Re-enrollment

PhD, Master of Advanced Studies and Certificate of Specialization

PhD

You have already been enrolled at the UNIGE and wish to come back to start a PhD?

Re-enrollment application deadline

For PhDs, the re-enrollment application is possible all year long, except for the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) for which the deadline is on February 28th for most of its PhDs.

Admission requirements

Please check the study regulations of the chosen program or  faculty/institute/center.

French language requirements

No French exam is required by the Admissions Office in order to be enrolled for a PhD. The requirements must be checked directly with the faculty/institute/center.

Steps

Please follow the steps corresponding to your chosen faculty/institute:

  1. Find a professor willing to direct your thesis and ask them for a certificate that attests it;
    • For the PhD in Life Sciences, contact the program coordinator. At the same time, find a thesis advisor; their faculty will be the one you enroll in. You will then receive a PhD advisement certificate mentioning the exact starting date (semester) of your thesis and any given equivalence;
  2. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;

*Excepted for the MAS in hospital pharmacy. We invite you to check the information on the following link: https://www.hug.ch/pharmacie/mas-pharmacie-hospitaliere

  1. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;
  1. Find a professor willing to direct your thesis
  2. If you are accepted, he/she will apply for your thesis registration.
  3. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform, joining the admission letter
  1. You fill find all the necessary inforamtions on the following page, with the details concerning all the PhD programs;
  2. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;
  1. Find a professor willing to direct your thesis and ask them for a certificate that attests it;
  2. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;
  • To be admitted to the PhD of Laws program, you must meet the admission requirements set out in the Faculty's Rules of Studies. One of these conditions is to have already obtained the agreement of a professor on the basis of a thesis proposal. When you apply, you will be asked to produce a letter of agreement signed by a professor of the Faculty, together with your thesis proposal.
  • If you are not already in contact with a professor, you can contact one whose area of expertise you feel is relevant to your subject, to ask if he/she is available and interested in supervising your thesis, and if so, to apply. Professors are free to accept or reject new thesis directorships.

A list of our teachers and their fields of study is available online.

After:

  1. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform.
  1. Find a professor from the Faculty of Theology (FR) who might be interested in your research subject and being your thesis advisor;
  2. Contact them and provide them with a preliminary thesis project (one to three pages), your resume and a cover letter;
  3. If your research project retains their interest, ask them for a written certificate attesting that they will direct your thesis;
  4. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;

If you have any questions, please contact Christophe Pisteur, academic advisor for PhDs in theology.

  1. Find a professor willing to direct your thesis and ask for the PhD form, which they must sign;
  2. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;
  1. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform;
  1.  Find two lecturers (1 at GSI and 1 in one of our partner faculties, i.e. Medicine, Law, Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics & Management or Science) who are likely to be interested in your field of research and willing to be your thesis co-directors;
    2. Contact them with a preliminary thesis proposal (between one and three pages), CV and cover letter
    3. If they are interested in your research project, ask them for written confirmation that they have agreed to supervise your thesis;
    4. Request your re-enrollment on the Admissions Office online platform

If you have any questions, please contact Maud Preher, Academic Advisor for Interdisciplinary PhDs in Global Studies.

Master of Advanced Studies and Certificate of Specialization

Admission requirements

See the regulations of the program or faculty/institute/center in question.

Deadline for re-enrollment applications

  • For the Fall semester, applications must be made between January 15th and July 31th;
  • For the Spring semester, applications must be made between September 15th and November 30th.

No re-enrollment applications for the semester in question may be submitted after this deadline.

Please note: if the program in question is subject to a specific deadline or additional registration (see below) and this is not submitted within the deadline, or if it is refused, the application will not be processed.

French language requirements

  • For Master of Advanced Studies programs: there is no French language requirement. However, the program’s regulations may set specific language requirements;
  • For Certificate of Specialization programs: the French exam may be required by the faculty/institute/centre, depending on the program.

Procedure

  1. Apply for re-enrollment on the online platform of the Admissions Office;

Special deadlines and possible further steps (within faculty or other indicated body)

Information subject to change by faculty/institute/center/school. The deadlines and procedures indicated by the faculty/institute/centre/school are binding.

Chosen program Special deadline or additional steps
Specialisation Certificate in the Teaching of a Supplementary Discipline (CSDS) See the deadlines and details on the Institute’s page (FR)
Chosen program Special deadline or additional steps
Specialisation Certificate for the Assessment and Management of Geological and Climate Related Risk See the deadlines and details on the Faculty’s page