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ETH Zurich
Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP)
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Scholarship, mentorship and an ETH Foundation network for excellent Master's students; MAS programmes are excluded.
Do I qualify 6 requirements
Do I qualify
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- institution Applicant from ETH Zurich or another university wishing to pursue a Master's degree at ETH Zurich
- Bachelor's programme results in the top 10% (grade A), based on self-assessment Exact current official rule
- Not open to: enrolment Already enrolled in a Master's degree programme at ETH Zurich Exact current official rule
- Not open to: degree Already holds a Master's degree Exact current official rule
- Not open to: degree Proposed programme is MAS Exact current official rule
- If starting ESOP with a leave of absence, applicant must be an ETH Bachelor student Exact current official rule
Not open to: already enrolled in a Master's degree programme at ETH Zurich; hold a Master degree; no MAS
- Level of study
- Master's
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Funding details
- CHF 12'000 per semester, from HS27 onwards 13'500 CHF; living and study expenses (CHF 12'000 per semester, from HS27 onwards 13'500 CHF) as well as a tuition fee waiver; a tuition fee waiver; scholarship covering living and study expenses
- Duration
- Duration of programme
- Host country
- Switzerland
- Host institution
- ETH Zurich
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How to apply
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- Create an eApply user account if you do not already have one, or log in using the appropriate external or ETH internal login. Required
- Complete the online Master's application and ESOP application through eApply within the first application window. This also applies to ETH Bachelor students continuing to a consecutive Master's programme. Required
- Upload the Master's admission documents and a self-developed Master's thesis pre-proposal using established scientific citation practice. ETH Bachelor students continuing consecutively must additionally provide a current academic record from myStudies without an official signature, an ESOP motivation letter, a CV and two professor recommendation letters. Required
- If the study programme does not request references, enter the names and email addresses of two professors in eApply, not postdocs or assistants. The system emails the referees, who have two weeks to upload their recommendation letters. Required
- Deadline
- 30 November 2026
- Deadline timezone
- MEZ
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
Details to confirm
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