Admission

Who is admitted to the Master’s program in Biotechnology?

• Applicants for the master's program in biotechnology must have a BSc or equivalent degree of a university qualifying for this Master program.
• Applicants with a BSc degree in biotechnology of the ETH Zurich are admitted without any further requirements. They do not have to go through an application procedure.
• All other applicants must submit a formal application. The application is examined by a departmental admission committee which proposes to the head of the department admission or rejection including any individual admission requirements such as a request to collect additional credits in particular areas. The final decision is taken by the Rector of ETH.
• Applicants with a BSc degree in biotechnology of a Swiss University or a Swiss University of Applied Sciences must be admitted to the master’s program. However, the departmental admission committee may impose additional requirements to be fulfilled before graduation from the master’s program.

Read the «requirement profile»

Please consider

Students are expected to regulate their studies on their own. For example, mastery of course material is independent, paced not by frequent examinations or papers but by self-discipline. Accustomed to external motivators such as course requirements, personal tutorials, and other checks on learning, many foreign students have difficulty in the absence of such intervention. Given this, successful applicants for the D-BSSE Master's program are:

• Graduated in the upper percentiles of their undergraduate programs
• Strongly independent, self-motivating, and self-directed academically and personally
• Experienced in completing tasks on schedule without supervision
• Fluent in English, which is the language of instruction in this master's program. Please check the relevant website of the Admission Office for language requirements according to directives by the Rector.
• Self-financing with regard to school, travel, and living expenses

Practical information on formal admission requirements, application procedures, deadlines, financing, immigration, housing etc. can be found on the Website of the Admission Office.

Information for students of the University of Basle who plan to take courses at the D-BSSE can be found here.