ETH Zurich

Step 1: Filling out the online app in eApply

You have to apply for the Bachelor’s degree program you want in eApply. In order for your application to be accepted, you have to print out and sign the completed application form and send it by post to or hand it in at the Admissions Office alongside the other required documents no later than the 30th April. 

Step 2: Paying the application fee

The application fee is part of the application process, and it isn’t refundable. Fees are charged in Swiss Francs. You can find the ETH account information on the last page of the online application form.

Step 3: Required application documents (for Bachelor's degree studies)

  • The online application form, which has to be printed out and signed
  • Curriculum vitae (CV) in table form which includes details of all of the schools you have attended, any work experience, etc.
  • Upper secondary school-leaving certificate (e.g. High School Diploma, IB Diploma, etc.). If you don’t have the upper secondary school-leaving certificate by the time you start applying, you have to send a copy as soon as you receive it.
  • Transcripts from the last three years of school or those school transcripts available at the time you apply
  • German language certificate – since the main teaching language during Bachelor’s degree studies is German, there are German language requirements which have to fulfilled before the start of the study programme. This applies to all international students whose first language isn’t German, who haven’t been studying at a German institution where the language of instruction is German. 
  • University diploma, diploma supplement, transcripts etc. from any studies which you have completed 
  • Certificate of university admission(copy) for the desired academic discipline at a university in the home country, if necessary (make sure to check the country- and certificate-specific admission requirements)
  • Passport/identity card 
  • Payment confirmation – this is only necessary if the application fee wasn’t paid by credit card