ETH card

All students receive an ETH card. It acts as a visual identity as well as an electronic  identity card. The ETH card will be issued for the entire duration of your studies at ETH Zurich. Students also keep it in case of:

• a change of study (within ETH Zurich)
• a change of the degree programme (BSc -> MSc)
• a leave of absence
• enrolment to supplementary teaching training like Teaching Diploma or DZ, to Doctoral studies or a Continuing Education MAS.

Validation

You need to validate your card every semester. After you have enrolled via 'myStudies' for the new semester, you have to validate your ETH card at one of the eight validation terminals.
Please enrol as early as possible and by no later than the end of the second week of the semester.

After enrolment you will receive by regular mail a set of matriculation confirmations, one of which can be used as a substitute for validation.

Replacement

A replacement for a lost or stolen ETH card is available for Bachelor and Master students from the Registrar's Office for a charge of CHF 25.-.

You must make a personal appearance at the counter in the Registrar's Office. It generally only takes a few minutes to process a new ETH card (student ID).