Study planning

The study plan is the list of courses you plan on taking at ETH Zurich where you will be enrolled in one specific department.

The study plan guidelines explain how to find courses in the Course Catalogue and which rules you must follow. The Course Catalogue includes specific details, e.g. lecturers' names, the language of instruction, deadlines, the course frequency and types of examinations.

Your study plan must be well coordinated with the schedule at your home university.

There are three types of performance assessments. Under "Performance assessment" in the Course Catalogue, you can see the type of assessment for the courses.

• End-of-semester examinations take place during and directly after the end of a semester.
• Session examinations begin a few weeks after a semester ends and continue until the beginning of the following semester.
• Semester performances mostly take the form of integrated performance assessments during the semester or performance assessments which take place outside of the normal semester schedule (e.g. block courses).

Mobility students must respect the official examination dates. So plan your exchange period accordingly to ensure your presence at ETH during the session examination.

You can take courses at the University of Zurich (UZH) in addition to those at ETH Zurich. To do so, you must apply online for module mobility (studying at more than one university) through UZH.

• Application deadlines: Ensure you meet the deadlines for both module nobility applications and module enrolment at UZH. Deadlines vary by department and module, so check them carefully. In most cases, the application deadline is the last Friday before the semester starts.
• Course conditions: UZH¡¯s regulations apply. For example, you can only take Master¡¯s level courses if you hold a Bachelor's degree and are registered in a Master¡¯s programme, ideally in the department offering the module. Bachelor¡¯s students cannot enrol in Master¡¯s courses.
• Documents: Upload the "ConfirmationOfAcceptanceIncomings.pdf" document, which ETH will send to you via email.
• Approval & registration at ETH: You must obtain approval from your departmental exchange coordinator and register the UZH courses in Mobility-Online, just as you would for ETH courses. Enter the courses manually with the course title specified by UZH and the correct credit points.
• Transcript of records: Once enrolled, your UZH courses will automatically appear on your ETH transcript of records, so you do not need to enter them in myStudies.
• ETH-UZH courses: If a course is jointly offered by ETH and UZH, follow the instructions provided in ETH¡¯s Course Catalogue.

Contact the disability advisory service at an early stage for information on support options and procedures. This is particularly important with regard to study conditions, examination arrangements ?and the housing situation in Zurich.