Administrative

Due to its strongly interdisciplinary character, the Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering welcomes holders of Bachelor's Degree in a broad range of basic and engineering sciences, for example:

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical Engineering / Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  
• Mechanical Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mathematics
• Physics

To be admitted you must meet the following requirement profile, largely covered by the common elements of the first 2 years of your university education in science and engineering:

• Minimum required credits in Mathematics: 18 ECTS (or equivalent hours/week), e.g. Analysis I + II + III
  
• Minimum required contents in Natural Sciences: 12 ECTS (or equivalent hours/week), e.g. Physics I + II
  
• Minimum required contents in Engineering Sciences: 12 ECTS (or equivalent hours/week), e.g. 6 ECTS each from two of the following: Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Control Systems

The program is suited to recent Bachelor graduates from Swiss and foreign programs, as well as to advanced and continuing education for engineers in industry.

More requirements of the Rectorate.

• Candidates apply online to ETH Zurich.
• In your application you must state your preferences with regard to Master tutors, choosing at least two, ranked by priority (EPF Lausanne: separate letter attached with your application documents; ETH Zurich: online application form).
• You are recommended to submit your scores in the external page Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. 
• Independently of which of the two universities you are applying through, the Admission Committee will allocate you to the university at which you will be formally admitted and assign the tutor who will be responsible for you during the entire program. The allocation of the selected candidates to either ETH Zurich or EPF Lausanne is made on the following basis: Students with degrees from a Swiss university are free to choose the university at which to enrol. / Students from non-Swiss universities will be admitted, in approximately equal number, to both EPF Lausanne and ETH Zurich, the allocation being partly guided by the stated technical interests of the students (e.g. thermal-hydraulics at ETH Zurich, physics and materials at EPF Lausanne, energy systems at either ETH Zurich or EPF Lausanne).
• Please note that admission and registration for courses are two separate, independent procedures. Regardless of the university of primary enrolment, all students follow the same curriculum, so that all students will be registered for courses at EPF Lausanne for the first semester, and at ETH Zurich for the second. While studying away from their university of primary enrolment, you will be registered as “exchange” students at the host university.
• The Semester and Master’s research work will be carried out under the responsibility of a professor from either ETH Zurich or EPF Lausanne, irrespective of the university to which you have been admitted.

The D-MAVT Student Administration is responsible for the performance assessments.

All results/grades including ECTS are reported on myStudies under “Transcript of records”.

After receiving the results, students have 30 days to request an appealable decree, if they believe that the results are unjustified. Afterwards, legal steps can be taken.

The completed external page "Dienstverschiebungsformular für den AdA im Studium" needs to be verified by the D-MAVT Student Administration.

Afterwards, the students must forward the request for postponement to the external page military authority of their place of residence.

The application must be submitted to the external page military authority at least 14 weeks before the start of the military service.

In case of rejection, the Verbindungsstelle Armee - Hochschulen Zürich offers support and reevaluates requests.

The program deadline applying to each particular student is displayed in myStudies under “Deadlines: last possible date”. It is the student’s responsibility to observe the deadlines and to comply with them. Students must plan their curriculum accordingly.

If the study deadline cannot be met, a personal meeting with the Student Administration to discuss the further study plan is required.

If it is apparent after the meeting that an extension of the study deadline is required, a request may be submitted to the Vice Rector.

After gaining all required credit points, students may file the degree request via myStudies. Should the allocation of a performance assessment not be possible, the D-MAVT Student Administration can complete this retroactively.  

You can find more information about the Master's Graduation Ceremony here.