Matriculation at University of Zurich

UZH Matriculation

Application Deadlines for doctoral students: 

31 January for the Spring term and 31 July for the Fall term

If you are already a student at the University of Zurich, make sure you stay enrolled and apply for the PhD program.

Important: Please note that if you hold a foreign degree, the admission procedure may take up to two or three months.

1. Fill out either the online application form in German or the pdf application form in English. The application form lists all the documents you need to provide, please also check the specifics listed for the Science Faculty.

Application page UZH

Online form

2. Pay the registration fee of CHF 100.- and send the payment slip or other proof of payment with your application.

3. Ask your supervisor to fill out the form “Bestätigung für Doktorierende“ confirming the supervision of your doctorate and to be found here. >>

Note: The above confirmation requires the signature of a Science Faculty member or a scientist with "Promotionsrecht",i.e. the right to supervise doctoral theses, at the Science Faculty 

MNF Registration 

Once you have been admitted as a PhD student at the University of Zurich and have received your immatriculation documents and the bill for the upcoming term, you will need to register your PhD project with the Science Faculty (MNF), see online registration below. You will obtain the link for registration about four months after your immatriculation at UZH.

MNF online registration for PhD students. >>

If your semester has not started yet, ask the office of student affairs of the MNF for a retroactive immatriculation to the presently active semester.

You will also be required to inform the Faculty of the members of your thesis committee within a few months of starting your PhD. Please check the ordinance and program regulations below for guidance regarding the composition of your thesis committee and other regulations.

Ordinance for obtaining a PhD at the Science Faculty UZH (in German) >>  

Program regulations doctoral studies at the Science Faculty UZH. >>

More links, facts sheets and charts of the procedure:

http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/programme.html

http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/studium/reglemente.html

http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/checkliste-fuer-doktorierende.html