Master
Students have to select one out of five specialisations in the Master's degree programme. Prescribed compulsory lectures amounting to 36 credits have to be completed in each specialisation. They consist of four compulsory modules, each comprising 9 credits. Two further modules, each valued at 9 credits, have to be selected.
A large number of elective subjects from the range of courses offered at the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich enable students to further focus in the selected specialisation or extend the breadth of their education.
The Master's degree programme ends with the Master's thesis. 120 ECTS credits are needed for the award of a Master's degree.
Graduates from other Swiss and foreign universities with corresponding degrees can be admitted to the Master's degree programme. Additional requirements generally have to be met. More information
The Master's degree programme offers five majors to choose. Each specialisation includes compulsory modules and modules that can be selected. Assignment of the compulsory modules for each individual specialisation is defined in the Course Catalogue.
Compulsory Specialisation Modules:
They introduce students to core specialist knowledge in the selected major and form the basis of the Master's degree programme.
Selectable Specialisation Modules:
They deliver specific specialist environmental engineering knowledge in the selected major and provide in-depth knowledge in selected subject areas.
Each module consists of several course units. A module only counts towards the Master's degree programme if a minimum of 9 credits has been awarded in the module in question.
The specialisations are briefly introduced here
Students have to write a project work in the selected specialisation in the 3rd semester. The project papers generally extend over the duration of a semester. 12 credits are awarded for a project work passed.
The Master's thesis forms the completion of the Master's degree programme. It is written in the subject discipline of the selected specialisation and supervised by a professor of the major in question. The maximum duration period for writing the Master's thesis is six months. 30 credits are awarded for a successful Master's thesis.
Electives serve to enhance the student's specialist knowledge, enable them to acquire deeper knowledge in selected subject areas and obtain broad knowledge of humanities, social and political sciences. In these two categories 12 credits are required from the electives and 2 credits from the compulsory electives in humanities, social and political sciences.
Lectures are predominantly held in English. More information on language requirements