Admission and registration

Registration for the Master in Artificial Intelligence

If you’ve decided, would you now like to register? Discover our admission requirements, the documents to be provided and the steps for your registration.

Registration for the spring semester 2023 is closed. The registration deadline for the spring semester 2024 will be announced shortly.

Admission requirements for the Master in Artificial Intelligence

In order to be admitted to this Master’s, you must fulfil the conditions below:

Have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent
Hold a position in a company that wants and has to integrate artificial intelligence into its strategy (see conditions below)

Highly recommended additional skills

Excellent spoken and written knowledge of English, the teaching language.
Knowledge of programming languages (C++, Python, etc.) and of mathematics

Working conditions in the company

Half of your training will consist in developing one (or more) artificial intelligence project(s) in a company. After your online registration, you will have 3 options:

Hold a position in a company that is already a partner of the Master’s programme. You can then finalize your admission.
Hold a position in a company that is not a partner in the Master’s programme but wishes to become one. We will come to your company to determine its development potential in artificial intelligence. The company will become a partner of the Master’s programme. You can then finalize your admission.
You do not hold a position in a company but have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or an equivalent field. Register online. If you are eligible, we share with you the offers of our partner companies, to which you apply. If the company is interested, they will contact you for an interview. If both you and the company are interested, you get a position in a partner company. You can then finalize your admission.

You are a company and you don’t have a project or employee eligible for the Master’s programme? We’re here to help. Please don‘t hesitate to contact us: info@master-ai.ch

Validation of credits already obtained

Any equivalent course completed at a university or any other higher education institution may be taken into account provided that its content and scope are deemed equivalent and in conformity with the requirements, that it has been completed in the last five years, that it has not already been used for the purpose of obtaining a Master's degree (prohibition of dual use) and that it has been sanctioned by a pass grade. The corresponding grade is included in the evaluation. The request for equivalence must be included in the registration form.

Documents needed for registration

You must apply online. In order to complete the form, we recommend that you have all the information set out below to hand:

your AVS (social security/national insurance) number (13 figures);
all information about your previous academic background;
your place of residence when you graduated;
a copy of your access degree;
a copy of any documents needed for module accreditations (application letter, notes, modules' description);
a passport photo and a copy of your identity card or of your passport;
the exact title of your access degree and its obtention date;
if your surname has changed since obtaining your degree, proof of your change of name.

How to register? Follow these three steps

Registration for the spring semester 2023 is closed.

1. Application

a. Complete the online application form

b. Print out the confirmation of registration

At the end of the form, you will find a document entitled «Confirmation of Registration». This will also be sent to you by e-mail. It must be printed out, dated, signed and sent, together with your documents, before the registration deadline. No application will be processed without these documents.

c. Send in your application

Send a paper copy of all your documents and degrees/diplomas by post, in one envelope, to the following address:

In German:
FernUni Schweiz
Student Services
Churerstrasse 135
8808 Pfäffikon SZ

In French:
UniDistance Suisse
Student services
Technopôle 5
3960 Sierre

If parts of your application are missing, we will be unable to process it.

2. Admission

You will then receive either a request for additional information if required, or a provisional confirmation of admission together with an invoice for the fees for the first semester.

This invoice must be paid within the stipulated period.

Final confirmation of your registration will take place as soon as your payment has been received.

3. Matriculation

You are officially matriculated from the first day of the semester (February 1^st).

As this procedure is relatively lengthy, we strongly encourage you to allow sufficient time for processing your application so that you can receive all your documents and access details before the start of the course.

Withdrawing your application

You can withdraw your application before the beginning of the semester. However, an administrative fee will be charged. More details can be found in the Fees Rules (in French and German).

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Frequently asked questions about registration and admission at UniDistance Suisse

Foreign students

Is a specific knowledge of a language or languages a requirement for admission?

The courses of study are, as a general rule, taught in German, English or French. A very good knowledge of the course language is therefore indispensable.

Candidates with another mother tongue must possess confirmation of a successfully completed language examination or evidence of sufficient linguistic educational background in the language of instruction at university or secondary school level.

I have a foreign certificate of education. Does that entitle me to enroll at UniDistance Suisse?

Holders of foreign diplomas may be admitted provided that the diploma obtained is recognised as equivalent to those set out in article 6, paragraph 1 of the Admission Regulations. You will find our admission requirements by country of origin of the diploma in Annex B of these regulations.

Can I study with UniDistance Suisse from abroad?

Yes; you don't need to live in Switzerland to study with us.

Registration

What is the use of the Switch eduID account needed to register?

Switch eduID is a shared authentication procedure used by all Swiss universities and universities of applied science. In case of admission, your Switch eduID credentials will allow you to log in to our various online platforms. Please make a note of the password you use, as you will need it later.

How do I register?

You can use our online registration form to provide us with the necessary information and submit documents (e.g. for a request for equivalence).

Once the online registration has been finalised, you will have to send by post the dated and signed confirmation of registration as well as the certified copy or copies or the originals of your access degrees.

UniDistance Suisse will only process applications once they have been received by post.