Semester fees

You can ask the Financial Aid Service for a tax exemption if you are in financial difficulty.

You must not benefit, or be waiting for, a cantonal grant or student loan.

This exemption automatic. You do not need to apply.

To benefit from this exemption, you must be starting a first basic or advanced education, or a second basic eduction.

If this is the case, you must belong to one of the following categories:

• be an assistant or ARE (Research and Teaching assistant). Perform this role for at least 3 months during the current semester;
• receive a scholarship as part of university exchange program, a scholarship from the Confédération, or a scholarship linked to temporary research activity;
• do an internship outside of UNIGE as part of your studies, for 1 or 2 semesters and not use UNIGE facilities;
• prepare a PhD (except during the first and last semester of your education),
  • if you are also an assistant, you benefit from the assistant rule (point a of Article 4 of the Règlement interne relatif aux taxes universitaires et aux émoluments);
• be signed up and taking courses at the Institut œcuménique de Bossey;
• be on leave of absence;
• not be in a difficult financial situation and not have a scholarship or loan, as defined by the law on scholarships and loans.

Legal reference: article 77 of the statut de l'Université, and article 4 of the Règlement interne relatif aux taxes universitaires et aux émoluments.

• Statutory exemptions (for a leave of absence, an internship, ...) are automatically applied to the amount due (CHF 500).
• If you encounter financial difficulties, you can apply for an exemption from the supervision fees from the Financial Aid Service.

• Fall semester: September 30,
• Spring semester: February 28.

You can pay via the UNIGE portal (Mon UNIGE > Paimement des taxes semestrielles).

There, you will also find the payment deadline and the bank details for making the payment.

After about 10 days, check on the UNIGE portal that the payment went through. If you have any problem, contact the Admissions Office via the online platform.