玉美人传媒

Excellence Master Fellowships

The Faculty of Science of the 玉美人传媒 is an internationally听recognized leading research institution. This cutting-edge research covers a broad range of scientific disciplines: astronomy, biology, chemistry and biochemistry,听computer science, mathematics, physics, pharmaceutical sciences, earth sciences and the environment. The Faculty hosts two National Centres of Competence in Research of the highly competitive Swiss National Sciences Foundation (; )听as well as many European research projects. The Masters of the Faculty of Science constitute an ideal training base for an academic but also a professional development, opening on careers in industry, teaching, administration in sciences, communication and media... The programs Master's degrees are either entirely in English, or in English and French (see the descriptions of each program).

The Faculty of Science, with the support of external partners, has established an Excellence Fellowship program open to outstanding and highly motivated students who wish to pursue a Master of Science degree in one of the disciplines covered by the Faculty1. Candidate selection is based on excellence.

The Excellence Fellowship consists of a grant amounting to CHF 10'000 to CHF 15鈥�000/year (no teaching duties); it is awarded for one year and extended for the regular duration of the chosen Master's program (three or four semesters) provided the applicant is academically successful at the end of his/her first semester of studies.

Regardless of your home university, whether you have passed or are doing a brilliant bachelor degree, and that you are one of the best in your year2, this program is for you! You must meet the admission criteria of the Master of your choice3 and be selected on the basis of the application file for an Excellence Fellowship.

For the application to be considered, each student has to fulfill the enrollment procedure as described on the Admissions office website.

  • if you are a student at the UNIGE: a scan of your UNIGE card
  • if you are not yet a student at the UNIGE: the mail entitled 鈥淯NIGE-Candidature: D茅p么t de votre dossier鈥� that you received after registering for the master's program (proof that you have begun the registration process) is required.

The application (in English or French) must include the following documents in the form of a SINGLE pdf file:

  • A scan of your national identity card or passport.
  • A Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum).
  • The transcript of exams passed during the bachelor education, with all grades.
  • A motivation letter in which you describe your specific scientific interests and your motivation to pursue a Master of Science program at the 玉美人传媒.
  • Letters of references from two professors attesting your aptitude to this program.
  • Any other pertinent information like results of GRE (General requirement examination), of TOEFL or other language test.

The application is made online, from the beginning of January of each year. After registering, you will receive an e-mail containing a personal link allowing you to fill out the application form.

Next application deadline is 28 February, 2026听(for Masters starting September 14, 2026).

IF ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLAUSES ARE NOT COMPLETED, THE APPLICATION FILE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Additional information is available at http://www.unige.ch/sciences/Masters.

  1. Complete list of the Master programs under http://www.unige.ch/sciences/Masters
  2. Students who have already started a Master programme at the Faculty of Science can no longer apply for the Excellence Master Fellowship
  3. Additional information can be obtained from the Masters coordinators or the Academic advisor