Student Exchange

The ETH Student Exchange Office provides information about all student exchange opportunities and coordinates the application and selection procedure.

The departmental exchange coordinator (see contact below) offers advice on the departmental exchange opportunities, the establishment of the study plan and recognition of credits acquired at the partner university.

Outgoing Students

Interested students should contact the departmental exchange coordinator as early as possible to discuss the organisation of an exchange semester or research stay at another university. Please make sure that the ETH-wide requirements are fulfilled.

Exchange semester:

• A minimum of 20 credit points should be acquired.
• On the Bachelor’s level it is only possible to do the third year (5th and 6th semester) at EPF Lausanne.
• On the Master’s level it is possible to obtain up to 40 credit points in the “elective courses” category. Application requirements and deadlines are published on the website of the ETH Student Exchange Office. Possible exchange universities are published on the Mobility Online Platform. It is possible to do either an exchange semester or the Master's thesis at a different university, not both.

Research projects, Bachelor’s or Master’s theses:

• Can be carried out at another university through a self-organized stay. There are no application deadlines, but we recommend an early planning.
  
• It is possible to do either an exchange semester or the Master's thesis at a different university, not both.

More detailed information can be found in the Guidelines for Student Exchange in the Study Programmes in Materials at ETH Zurich (Download German (PDF, 33 KB) / Download English (PDF, 95 KB)).

Incoming Students

Application and registration for an exchange semester is through the ETH Student Exchange Office.

The departmental exchange coordinator supports with information regarding courses offered by the departmental degree programmes.