Master’s degree
Master Architecture
ETH Zurich · Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) · Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Official award
- Master of Science ETH in ArchitectureMSc ETH
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campustwo years plus six-month internship
- Tuition
- CHF 730per semester, from autumn semester 2025
About this program
Two-year master's programme in architecture at ETH, to be supplemented by a six-month internship; the programme language is German with classes and examinations in German or English.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Department of Architecture (D-ARCH)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional status of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the degree name.
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Verified in official recordswissuniversities (list of Swiss higher education institutions accredited under the Higher Education Act, HEdA)Institutional recognitionFull statusCH
Scope: Institution-wide listing of ETH Zurich as an accredited Swiss university; this is not a programme accreditation or a professional validation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- two years plus six-month internship
- Credits
- 120 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Internship or placement
- Should be supplemented with an additional six-month internship period.
- Intakes
- Autumn (entry only in the fall, except ETH bachelor students)
- Campus
- ETH Zurich - Department of Architecture (Hönggerberg, Zürich)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German, English
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- A bachelor's degree meeting the programme's requirement profile (ETH general master's admission page).
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple tuition fee (fee group 1)Tuition | CHF 730per semester, from autumn semester 2025 | Simple tuition fee (e.g. Swiss or Liechtenstein citizens; residents when they obtained their entrance certificate) | 19 October 2026Source |
| Threefold tuition fee (fee group 2)Tuition | CHF 2,190per semester, from autumn semester 2025 | Threefold tuition fee (students who do not meet the simple-fee criteria) | 19 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, model-making, printing, software, equipment, field trips and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; architecture students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)