Procedure

- Choose the destination by consulting our Partner Universities page
- Consult our partners’ Fact-Sheets on our Intranet site
- Be aware of the specific conditions that apply to each exchange agreement, including

• Language requirements of each partner university (IELTS, TOEFL, etc.)
• The study programs included in the exchange agreement
• Courses open to exchange students
• The academic calendar of the partner university

You must prepare a study plan (= course selection) for your exchange, even if it is provisional at the time of application. This is imperative because it is required for the selection.

Your study plan can also be called Learning Agreement or Contrat d'études, it is the same document (= course selection).

To choose your courses, consult the website of each partner university:

• Lists of courses offered for exchange students
• Official programs

Check carefully that all the courses you choose are in adequacy with the official programs of HEC Lausanne, your courses must:

1. Follow the requirements of your study program
2. Be at the right level and not previously taken at HEC
3. Not be equivalent to courses you will take at HEC later, for example if you are going on exchange in the Fall and you are at HEC in the Spring semester

Check the credit conversion that is applied for each partner university on our corresponding page

• The standard workload is 30 ECTS per semester

Once your exchange project is defined, please make an appointment (face-to-face) with your Outgoing Students Advisor, Ms. Jessica Fastré or Ms. Isabelle Schmid by clicking on the link below:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning:

Ms. Jessica Fastré: https://appoint.ly/s/jessica.fastre/Rendez-vous-Appointment

Wednesday and Friday morning:

Ms. Isabelle Schmid: https://appoint.ly/s/isabelle.schmid/appointment2

Student Exchange Office
University of Lausanne
HEC Lausanne
Internef 256.1
Quartier de Chamberonne
CH-1015 Lausanne

E-mail: hec.outgoing@unil.ch

For the UNIL General agreement applications only, please have each of your Learning Agreements signed by your Outgoing Students Advisor no later than one week before you submit your application.

Your Learning Agreements under the SEMP & Faculty agreements and Swiss mobility agreements do not need to be signed.

Applications for an exchange

The application must:  

• Be submitted by the deadline and must contain all the required documents according to the instructions provided or it will not be considered
• Respect the grade average required by HEC and that of the partner universities
• Respect the language requirements of the partner universities

The application will then be evaluated on the basis of academic and extra-academic criteria: motivation, mobility project, associative and sports activities, leisure activities, jobs, etc. 

Selection criteria

• During the selection process, the allocation of an exchange seat is not guaranteed, as the number of seats per institution is limited
• If you have been selected for a destination during the first selection, you will not be able to apply for other destinations
• If the selection takes place before the publication of results of the 1st semester, any selected application that does not meet the grade average requirements will be withdrawn and the exchange will be cancelled. You will not be able to apply for other destinations