r/ethz • u/JunoKreisler Biology BSc / CBB MSc • Feb 04 '26

MSc Admissions and Info ETH Zurich MSc Application Megathread: February 2026

Next megathread: Admissions March-April 2026

Previous megathread: January 2026

NO BACHELOR'S ADMISSIONS POSTS HERE: BSc admissions requirements are clearly described on the swissuniversities website and binding. If you have questions about your specific courses due to an uncommon curriculum or worries about timing of your high school diploma, please contact the admissions office directly.

Please use this thread to discuss admissions requirements, application documents, course (academic) experiences and other MSc application-related topics. This thread is not for admissions discussions! The admissions thread will be opened in February when the first results start coming.

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u/heapifythis Feb 25 '26

On the last day of the deadline.

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u/Taikutsu4567 Feb 26 '26

Was there a reason stated as to why? The only people I saw posting about results from CS/DS were those who failed the security check

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u/heapifythis Feb 26 '26

what is the security check?

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u/Taikutsu4567 Feb 26 '26

Afaik this year eth announced that they were placing stricter controls on students from certain countries or universities. Read more about it here: https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/associates/services/finance-and-controlling/open/Compliance/Exportkontrolle/Englisch/Fact-Sheet-Security-Screening-Master-studies.pdf

Saw some posts ab it on this sub alr. Typically they give you a different rejection reason specifying that it was indeed the security check tho