Study abroad
The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) supports students to broaden their horizons through a “study abroad” experience.
If you wish to take part in an exchange program at one of ETH Zurich’s partner universities, D-MAVT Student Exchange provides advice on choosing where to study, how to apply and what to do while you are there and once you are back.
To apply for the exchange program, students need to be in good academic standing (~ 5.0). When you are in the fifth semester of Bachelor's study, you can apply for one exchange semester and go on exchange during your first or second semester of Master’s study at D-MAVT. Master’s students must hold a Bachelor’s degree from ETH.
Please inform yourself about the exchange programs before registering on the Mobility-Online platform for application.
Preselection
- D-MAVT holds a preselection for all worldwide programs (ETH-wide and departmental programs).
- Students should apply to it by 1 December for the following academic year via the Mobility-Online platform under this link.
- The performances in the compulsory courses are one of the main criteria for the selection. To calculate the overall grade, students use a Downloadformula (XLSX, 20 KB)vertical_align_bottom for a weighted average defined in a program regulation.
Bachelor: For the recognition of credits in the category Electives or Focus Specialization, the approval of the respective lecturer of Electives or the respective Focus coordinator is required.
Master: D-MAVT requires that at least 18 credit points in the category Core Courses (36 ECTS) must be achieved at ETH Zürich. The remaining credit points for the category Core Courses may be acquired with the credit points from the exchange semester, provided that this has been agreed with the tutor and is listed in the Learning Agreement.
Science in Perspective: Prior to an exchange semester, it is necessary to obtain the approval from D-GESS to transfer credits in the category Science in Perspective. Contact person for an inquiry about the approval: Ms. Caroline Holck at D-GESS.
Prepare a provisional study plan based on the course catalogue of a host university.
Update the study plan in Mobility Online at the beginning of an exchange semester.
The exchange reports of former ETH Zurich exchange students are found in the International Knowledge Base (IKB). After registering via your nethz login you may conduct searches according to university location or name. Select the university name and scroll to the bottom to find the respective student exchange reports.
Information about scholarships for exchange programs is given on the different websites.
Furthermore the external pageHeyning-Roelli Foundationcall_made grants scholarships to students.
Recognition of the completed courses (grade conversion according to the ETH Zurich grading table and credit conversion according to D-MAVT), lies entirely with D-MAVT and is based on:
- the original transcript from the partner university
- the agreement with the partner university
- the agreement of the Focus coordinator / MAVT Elective Course lecturer / D-GESS for recognition of the category
- the Learning Agreement for Master students
- a comparison of program structure indicating host university course equivalent hours per semester, ECTS per semester and the grading scale
- experience and previous agreement
- Language courses cannot be recognized in the category "Multidisciplinary Courses"
Student exchange
Contact Exchange (appointments upon request)
ETH Zurich
D-MAVT
Leonhardstrasse 21
LEE K 206
8092
Zurich
Switzerland