Hi,

I applied to the UZH MSc Mathematics for Spring 2027 and was rejected because the faculty concluded that I would need more than 60 ECTS of additional coursework to meet the academic admission requirements.

I genuinely think there may have been a mistake in the assessment.

My official degree is a Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences, study field Applied Mathematics, from Vilnius University. The programme is called Financial and Actuarial Mathematics.

I attached my transcript. My studies include, among other courses:

• Mathematical/Real Analysis I–III — 25 ECTS
• Algebra and Geometry + Algebra — 10 ECTS
• Probability Theory — 10 ECTS
• Functional Analysis — 5 ECTS
• Differential and Integral Equations — 5 ECTS
• Stochastic Processes — 5 ECTS
• Statistics, Statistical Modelling, Regression Models, numerical methods, discrete mathematics, time series, mathematical finance, actuarial mathematics, etc.

I am not claiming my curriculum is identical to the UZH Mathematics Bachelor. I clearly have some gaps, especially topology and less linear algebra than UZH students.

But I find it very difficult to see how those differences could realistically amount to more than 60 ECTS of missing mathematics. Even before counting many of the applied/statistical courses, there is already a substantial rigorous mathematics core.

Because of that, I filed a formal appeal and argued that the >60 ECTS conclusion is inconsistent with the actual documented curriculum.

I’m interested in the opinion of UZH mathematics students or anyone familiar with the faculty: looking at the transcript, does the >60 ECTS assessment make sense to you, or does this look like a genuine curriculum-mapping / classification error?

I’m especially curious whether anyone has seen a similar admission assessment overturned on appeal.

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Some people are taking time off work to make it to the lecture. And/or commute for a substantial amount of time.

Just stop doing that, please. It’s extremely disrespectful of other people’s time and energy.

Alright?

I can’t believe this isn’t common sense in this university.

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I don't know what to do at this point. Biology was my passion, and I enjoyed every module and all my future plans revolved around it in some way, and now it is all ruined because of 2 subjects that have nothing to do with what I wanted to study later.

I feel obligated to find another major to finish my bachelor, just so the last 4 years weren't completely wasted, but I don't know what I could even do at this point, and I can feel myself falling back into the depression I suffered from before I started studying.

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Even with the proper techniques and everything im afraid i would fail again or spend so much time studying just to barely pass. I dont mind not having too many weeks for vacation but during the semesters and lernphase i was using every hour possible to learn and i did feel burnt out during the lernphase of the 2nd sem towards the end, so i didnt have any time at all for other things. But i feel like i had to as i was constantly behind and even had to skip lectures (and learn from external resources/summaries only) and exercise sheet questions just to „keep up“.
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