At UBIS, students benefit from a growing range of services offered to incoming and current students. When arriving in Geneva, an incoming student must follow a list of procedures in order to receive a Resident Permit and obtain the proper health insurance, as well as find proper housing, and open a bank account. A full explaination of Student Orientation material may be found below in detail. 

A full list of Student Orientation information is available for download here.

Below are quick links for incoming and current students regarding Resident Permits, Health Insurance, and Housing:

Access to Official Forms of the "Office Cantonal de la Population - Genève"

There are multiple health insurance providors for foreign students coming to Switzerland:

• Swisscare International (www.swisscare-intl.com)

• ICS (www.students-insurance.eu)

• Golden Care (www.goldencare.ch/eng/student_en.html)

There are multiple resources to obtain housing in Geneva. To help facilitate your search, below are links for Youth Accommodations, and another for Room Sharing:

• Youth accommodation:

http://www.geneve-tourisme.ch/?rubrique=0000000020

• Sharing rooms:

http://ch.easyroommate.com
www.glocals.com