Tutors

The Master's Program is a tutor-driven program. The aim of the tutor system is to help create an individualized curriculum for the student and to provide one-to-one support: it ensures a top-class, specialized education which takes into account the student's talents and expectations. Tutors coach their students throughout the program, monitoring their progress and proposing any necessary adjustments required to enhance their performance.

The tutor approves the student’s choice of Core and Multidisciplinary Courses and approves the subject and the supervisor of the Semester Project and Master’s Thesis, thus ensuring that their individual requirements and interests can be followed. The individual study plan is defined in the Learning Agreement on myStudies.

During the application phase each Master student must select an authorized faculty member working in the desired area of specialization to be their academic tutor. The tutor will be specified in the admission letter.

The listed professors of the different departments at ETH Zurich are authorized to act as tutors.

A change of tutor is possible at the beginning of a semester and has to be requested through filling in the form Download Change of tutor (PDF, 76 KB). The Director of Studies decides on the approval or rejection. If the change of tutor is approved, the student has to submit an updated Learning Agreement on myStudies and inform the former tutor.