Admission

Who is admitted to the Master’s program in Interdisciplnary Sciences?

• Applicants for the master's program in Interdisciplinary Sciences must have a BSc or equivalent degree of a university in a subject qualifying for this master’s program. Subjects qualifying for this program include biology, chemistry, interdisciplinary sciences, and physics.
• Applicants with a BSc degree in Interdisciplinary Sciences of the ETH Zurich are admitted without any additional requirements. They do not have to go through a formal application procedure.
• All other applicants must submit a formal application. The application is examined by a departmental admission committee which proposes to the head of the department admission or rejection including any additional admission requirements such as a request to collect credits in particular areas. The final decision is taken by the Rector of ETH.
• Read the «requirement profile for Interdisciplinary Sciences»

Please consider

Students are expected to regulate their studies on their own. For example, mastery of course material is independent, paced not by frequent examinations or papers but by self-discipline. Accustomed to external motivators such as course requirements, personal tutorials, and other checks on learning, many foreign students have difficulty in the absence of such intervention. Given this, successful applicants for the D-CHAB ETH Zurich Master's program are:

• Graduated in the upper percentiles of their undergraduate programs
• Strongly independent, self-motivating, and self-directed academically and personally
• Experienced in completing tasks on schedule without supervision
• Fluent in English and German, which are the languages of instruction in this master's program. Please check the relevant website of the Admission Office for language requirements according to directives by the Rector.
• Self-financing with regard to school, travel, and living expenses

Practical information on formal admission requirements, application procedures, deadlines, financing, immigration, housing etc. can be found on the Website of the Admission Office