Switzerland
Examples of universities in Switzerland in
which you could go as a visiting student:
* Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (English,
Erasmus)
Lausanne is a very nice city in the French-speaking
part of Switzerland. It is surrounded by mountains and a beautiful
lake, where one can do sports during the whole year. Lausanne
University (Université de Lausanne) is very close to the city
and it has got a wonderful campus. Unlike York students, Swiss
students do not live on campus, but they usually share flats with
other students, either in the city itself or in the villages
close to the university. The university has 11'000 students coming
from the whole Switzerland; many of them are Italian speakers and
Germans speakers.
The year is divided in two semesters: mid-September to
end-January, and mid-February to beginning of July. The cost of
living is not that different from the English one, and it is around
1200 Euros per month (1800 CHF) including school books and leisure.
The courses are taught mostly in French, except from some
scientific subjects and foreign literatures (the English
Department, among others, is a very good one, also for English
standards).
There is also a big sport centre in the university, and a large
number of sports and winter camps to go skiing and snowboarding are
organized.
Student life is very active in Lausanne, including clubbing and
music festivals, and the Erasmus society organizes many tours and
week end trips to discover Switzerland and its beauties.
I'd be eager to give you additional pieces of information and to
answer any kind of questions about the University and student life
in Switzerland.
Eleonora Di Campli
Eleonora.dicampli@unil.ch
Last updated 01 December 2010