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ETH Zurich University is inviting applications for the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Master Programme for the 2023/2024 academic session.
ETH Zurich supports excellent master students with two scholarship Programmes: The Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) supports students with a scholarship, mentorship and a network of the ETH Foundation. The scholarship covers the full study and living costs during the Master’s degree course. The ETH-D Scholarship contains a partial stipend as well as additional offers by the Department (assistantship or additional scholarship).
Worth of Award
- The Excellence Scholarship consists of a grant covering living and study expenses (CHF 12’000 per semester) as well as a tuition fee waiver.
- The scholarship starts with the Master’s degree Programme and is awarded for the regular duration of the Master’s Programme (three or four semesters).
- The ETH-D Scholarship consists of a partial stipend for living and study expenses (CHF 7’500 per semester) as well as a tuition fee waiver.
- The department will additionally provide a scholarship of CHF 3’000 per semester or offer an assistantship (with a payment of CHF 500 – 600 per month).
- The scholarship starts with the Master’s degree Programme and is awarded for the regular duration of the Master’s Programme (three or four semesters).
Eligibility
The following are the eligibility criteria;
- The scholarship Programmes are open to excellent students (national and international) wishing to pursue their Master’s degree at ETH Zurich.
- A very good result in a Bachelor’s degree Programme (top 10% of Bachelor’s degree Programme = grade A)
- Reachability under the specified telephone number (The selection process includes a (Skype) interview in February)
How to Apply
Applicants should submit the following documents;
- ESOP letter of motivation (1-2 pages)
- Pre-proposal for your Master’s thesis
- CV
- ETH-Bachelor: Two reference letters
- All information provided in the application must be complete, correct and handled in by time (15 December).
- The pre-proposal for the Master’s thesis must be developed by yourself and use established scientific citation practice.
- Plagiarism, negligent or intentional misinformation will lead to exclusion from the admission process or – if discovered later – to the revocation of the admission and of any scholarship.
- If you are applying for more than one Master’s Programme, please submit a separate application form for each degree Programme.
Deadline: Application closes December 15, 2022