Admissions aux filières et cursus d'UniDistance Suisse

Find out about our requirements for admission, deadlines and documents you need to provide to register at UniDistance Suisse.

Important announcement: The study-related regulations (Study Regulations, Admission Regulations, Fee Regulations) for Bachelor and Master programmes (except for dual programmes) have been revised, are in the approval process and are expected to come into force as of the spring semester 2024. After their validation, they will be published on the website.

What are the conditions of admission?

Our conditions of admission vary according to the studies you wish to pursue. They are not identical for a bachelor's, a master's or continuing education.

Find out about the conditions of admission

What documents do I need to provide?

To register, you must upload several documents to the online registration form, such as the diploma which gives you access to the desired studies.

Find out which documents to provide

How do I register for studies at UniDistance Suisse?

Our registration process includes several steps: an online registration form, your admission and finally your registration.

Find out about the registration process

Conditions of admission

To register for a bachelor’s you require:

Swiss qualification: Baccalaureate or equivalent diploma (see admission regulation in French and German)
Foreign degree: Diploma recognised according to appendix B of the admission regulations
Excellent oral and written command of the French language

Read admission regulations (in French and German)

To register for a master’s, you require:

Swiss qualification: Bachelor's corresponding to the master’s. For example, Bachelor in Law to enrol in a Master of Law, Bachelor in Psychology to register for a Master in Psychology
Swiss qualification: Bachelor's degree from a discipline other than the master’s with at least 60 ECTS credits in the master’s discipline
Foreign degree: Bachelor's degree from an accredited or recognised university: admission with catch-up programme
Excellent oral and written command of the French language, sometimes German and English, depending on the master’s selected

See all master's study regulations

You will find the admission requirements for our continuing education programmes on the « Admission and registration » page of each programme.

I do not meet the requirements for a Bachelor's degree. How do I register?

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 do I register? Follow the stages of the registration process

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.

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.

You are officially matriculated from the first day of the semester (spring semester: February 1^st / fall semester: August 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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