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UNIGE students (OUT)
As a UNIGE student, you can register for one or more online courses offered by our european and american partner universities listed below. Three agreements have been established with a total of 16 universities, giving you a choice of over 100 different courses. Find out more about the courses available for enrolment below and keep up to date with future course offerings.
Please check with your faculty whether it is possible for you to validate the credits of the Virtual Exchange courses in your current academic curriculum.
To stay informed about the upcoming Virtual Exchange offer and the application deadlines for Spring 2025, click here:
Courses offered by partner universities - Spring 2025
The 4EU+ course offering is updated regularly. Please consult the Student Portal frequently to find out:
Application deadlines for the 4EU+ partner universities
- Sorbonne Univeristy: January 2025
- University of Milan: TBA
- Heidelberg University: TBA
- Charles University: TBA
- University of Warsaw: TBA
>> More information on the 4EU+ Student Portal
Thinking AI: Bringing together ethical, legal and social aspects of AI (3 ECTS), a joint course offered by Sorbonne University and University of Milan - more information
Dates: 2024/2025
Inscription deadline: None (open for enrolment at any time)
Description: This course consists in a series of 12 free online lessons from recognized AI specialists collaborating with the SCAI, the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence. With this series, we encourage as broad a group of people as possible to learn what AI is, and beyond the technologies, what are its impact on our societies. The following lessons are available:
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- The role of statistics in AI
- AI & Epistemology
- AI and democracy
- Algorithmic bias and discrimination
- AI and new scenarios of discrimination
- Improving administrative action with AI
- Algorithms in platform economy
- Algorithmic governance, enforcement and automation
- The European Union’s AI policy
- Algorithm-assisted judicial decision making
- Equity crowdfunding
- Health Data Governance for AI
Further information available on the SCAI Education platform: https://scai-education.sorbonne-universite.fr
Study level: Bachelor / Master / PhD
Language: English
Prerequisites: None, open to all
Modality: Fully asynchronous
LERU Virtual Exchange courses
The Spring 2025 course offer will soon be available...
Faculty: Medicine
Dates: 06.01.2024 - 31.03.2025
Deadline to send applications: 18.12.2024
Description: This course will introduce students to the connections between climate change and health. The content material provides a framework to understand the basic mechanisms of climate change and the extent of its impacts on human and animal health, identifying the connection between planetary challenges and local threats. Role-playing exercises encourage the practice of thinking systemically, adopting holistic perspectives, and working with creativity and collaboration to find immediate and long-term solutions.
Target public: Bachelor/Master/PhD students in human health, animal health, environmental studies and social studies
Language: English
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Modality: Blended - asynchronous with synchronous sessions via Zoom (4-5 sessions)
For more information, please visit LMU Munich website.
eMobi@Dg2 courses
The Spring 2025 course offer will soon be available...
Application process OUT
Have you chosen the course(s) you are interested in? Here are the few steps to follow to register:
Important: Prepare your application in advance so that you can complete the steps mentioned below before the application deadline of the partner university. Please note that the number of places available in the courses is often limited.
Attention! Not all partner universities have the same academic calendars. Application deadlines are therefore specific to each host university. Please make sure you follow them (information available above).
Check that you meet the following conditions:
- You are registered at the UNIGE at the time of the exchange;
- You meet the admission requirements for the course (language level, study level, academic prerequisites, etc.);
- The course is compatible with your study programme (timetable and workload). Be aware: online courses take the same amount of time as regular courses. Please note that some courses are taught at a specific time (information given in the course description). Also check the date of the exam - the semesters of the partners are not necessarily aligned with those of the UNIGE.
Alliance 4EU+
For the courses offered as part of the 4EU+ Alliance, i.e. by:
- Sorbonne Université
- Warsaw University
- Charles University
- University of Heidelberg
Contact your academic advisor in your faculty to ask about the possibility of recognising the credits of Virtual Exchange courses in your study programme.
Please use the 4EU+ Learning Agreement document (below) in order to submit your application.
At the end of your Virtual Exchange course, please send the transcript of records issued by the partner university to your academic advisor at UNIGE for validation and recognition of the credits in your curriculum.
Please fill out the 4EU+ Learning Agreement (download below) with your faculty advisor, and then follow the detailed instructions on the relevant course sheet, accessible on the 4EU+ Student Portal.
If you have any questions or uncertainties, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact form or directly by email at virtual-exchange(at)unige.ch.
LERU VE
For the courses offered as part of the LERU, i.e. by:
- LMU Munich
- Utrecht University
- KU Leuven
Contact your academic advisor in your faculty to ask about the possibility of recognising the credits of Virtual Exchange courses in your study programme.
Please note that you are responsible for informing yourself in advance and agreeing with your faculty before registering. In order to recognise credits, you will be asked to provide a proof of agreement with your faculty when you register.
At the end of your Virtual Exchange course, please send the transcript of records issued by the partner university to your academic advisor at UNIGE for validation and recognition of the credits in your curriculum.
eMobi@Dg2
For the courses offered as part of eMobi@Dg2, i.e. by:
- Université Laval
- UNESP
- Universidad del Rosario
- University of Hamburg
- Université de La Réunion
- Université de Bordeaux
- Université de Strasbourg
- Université Côte d'Azur
Contact your academic advisor in your faculty to ask about the possibility of recognising the credits of Virtual Exchange courses in your study programme.
When sending your application on the eMobi website, you must submit written proof that your academic advisor agrees to the recognition of credits in your curriculum.
At the end of your Virtual Exchange course, please send the transcript of records issued by the partner university to your academic advisor at UNIGE for validation and recognition of the credits in your curriculum.
