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 send the signed DownloadWithdrawal form (PDF, 907 KB)vertical_align_bottom to the Registrar's office, if necessary, enclose the ETH Card (Article 20 external pageAdmissions Ordonance ETH Zurichcall_made, German only). The withdrawal will be processed and confirmed in writing. A withdrawal is only possible up to the end of the fourth week of the semester without incurring costs.
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 (Article 21 external pageAdmissions Ordinance ETH Zurichcall_made, German only).
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.
Further information in connection with leaving or exmatriculation - e.g. access to the ASVZ, availability of services etc. - can be found in the publication 'DownloadLeaving ETH: Important information (PDF, 179 KB)vertical_align_bottom' by the IT Services.