Fee waivers

If you are facing financial difficulties, you can apply for an exemption from the supervision fees to the Financial Aid Service.

You must not have a scholarship or loan as defined by the law on scholarships and loans (FR).

This exemption is automatic; you do not need to take any action.

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

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

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

The University of Geneva is no longer part of the US "Title IV Federal Aid program". It does not have a valid "FAFSA number".

You cannot get an American federal governmental aid for your studies at UNIGE.