GUIDELINES FOR COURSE SELECTION
ETH Zurich
Rectorate
Student Exchange Office
8092 Zürich
Tel: + 41 44 632 92 97
Fax: +41 44 632 12 64
mobilitaet@rektorat.ethz.ch
www.mobilitaet.ethz.ch
The course catalogue is available online on www.courses.ethz.ch in German and English. You can
search for courses according to different criteria, for example level of study, department, study
programme, language of instruction, etc.
If the course catalogue for the semester(s) you plan to stay at ETH Zurich is not yet online please use
the course catalogue from the previous year to establish your study plan. It is possible to change this
study plan later on, but only if you obtain the permission of your Departmental Exchange Coordinator
both at ETH Zurich and at your home university!
Generally, all courses which are open to regular ETH students are also open to exchange and visiting
students. It is possible to combine courses from Bachelor and Master level, but you must have the
necessary prerequisites to follow the chosen courses (please note: D-MTEC only accepts Master
students since this department only offers Master courses). A few courses are restricted, e.g. in the
number of participants. If this is the case, it is indicated in the course description. Please follow the
instructions in the course description and/or contact the lecturer if you wish to participate in such a
course.
Exchange and visiting students must earn between 20 and 30 ECTS credits per semester (excluding
language courses).
As a general rule you have to take at least two thirds of your courses (i.e. ECTS credits, for example 14
out of 20 ECTS) in the department of enrolment. The first three digits of the course number (xxx-xxxxxxx) indicate which department a course belongs to:
Architecture D-ARCH
Civil Engineering D-BAUG
Environmental Engineering D-BAUG
Geomatics Engineering and Planning D-BAUG
Mechanical Engineering D-MAVT
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering D-ITET
Computer Science D-INFK
Materials Science D-MATL
Management, Technology and Economics D-MTEC
Mathematics D-MATH
Physics D-PHYS
Chemistry D-CHAB
Pharmaceutical Sciences D-CHAB
Biology D-BIOL
Human Movement Sciences D-BIOL
Biosystems Science and Engineering D-BSSE: located in Basel!
Earth Sciences D-ERDW
Environmental Sciences D-UWIS
Agricultural Sciences D-AGRL
Food Sciences D-AGRL
Social Sciences and Humanity D-GESS
051- and 063-xxxx-xxx
101-xxxx-xxx
102-xxxx-xxx
103-xxxx-xxx
151-xxxx-xxx
227-xxxx-xxx
251- and 252-xxxx-xxx
327-xxxx-xxx
351-xxxx-xxx
401-xxxx-xxx
402-xxxx-xxx
529-xxxx-xxx
535-xxxx-xxx
551-xxxx-xxx
557-xxxx-xxx
626- and 636-xxxx-xx
651-xxxx-xxx
701-xxxx-xxx
751-xxxx-xxx
752-xxxx-xxx
851-, 853-, 857- and 862-xxxx-xxx
Your study plan will be checked and approved by your Departmental Exchange Coordinator at ETH
Zurich upon submission of the application. Your Departmental Exchange Coordinator is your primary
contact for academic questions.
December 2010/ar