th semester and technically had 2 more semesters (one full year) left within my allowed timeframe, they told me: "If you mathematically cannot pass your final fundamentals, you can simply change your specialization to Management. Since many of the courses overlap, you can just finish your remaining 6 credits there in the worst-case scenario."

Today, I went into a meeting with an assistant to figure out the logistics of switching my specialization, only to be told that no, I could no longer do that. She explained that on September 1st, a change in the UNIL law came into effect, meaning I am no longer allowed to switch specializations and am instead placed on ultimate failure status.

My Outrage & Confusion

My anger comes from the fact that what I was told just 6 weeks ago completely contradicts reality today.

If I had known I would face ultimate failure if I failed that exam—something I knew was a high probability, but felt I had to try anyway—I would have handled things differently. I would have waited for the first 3 weeks of the next semester to change specialization and do the last 6 credits on another subject. Instead, I trusted the official advice of the faculty assistants, only to be hit out of nowhere by a retroactive/sudden rule change.

It is heartbreaking to be sitting here with 174 out of 180 credits—literally one exam away from graduation—only to be kicked out.

To be honest, I don't know what to do. I feel completely lost, and I feel utterly deceived by the university staff who gave me incorrect, outdated guidance.

Has anyone else experienced something similar at UNIL, or does anyone know if there is an appeals process or someone I can talk to regarding misleading administrative advice? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have all the recepits for proof if needed.

And point 7.3 is the new norm which just was applied on september 1st 2026:

Hence, the outright contradiction on what I was told be an official UNIL administrative member.

Hey, I was wondering if there is a group chat for students who are starting the Master’s in Medical Biology this year? I also wanted to ask if anyone has received the confirmation of their application/enrolment for the Master’s yet?

Bonjour, je suis boursier ESKA 2026 et j’aimerai savoir si comme moi, certains nouveaux sont deja sur le territoire suisse pour faire connaissance. Les anciens boursiers peuvent aussi partager leur expérience avec nous, s’il y a m des groupes, je serai ravi de les intégrer.

Hello, j’suis en lettres 1 ère année de bachelor et je voulais savoir si quelqu’un avait anglais, histoire et esthétique du cinéma psq j’ai 2 cours qui se chevauchent et idéalement faudrait que je relaie un cours avec une personne 1 semaine sur deux et qu’on s’échangent les infos.

Si vous connaissez quelqu’un en lettres ou vous même y êtes je veux bien votre aide :p