Academic calendar
Important dates for students and staff at the Department of Earth Sciences.
Semester dates
Overview of semester dates
2024
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | 15.04.2024 | Showadd |
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| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 19.04.2024 | |
| Labour Day | 01.05.2024 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 10.05.2024) | 09.05.2024 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Whitsuntide | 18.05.2024 - 20.05.2024 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | 31.05.2024 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 12.07.2024 | |
| Swiss National Day | 01.08.2024 | Showadd |
| Buildings closed | ||
| Examination session | 05.08.2024 - 30.08.2024 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 32-35 | ||
| Information days for final-year secondary school students | 04.09.2024 - 05.09.2024 | Showadd |
| Wednesday and Thursday, calendar week 36 | ||
| "Knabenschiessen" (local Zurich holiday) | 09.09.2024 | Showadd |
| Buildings open! | ||
| Start Autumn semester | 16.09.2024 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Welcome for new students | 16.09.2024 | Showadd |
| No classes | ||
| Classes begin | 17.09.2024 | |
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 25.10.2024 | |
| Dies Academicus ("ETH Day") | 16.11.2024 | Showadd |
| Main building HG closed, Sport Center Polyterrasse MM open | ||
| Polyball (annual student prom) | 30.11.2024 | Showadd |
| Buildings HG and MM closed starting Saturday, 17:00 h and Sunday | ||
| End of Autumn semester | 20.12.2024 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Christmas break | 24.12.2024 - 02.01.2025 | Showadd |
| Christmas break - Buildings closed from 12 h (midday) up to and including 2 January | ||
2025
| Entrance examinations | 13.01.2025 - 23.01.2025 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 3&4 | ||
| Examination session | 20.01.2025 - 14.02.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 4-7 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 24.01.2025 | |
| Start Spring semester | 17.02.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 11.04.2025 | |
| Week after Easter: no classes | 18.04.2025 - 27.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes up to and including Sunday, April 27, 2025 | Buildings closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday! | ||
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | 28.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Labour Day | 01.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 30.05.2025) | 29.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | 30.05.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Whitsuntide | 07.06.2025 - 09.06.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 11.07.2025 | |
| Swiss National Day | 01.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings closed | ||
| Examination session | 04.08.2025 - 29.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 32-35 | ||
| Information days for final-year secondary school students | 03.09.2025 - 04.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Wednesday and Thursday, calendar week 36 | ||
| Start Autumn semester | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Welcome for new students | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes | ||
| "Knabenschiessen" (local Zurich holiday) | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings open! | ||
| Classes begin | 16.09.2025 | |
| Application deadline session examinations and end of semester examinations | 12.10.2025 | Showadd |
| End of fourth semester week | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 24.10.2025 | |
Further dates for students and staff
Meeting dates Department of Earth Sciences
Department conference & Professors' conference
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 14.05.2024 | |
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| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 01.10.2024 | |
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 26.11.2024 | |
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 04.03.2025 |
Master's degree graduation ceremony
| Masterfeier | Friday, 29.11.2024 |
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Grading conference
| NoK IDUK | Thursday, 12.09.2024 | |
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| NoK IDUK | Thursday, 20.02.2025 |
Teaching commission
| UK | Monday, 06.05.2024 | |
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| UK | Monday, 23.09.2024 | |
| UK | Monday, 18.11.2024 | |
| UK | Monday, 24.02.2025 |
Contact
Friederike Brütsch
Department Coordinator
ETH Zurich
Dep. of Earth Sciences
Sonneggstrasse 5
NO D 57
8092
Zurich