Overview

Whether you seek a position in academia, government or industry,the Statistics program at ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology provides a kick-start for your career. Many fields have become increasingly data driven and, as a result, the role of statistics has become more and more important. Scientists who can extract and interpret information from complex data are in very high demand.

ETH Zurich is a world-leading university, located at the heart of Europe. Our flexible programme offers a wide range of lectures and hands-on projects to take you to the cutting edge of modern statistics and machine learning.

Career

Our program gives an excellent start for future careers in: universities, research institutes, pharmaceutical industry, insurance industry, financial industry, marketing, statistical consulting, data science.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Big Data for Engineers
Applied Stochastic Processes
Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus
Programming with R for Reproducible Research
Quantitative Risk Management
Optimization for Data Science

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-30 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-04-30 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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IELTS

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Zürich, Switzerland

Disciplines

Statistics View 4 other Masters in Statistics in Switzerland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

The program is aimed at a wide variety of students holding a Bachelor's or Master's degree and is very selective.

A solid foundation in Mathematics and Computer Science and very good GPA in your previous degree are expected.

Moreover, you need to be fluent in English.

The final decision on admission will be made by an admission committee.
You can apply with a degree from a university of applied sciences but you will have to visit a specified collection of additional courses as an additional requirement

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

1460 CHF / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

1460 CHF / year

≈ 1460 CHF / year

Living costs

Zürich

Switzerland

1920 - 2572 CHF / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

Career

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Student Insurance via Studyportals Partner

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Zürich

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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