Special Students “ETH Lausanne (EPFL)”

All undergraduate and graduate students fully enrolled for the semester at EPFL may also attend courses at ETH Zurich and undertake the corresponding performance assessments.

In order to do so they must register at ETH Zurich as Special Students.

Registering for the first time or after a break

Please fill out the registration form (PDF, 78 kB) in full and submit it to the Registrar’s Office by post or (in scanned form) by e-mail, or deliver it personally (see form for addresses).

The ETH Zurich Registrar’s Office will confirm your registration and first-time/post-break semester enrolment by post.

Registering for a succeeding semester

Special Students whose registration is active will automatically receive an e-mail (sent to their ETH e-mail address) in January (for the Spring Semester) or August (for the Autumn Semester) from the Registrar’s Office informing them that they may register for a succeeding semester.

Tuition fee

Registration as a Special Student, attendance of ETHZ courses and the sitting of examinations are free of charge for all EPFL undergraduate and graduate students fully enrolled for the semester at EPFL.

Information sheet

Please see the information sheet for Special Students (PDF, 74 kB) for further information on registering as a Special Student:

• — Registration: Period of validity, Procedure, Deadlines
• — Semester enrolment
• — Electronic registration for course units
• — Performance assessments: Types, Registration/Deregistration, Deadlines
• — Issuing of examination results / Transcript of records
• — Recognition of academic achievements
• — Basic IT services / Communication / Technical problems