1. Framework
This page covers aspects of a one-year research stay at ETH Zurich as an FCS visiting student within the framework of Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships.
- FCS visiting student
- Enrolled by the Reception Service as FCS visiting students
- Note: Scholarship holders who carry out their one-year research visit at Eawag, Empa, PSI or WSL must also enrol as FCS visiting students at ETH Zurich and fulfil the conditions.
- Master's degree or equivalent qualification
- Note: If your scholarship application is successful, you must submit your final Master's transcripts / Master's degree to ETH by 30 June (non-negotiable) to ensure matriculation as an FCS visiting student by 1 September of the same year. If necessary, clarify before applying for the scholarship whether you can meet this deadline in view of the processes and deadlines at your home university.
- 1 September. Deviating from this start date is not foreseen.
- Should the start time deviate, inform the Reception Service immediately. Any problems caused by an early or late start will be the responsibility of the grantee.
- Tuition fees are waived
The immigration authorities of canton Zurich identify a sum of CHF 1750 per month as necessary. That sum does not include individual expenses for clothes, leisure, telephone, contingencies. (The cost of living in Basel are described in the fact sheet below.) Accommodation is usually the biggest cost item due to the high demand and very limited supply.
Those costs depend strongly on personal lifestyle, so the following information is only a rough guideline.
The information only applies in part at research institutes of the ETH Domain (Eawag, Empa, WSL, PSI). Address queries to the Reception Service.