Extending your stay

An extension must fulfil conditions and will lead to subsequent tasks.

Scholarship extension

  • Your scholarship is prolongable up to 36 months in total.
  • It is awarded in three steps of 12 months each based on the achieved academic results.

Regular extension

  • In approximately January or February, the Reception Service informs you and your supervisor about the procedure to submit an extension request letter to the FCS Delegate.
  • To avoid any delay in this process, please discuss the matter with your supervisor (if necessary the Doctoral Administration Office or the person responsible for doctoral studies in the department) and plan accordingly.
  • An extension is only granted if you have passed the aptitude colloquium for which you need to submit your doctoral plan within one year from the start of your doctoral studies at the latest.
  • You must upload your final confirmation of your admission to doctoral studies by 30 September in Mobility-Online. (The confirmation is titled "Definitive Zulassung zum Doktorat / Formal Admission to the Doctoral Studies Programme" or similiar.) Should you not be able to adhere to this deadline, inform the Reception Service.

After the 36-month limit

  • Should you need more time to finish your doctorate, discuss this with your supervisor at an early stage.
  • Shortly before the end of the scholarship, the Reception Service will ask your supervisor about the progress of your doctorate and – if necessary – whether further funding is secured (see point 3 in the relevant directives).
  • If you have the opportunity to choose between continuing your doctorate under the old or new regulations, and opt for the new regulations, notify the Reception Service.

Tasks after the scholarship extension

If you applied for an excemption from compulsory health insurance

  • Check the expiration date on the confirmation of your excemption.
    • If your excemption is valid at least to the end of your extended stay, you do not need to do anything.
    • Should your excemption have expired, send the confirmation to the Reception Service for further advice.
  • Should you have never received a confirmation, contact the Reception Service.

If you did not apply for an excemption from compulsory health insurance

Your health insurance contract should continue. Check your policy to be sure.

Anmerkung sbe

Hoffentlich ist meine Aussagen für die Studis ohne Befreiung korrekt. Dazu stand nichts im E-Mail "Extension Approved".

Contact persons

  • Administrative matters: Reception Service, Sandra Zweifel, , Tel +41 44 632 51 52
  • Academic matters: FCS Delegate, Prof. Stefano Bernasconi, , Tel +41 44 632 36 93

Quellen (bei Interesse)

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