Courses and evaluations

The two reference documents in your academic journey are the Semester Contract (Contrat semestriel) and the Study Plan (Plan d'études).

Individual meetings (RDV) :
https://rdvs.workmaster.ch/index.php?title=Main_Page

Think.Zones:
https://workmaster.ch/fr/thinkzones

Lab.Zones:
https://workmaster.ch/fr/labzones

Pool-CH ('tronc commun workshop' fall semester):
https://master-platform.ch/index.php?id=265

Master Symposium ('tronc commun symposium'):
https://master-platform.ch/index.php?id=273

Transversal seminars ('tronc commun seminar'):
https://www.hesge.ch/head/en/studies-and-research/transdisciplinarity/transdisciplinary-teaching

Writing workshops, methodology courses, portfolio preparation course: information will be communicated by email during the year.

Evaluations:
Students are required to present their work in one critical session per semester (four in total over two years).

At the end of the first year students are required to present their work before a jury.

At the end of the second year students are required to defend their master’s thesis and present their work before the diploma jury.

CRITICAL SESSIONS

An essential and obligatory part of the Work.Master program, the critical sessions are held every other Wednesday, with presentations by around seven students per day. You will be asked to install and present your work, and to discuss it with the staff and students present. You are encouraged to attend and participate in the critical sessions of your peers.

ADVISING (TUTORAT)

The tutors work closely with you in the second year of the MA program on the development of your diploma project (practical tutors) and your thesis (theoretical tutors). Individual meetings with the tutors must be scheduled directly here: https://rdvs.workmaster.ch/index.php?title=Main_Page

Practical tutors 2024-25:
Mabe Bethônico, Lili Reynaud Dewar, Fabrice Gigy, Laure Marville, Christelle Lheureux, Mai-Thu Perret, Magdalena Gerber.

Theoretical tutors 2024-25 :
Roxane Bovet, Charlotte Laubard, Doreen Mende, Ileana Parvu, Emmanuelle Pireyre.

USEFUL LINKS

GETTING SETTLED IN GENEVA:

HEAD information for new arrivals: https://www.hesge.ch/head/sites/default/files/documents/espace-etudiant/arrival_in_geneva_practical_information_2018_update.pdf 

Student housing cooperative, Ciguë : https://cigue.ch/ 

UNIGE information regarding Swiss health insurance https://www.unige.ch/sse/equipe/assurances-maladie for non-Swiss people (!!) - this must be taken care of within three months of your arrival in the country or you risk debt and despair

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION:

HEAD: 

Information about digital tools (email, etc): https://wiki.hesge.ch/site/accueil

Money card, printing: https://head.hesge.ch/infolab/systeme-monetique/

To discuss/report discrimination/harassment:

déléguéx inclusivité : nayansaku.mufwankolo@hesge.ch

third-party mediator: personnedeconfiance@humancp.ch

UNIGE RESOURCES:

UNIGE financial aid: https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/aides-soutien/aides-financieres

Scholarships for Swiss people or people with Permis C: https://www.ge.ch/obtenir-bourse-pret-etudes-apprentissage

UNIGE therapy scheduling, 25chf/RDV: https://book.agenda.ch/services/pick/group/4855?companyId=6259 

UNIGE health and wellbeing: https://www.hesge.ch/geneve/publics/etudiant-e-s/vie-etudiante-student-life/sante-bien-etre 

HEDS nutrition counseling (30chf for 3 consultations): https://www.hesge.ch/heds/espace-conseil-nutrition