Welcome to ETH Zurich!
Invest a few minutes to go through the following information. This will make your start at ETH and in Switzerland much easier.
Deadline: 14 days after your arrival in Switzerland (required by Swiss law)
This registration with the authorities must be prepared.
Deadline: 91 days after your arrival in Switzerland (required by Swiss law)
You have to take out health insurance or, as a student with a EU / EFTA citizenship, apply for an exemption from the mandatory insurance obligation within 91 days after arrival. Persons who miss this deadline will be allocated an insurer at the discretion of the respective authority (which might be very expensive). Read the linked information carefully.
You can download your confirmation of matriculation in myStudies. We recommend downloading the confirmation at the beginning of the semester and saving it. That way you have it at hand whenever you need it (e.g. buying a Swiss SIM card for your mobile phone, residence permit).
From 1 September you can pick up your first instalments at the cash desk (room HG F 67.1, main building / "Hauptgeb?ude").
In Swiss German, your student card is called "Legi".
Your card is valid beyond the end of the semester, which also applies to your matriculation confirmation. Nevertheless, you only have student status at ETH for the duration you find in Mobility-?Online (regardless of the validity date on your card). The departure date of your mobility stay is also relevant for your residence permit and determines when you will be dematriculated.
If you stay for two semesters, you will need to validate your card at a terminal for the second semester. Information about how to do this will be sent to you by email towards the end of the first semester.
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Maps & Apps to get to know Zurich
Where can I ...
- use WLAN in ETH's buildings and how?
- find the different ETH buildings?
- find a workspace?
- scan or print documents?
- eat around campus?
- find the ETH Library?
- shop for ETH merch, IT supplies or get a hair cut?
- park my bike, find a pump or toolbox for it, and learn about offers surrounding bikes?
- learn the timetable of the shuttle bus between H?nggerberg and Zentrum campus?
- learn about the Swiss public transport system in general?
- external page work out, sign up for various sport programmes, etc.?
The following site gives you other great tips for your stay in Switzerland.
Administrative questions: Sandra Zweifel (Student Exchange Office)
Academic questions: Professor Stefano Bernasconi, FCS delegate at ETH
More contact points
The following PDF lists more contacts for you (e.g. student associations, Counselling & Coaching at ETH, Psychological Counselling Service, and many more).