Studies

Smartphones and supercomputers, hearing aids and electron microscopes, spacecrafts and industrial robots: they all contain lots of sophisticated electronics. With a combination of hardware and software, math and physics, imagination and business sense, electrical engineers create and bring to perfection the inner workings of so many "intelligent" things.

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Broschüre Studium Elektrotechnik und Ingenieurwissenschaften

What we offer

Electrical engineers shape the future. Thanks to them, progress is being made in the fields of communication technology, energy technology, biomedical engineering, photonics, and electronics. The degree programme provides solid theoretical and practical foundations and offers a wide range of specialisations. Excellent career prospects and the opportunity to take part in cutting-edge research are further reasons of favour of this programme.

D-ITET is a first-class educational institution where teaching is strongly linked to world-class research. Our Bachelor's programme prepares for our Master's programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. In addition, we offer a number of interdisciplinary Master's programmes in collaboration with other departments of ETH. Doctoral studies lead to the forefront of research and push it further.

Enlarged view: Curriculum Electrical Engineering

The programme divides into two stages: the first three years of study (6 semesters) lead to the Bachelor’s, four more semesters to the Master’s. The Bachelor’s programme teaches the necessary fundamentals of mathematics, physics, and computer science, as well as the theoretical and methodological foundations of electrical engineering/electronics.

Three main themes are distinctive throughout the curriculum:

physics, electrical engineering, electronics
digital circuits, computers, and computer science
theory of signals, systems, information, communication, and control

In all of this, mathematics is essential.

The schedule for the first four semesters is predefined. From the third year of study, thus from the fifth semester onwards, there is plenty of room for individual choices and different specialisations.

The Master's programme includes semester projects and finishes up with a Master's thesis of 6 months.

With a completed Bachelor's programme, you can also continue your studies in one of several interdisciplinary Master Programs.