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Master'sSwitzerland · Engineering
MSc Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
ETH Zurich
✓ Last verified Oct 4, 2026
Entry requirements
- Grades
- Percentage — Minimum 88Required
- English(Any one of these tests)
- IELTS — Minimum 7Required
- TOEFL — Minimum 100Required
- CAE — Minimum 193Required
- Tests
- GRERequired
- Prior degree
- University Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology or a discipline meeting the academic prerequisitesRequired
- Knowledge equivalent to ETH's 134-credit EEIT requirement profile: Mathematics 40 credits , Physics 16, Electrical Engineering 36 , Computer Science 12, at least 18 credits from three third-year core courses and 12 credits of independent project workRequired
- Accepted English tests
- Level C1 proof required by the application deadline. IELTS Academic (incl. IELTS Online) 7.0 overall with min. 6.0 in each section; TOEFL iBT (incl. Home Edition) 100 for tests taken before 21 Jan 2026, 5.0 on the new scale for tests taken after 21 Jan 2026; C1 Advanced Grade B (193); C2 Proficiency Grade C (200). TOEFL/IELTS/CAE max. 2 years old; CPE and CAE Grade A max. 5 years old. Exemption: Bachelor's programme taught entirely in English, officially confirmed by the university's central administration. No other tests (e.g. PTE, Duolingo) are listed. Also accepted: CPE 200.
- How grades are compared
- China: minimum overall average grade 88/100 or 3.6/4; applicants whose current average is below the published minimum have 'no prospect of success' (https://ethz.ch/en/studies/master/application/international-bachelor/prerequisites/minimum-grade-requirements.html)
- Other requirements
- GRE General Test required for applicants whose Bachelor's degree is not from an EU/EFTA member state (so required for Chinese degrees); minimum expected scores: Analytical 3.5 / 50%, Quantitative 165 / 90%, Verbal 155 / 70%. GRE cannot be replaced by a GRE Subject Test or GMAT and is not waived for joint/double degrees (e.g. China-Italy, China-France 2+2); ETS code 3331. Two recommendation letters (academic referees preferred, also used for an ESOP scholarship application). Motivation letter of about one A4 page. Applicants must choose a specialisation matching their prior curriculum. For foreign EEIT Bachelor's: admission impossible if more than 30 credits of additional requirements in total, or more than 12 credits from Part 1 (basic knowledge), would be needed. Applicants from other disciplines need very good academic performance. Programme: 120 ECTS, 2 years.