Basics

With your enrollment documents you’ll receive a password letter from Central IT containing your digital access details. You’ll find everything you need to know about your personal UZH Account on the Central IT website:
Central IT: Passwords and Account

All students at UZH get a personal email address. Messages relating to your studies are sent to this address. You should therefore set up your email account as soon as you receive the access details.
Central IT: E-mail

Using remote VPN access allows you to access the UZH network and internal services when you’re off site. You’ll also find instructions on setting up a VPN connection on the Central IT website:
Central IT: External UZH Network Access (VPN)

After matriculation and successful payment of your semester fees, you’ll receive your personal UZH Card. The UZH Card is your identity card, library card and electronic access card to enter UZH buildings and premises. The UZH Card has to be validated at the start of every semester. Everything you need to know about this can be found on the UZH Card website:
www.uzhcard.uzh.ch

You can complete all the administrative processes related to your studies directly on the Student Portal. You’ll receive the access details with your enrollment documents.
Login Student Portal

All the details on study administration and instructions on the individual processes in the Study Portal can be found under “Studies Organization”.
Studies Organization

Reviewing semester enrollment

When you matriculate onto a study program, you are automatically enrolled for the first and upcoming semesters. So you only need to take action if there’s a change to your study plans.
Studies Organization: Semester Enrollment

Paying semester fees

After expiry of the semester enrollment review period, the invoice for semester fees is automatically issued and available for download in the Student Portal under “My requests and invoices”.

Booking modules

As soon as your tuition fees have been received, you’ll get access to the module booking tool. You can then search, select and book modules – subject to the applicable module booking deadlines. For this purpose, we’ve put together a separate page with all the key information on booking modules.
Plan: Booking Modules

Reviewing academic achievement

All the details of your exam results, transcripts of records and your study progress can be found under “Studies Organization”.
Studies Organization: Progression and Graduation

FAQs and Support

FAQs on the key topics: Studies Organization FAQs
Administrative support on organizing your studies: Contact form
Technical support on the Student Portal: Central IT: Support

Spring Semester (SS): 1 February to 31 July

Courses start: week 8
Courses end: week 22

Fall Semester (FS): 1 August to 31 January

Courses start: week 38
Courses end: week 51

Dates and Addresses: Semester Dates

Key Deadlines

Mid-January: Start of module booking period for SS
Mid-August: Start of module booking period for FS
Studies Organization: Booking and Cancellation Deadlines SS
Studies Organization: Booking and Cancellation Deadlines FS

Examination Dates

The examination dates vary according to your study program and booked modules and are published directly alongside the modules in the course catalogue.
Course Catalogue