Overview

Humans are increasingly influencing the Earth’s natural system. The consequences are noticeable at multiple scales from a local, regional and global level. These interactions between the use of natural resources and environmental changes are at the heart of the Earth System Science course from University of Zurich.

Career possibilities

The broad scope of Earth System Science enables students to work in a diverse range of fields. Given the social significance of topics such as environmental protection, natural hazards and support of growing human population, the jobs for Earth system scientists are interesting and challenging. Furthermore, electronic data processing will become increasingly important in our society, which is in turn expected to have a positive influence on the employment of Earth system scientists in this field in the future.

Earth system scientists may find job opportunities in the following fields:

Science and Research

Industry and Public Sector

Teaching and Training

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Environmental Policy of the EU

Population Ecology

Contemporary Analysis for Ecology

Analyzing the plant-soil system

Environmental archives and age determination

Political Geography

Current challenges in plant-soil systems

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-31 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-02-28 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2025-04-30 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2026-02-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-31 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-07-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2025-11-30 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

IELTS

7

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TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Earth Sciences View 10 other Masters in Earth Sciences 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

IELTS

7

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

The following academic degrees exempt the holder from having to pass any further examinations for admission to the a Master’s degree course:

A Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich, whereby the Faculty determines which types of the Bachelor's degree are required for admission to the respective Master's degree courses.

Corresponding degrees of Swiss and foreign universities which are generally recognized by the Faculty, or recognized by subject.

In terms of paragraph such degrees are reviewed according to the stipulations of § 3 of the Bologna guideline of the Swiss University Conference.

Further possibilities for admission to a Master’s degree course: the Faculty assesses all other qualifications, in particular those from universities of applied sciences, according to its own criteria, whereby.

Tuition Fee

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International

1440 CHF/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 720 CHF per semester during 12 months.
National

1440 CHF/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 720 CHF per semester during 12 months.

Surcharge for foreign students at Master: 100 CHF

Living costs for Zürich

1920 - 2572 CHF /month

Living costs

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

Funding

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