ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich does not work like the US Common App, and for bachelor admission it does not ask for an essay at all. Admission to an ETH bachelor program is decided on your school-leaving certificate and, for most international applicants, the ETH entrance examination, a real subject exam in mathematics, physics, chemistry and more that is conducted in German. The application goes through ETH's own eApply portal, not a centralized service, and ETH is blunt about extras: the official instructions say to not upload any letters of motivation, portfolios, distinctions or reference letters, because they "are not relevant for admission to Bachelor's studies and will not be considered."

So if you came here hoping to polish a personal statement for an ETH bachelor seat, the most useful thing we can tell you is to put that energy into your grades, your German (the bachelor is taught in German, with C1-level proficiency expected), and entrance-exam prep instead. Where your writing genuinely counts at ETH is later and adjacent: the statement of purpose and motivation letter for ETH master's programs, and the motivation essays for scholarships such as the Excellence Scholarship. This page coaches that writing, the kind ETH actually reads, in an honest, ETH-specific way.

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