Choice of courses

Academic year 2023-2024 

Attendance is mandatory during the entire semester and during the exam session(s) according to the University of Lausanne’s rules.

The courses are only in person on campus. There are no health restrictions in Switzerland.
UNIL webpage with Covid-19 updates : www.unil.ch/coronavirus -> Study

You may choose courses under the following conditions:

Bachelor students

• If you are in the 2^nd or 3^rd year of a Bachelor’s or Licence’s program, you may take courses in the 2^nd or 3^rd year of the Bachelor program in Economics and/or Management, except for the courses Business English, English for Studying Economics, the individual project and the internships.

Master students

• If you are in the 1^st or 2^nd year of a Master’s program (4^th or 5^th year undergraduate) and provided you have acquired a minimum of 180 ECTS in Management and/or Economics, you may take courses in the 1^st or 2^nd year of the Master’s program and possibly in the 2^nd or 3^rd year of the Bachelor’s program, with the exceptions above.
• The courses in the Master of Accounting, Control and Finance (MScCCF) and in the Master in Sustainable Management & Technologies (SMT) are not open to exchange students.
• Some courses may require specific prerequisites and the approval of the Professor.

It is important to follow these restrictions. Any exam registration that does not follow these rules will be cancelled.

If you have any doubts or need additional information, do not hesitate to contact the HEC Student Exchange Office.

Timetables and access to courses

Please find below the schedule and syllabus of the Bachelor and Master courses at HEC Lausanne

• HEC Lausanne Bachelor courses and timetables
• HEC Lausanne Master courses and timetables

Important
Please consult the course syllabus before the beginning of the semester as a few courses are limited by the number of seats for pedagogical reasons and require registration.

Please note that it is strongly recommended to have a personal laptop computer.

Registration

Registration for courses

• The 3^rd and 4^th  weeks of the semester, which automatically entails registration for the corresponding assessments, i.e. exams and/or validations. See also "Exams" section.
• All courses must be registered (including online exam, seminar, course without exam, written work, written or oral exam, ENEP, etc.) to have your grades/credits on your transcript

• Late registration the 3^rd and 4^th  weeks of the semester is permited with fee CHF 200.-

Inscription on Moodle - course material

• at the beginning of the semester
  
  If access is not mentioned on the syllabus, it is given by your professor during the first class. All courses are visible on Moodle at the beginning of the semester.

Academic information

30 ECTS credits per semester; 14 weeks of courses
Exchange student : minimum 15/maximum 36 ECTS credits at UNIL
More information: ECTS grading scale

Language of instruction

Courses at the Bachelor level are taught in French with a selection of courses in English. At the Master's level, courses are mainly taught in English.

Bachelor and Master programs

• Bachelor in Management & Economics
   
• Master in Actuarial Science                      
• Master in Information Systems and Digital Innovation     
• Master in Economics               
• Master in Finance                       
• Master in Management                  
• Master in Law and Economics                      
• Legal Issues, Crime and Security of Information Technologies

During your exchange, you are allowed to take non-HEC courses, for example language courses or courses in another faculty of UNIL, provided that the faculty authorizes this. You must then register directly for the courses and exams with the faculty or school concerned and ask them for an official transcript.

A limited number of courses are also open at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). You must apply directly to the EPFL department concerned before or at the beginning of the semester. Please check the registration deadline at EPFL which is earlier than UNIL.

Most of your courses must be taken at HEC Lausanne, your main faculty.

We draw your attention to the fact that the dates of non-HEC exams are not scheduled by our faculty. Therefore, there is a risk of overlapping between the dates of HEC exams and non-HEC exams. The exam dates set by HEC Lausanne cannot be changed under any circumstances. One solution is, for example, to take an exam in the retake session.

Be sure to register for the exams in time!