Recognition of study achievements (Master's degree programme)

Principles

You are expected to complete your entire Master’s degree programme at ETH Zurich.

A  request for recognition of previous ETH study achievements must be submitted to the study administration office of your Master's degree programme; please check the following points:

• Credits earned at another institute of higher education (domestic or foreign) prior to enrolling at ETH Zurich, cannot be transferred to a Master’s degree programme.
• Credits earned at ETH Zurich can, in general, only be transferred if they haven’t already been used for an academic degree (exceptions may apply, see "Special cases").
• Credits are only transferred upon written request of the student to the Study Administration Office of the respective Master’s degree programme; there is no automatic credit transfer.
• Auditors at ETH Zurich cannot earn credit points for courses attended. Courses taken as an auditor are not eligible for recognition (not applicable to special students (Fachstudierende), exchange students, and guest students).
• Waiver of additional requirements: after acceptance of our admission offer the terms are non-​negotiable. Requests to substitute or be freed from an additional requirement in the Master’s degree programmes are unlikely to be granted.
• There is no entitlement to credit transfer.
• If a request for recognition of study achievements has been submitted and approved, then all exams, including failed ones, which correspond to the study plan will be added to the maximum permitted number of exam attempts.
• Special rules apply to the transfer of "SIP–Science in Perspective" credit points.