Starting your Master's Program at GIUZ

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Further Information

Links and Guidance

UZH application

The application for the Master at UZH is possible for fall semester until 30 April and for spring term until 30 November.

More information for the Application.

Guide to the Application portal

Admission letter of MNF

After applying at UZH, you will receive a decision in the form of an e-mail from the Faculty of Science. The email will inform you whether you have been admitted and you can access the admission document in the student portal. 

If you have to meet requirements (i.e. pass modules from GIUZ’s Bachelor program), these requirements are listed in a second document that can be read on the student portal.

You will receive the document from the Faculty of Science in the Student Portal at “Application”.

Conditions of required modules

If you have to meet requirements, you should check the conditions of the required modules, i.e. the language the course is taught in, fall/spring term, proof of performance etc.

Please note that a failed proof of performance (i.e. an exam) can only be repeated once!

Moreover, you need to pass these modules before you can start with your Master's Thesis

Some information are on the attached document of the letter and some you can look up in the Course Catalogue

If you need more help and guidance about your requirements, please contact the Student Advice

Semester fees

Please check if you paid your semester fees after receiving the bill.

If not, you will not be able to book any modules.

More Information about the semester fees.

You can find the invoice in the Student Portal at “My Requests and Invoices”.

Login data

Check if you have received the login data of UZH.

More information for new Students about Logins and more 

Guide to the IT Support.

More information about access data from UZH.

E-mail from Department of Geography

About one month before the lecture start, you will receive a welcome email from the Department of Geography (GIUZ).

If you did not receive this email, please contact the Student Advice

Module booking

The module booking is usually possible 4-5 weeks before the start of the lectures (mid-September and mid-February).

All information about the modules at GIUZ can be found here. In the Course Catalogue, you will find further information about booking deadlines and requirements of the modules.

The compulsory modules GEO 410 for Geography and ESS 401 for Earth System Science need to be booked first (both take place in the autumn semester).

Information about the module booking process, how to book modules and the deadlines.

You can look up your modules in the Student Portal under “Search UZH Course catalog” and book them at “Noted Items & Module Booking”.

If you need help, please contact the Student Advice

First lecture of GEO 410

For Geography Students only: First lecture of GEO 410 visited (Monday, first week of fall term). There, you will receive additional information about the Geography Master’s program.

More Information about the Module GEO 410.

Contact ESS coordinator

For ESS Students only: As soon as possible, you should contact ESS’s Master’s program coordinator.

You will discuss your curriculum (i.e. choice of track) with Dr. Maarten Eppinga at the beginning of your studies of ESS.

MSc information event for external students

The Department of Geography offers an information event for external students, if you have just started the Master's program, you should come to this information event. You will also receive further information and can ask questions if anything is still unclear.

If you did not receive any information about the event, please contact the Student Advice

Starting your Master’s thesis

Before you start your Master's thesis (earliest in the 2nd semester of your Master program), you should contact a potential supervisor and discuss the topic and process of your thesis.

More information about the Master’s thesis at GIUZ

At the end of the program, when all modules have been completed and added to the study portal (including Master's thesis and Master's examination), the modules can be assigned in the Student Portal under “Study Progress & Graduation”.

It is important that the requirements should not be assigned to the Master's degree but to the requirements separately.