Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP, formerly Erasmus)

An exchange period within SEMP must be at least 91 days and a maximum of 12 months.

• The internship programme (Erasmus Traineeships) for incoming students is not offered by ETH.
  
• Students from European universities we maintain a bilateral exchange agreement with can be nominated as exchange students if they conduct a project / thesis at ETH (even in study fields without an existing agreement). The minimal duration for such stays is three entire months.
• If your home university is a partner university of ETH but you have not been selected and nominated for an exchange period, you can apply as a project student.  

SEMP scholarships are paid as semester scholarships, regardless of the exact length of stay. Only students who receive a contractually guaranteed exchange place from their home university are eligible for the scholarship. When you apply online for SEMP, you automatically also apply for the scholarship. No separate application is necessary.

The amount of the scholarship depends on the country in which the home university is located.

• DK, FI, GB, IS, IE, LI, LU, NO, SE: 1,900 Swiss francs per semester
• AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FR, GR, HR, HU, IT, LT, LV, MK, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, RS, SI, SK, TR: 2,200 Swiss francs per semester

You can apply for a top-up for an environmentally friendly travel method.

ETH would like to make its contribution to sustainable development. The reduction of flight emissions is one of our declared goals. We therefore motivate all exchange students to choose alternative means of travel within Europe.

You can apply for a top-up of 100 Swiss francs can be applied for to cover the cost of travelling to and from your destination by train, bus and / or ferry if you are going abroad within this programme. The top-up will be added to the normal scholarship rate with the final payment.

The prerequisite is that the receipts for the for the outward and / or return journey are uploaded to Mobility-Online before the start of the semester. The receipt must contain your name, date of travel and the departure and arrival location.