FAQ

A study in natural sciences is not an apprenticeship and therefore it is only possible to suggest occupational areas, not particular occupations.

Possibilities for the future include activities in Research and Development (universities, colleges of higher education, medical engineering, biomedical sciences, rehabilitation and sports medicine, ergonomics), Education (universities, colleges of higher education) and Consulting (health promotion, prevention, performance diagnostics, exercise counselling, health politics, insurance industry).

ETH Zurich still provides the teacher-​training in Sports as a supplementary training to the Bachelor/Master degree in Health Sciences and Technology (or Movement Sciences and Sport). There are qualification assessments for practical sporting aptitude (usually during the first Bachelor year).

Students have to fulfil an additional requirement of 60 credit points in didactics which for the most part are obtained after the Bachelor diploma and can partially be taken in the Health Sciences and Technology curriculum.

In addition, a minimum of 46 credit points from practical sports lectures have to be completed, which can also be partially taken within the curriculum of Health Sciences and Technology. Therefore, the teacher-​training takes place during and after the Bachelor and Master programmes.

The ETH Teacher’s Diploma in Sports is a mono-​subject formation. Biology is the realistic choice as a second subject but has to be accomplished through additional subject-​specific credit points.

Admission to a medical school in German-​speaking Switzerland is only possible by passing the qualification test (EMS, numerus clausus). In case there is a wish to change to medical school from the bachelor studies of Health Sciences and Technology, some courses taken can be counted towards it. Please contact the relevant university directly to find out about the possibilities of credit transfer.

A high level Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences and Technology in combination with a successful EMS test are required for a direct entry into the second year of medical studies at the University of Zurich; an appropriate request has to be submitted by the 1 March of the admission year, see information sheet (in German).

An admission to the undergraduate programme in sports science at the University of Basel is unrelated to the performance in the ETH curriculum in Health Sciences and Technology. Please note that the registration for the sport practical qualification exam in Basel must be made no later than mid-​February.

We do not have information regarding changing to the undergraduate study of sports science at the University of Bern. Again, the registration for the qualification test has to be submitted no later than mid-​February.

In both the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Health Sciences and Technology, subjects from the University of Zurich can be credited.

For the recognition of the CP in the Bachelor's Programme an application must be submitted to the Director of Studies, to the attention of the Study Programme Coordinator. Recognition of the CP in the Master's Programme is up to the tutor.

Students wishing to attend subjects at the University of Zurich must register in due time for the inter-university programme.

Please note the exact procedure in the instructions (only in German).

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