Courses
All courses are in English. With the exception of the compulsory courses, students can choose their courses freely, in agreement with their tutor, from the whole of the ETH course catalogue. To complete the MEST progamme, students are required to gain 120 ECTS credits.
Compulsory and elective courses must account for 64 ECTS credit points. An additional 2 ECTS credit points must be obtained from the Science in Perspective courses offered by the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS).
Course Catalogue:
Choosing lectures
The MEST programme offers a student the flexibility of tailoring their own curriculum. Compulsory and elective courses are chosen in accordance with the tutor. Students might want to talk to colleagues or consider examples of previous students before the discussion with the tutor.
Once the lectures are decided upon, the online Tutor/Learning Agreement is updated.
Additional requirements
These are usually courses from various ETH bachelor degree programmes. A student might be requested by the admission committee to fulfill additional requirements in order to strengthen their basic knowledge in one of the fields of the MEST. Students who are requested to undertake such additional courses will have to fulfill more than the standard number of ECTS credits in order to receive their master degree.
A student would be informed of any additional courses required along with their letter of admission onto the MEST programme. They are not part of the tutor/learning agreement.
For more information, read the overview of MEST studies