Withdrawal/Deregistration

Graduating students are automatically dematriculated on the date they receive the Bachelor’s/Master’s degree; no further action is required on their part.

Students who wish to withdraw from ETH Zurich before graduating should inform the Registrar’s Office in writing via the withdrawal form (PDF, 537 kB), enclosing the ETH Card. The confirmations of matriculation (Immatrikulationsbestätigungen) must also be returned when withdrawing within the first four weeks of the semester.

Any student who

• fails to enrol for the semester
• fails to pay the semester fees
• fails to respect an examination deadline or the maximum duration of studies

will be dematriculated. Other measures may also apply, e.g. prosecution for non-payment of fees.

Withdrawal or dematriculation does not exempt students from the consequences of failure to respect programme deadlines (including deadlines for registering/deregistering for examinations and for sitting, e.g., the first-year examinations). Said consequences may involve, for example, exclusion from the degree programme or limitations on programme choice upon re-entry.