Completion MSc Biology

When submitting your master's thesis, you also upload the PDF to https://studentadmin.mnf.uzh.ch/ and provide the final title along with the supervisor's name. Then, you arrange the date of the BIO 520 exam with your supervisor and the master's coordinator of your specialization.

Once the BIO 520 exam has been successfully completed and all grades are visible in the system, you can correctly assign the modules in the "Study Progress and Graduation" app (this is not done automatically) and apply for graduation. If you have also chosen a minor, you can only submit the graduation request once the minor has been fully completed.

The Biology Study Coordination and the Study Dean's Office will review the application, which may take 1-2 weeks. If anything is missing or unclear, you will be notified via email. Once the graduation has been processed and confirmed by the Study Dean's Office, you will receive a provisional confirmation. It may take some time to receive the official diploma.

Enrollment and Semester Fees: The relevant dates are the date of the last examination (or submission, as applicable) and the date on which the degree application is submitted. In order to graduate within the autumn semester 2026, the last examination (or submission) must have been completed before the start of classes in the spring semester (approximately mid-February 2027). You then have until 10 March 2027 to apply for graduation. The same applies in summer accordingly: graduation in the spring semester 2026 is only possible if the last examination takes place before the start of the semester in mid-September 2026 and the degree application is submitted by 10 October 2026. Please note that the Registrar’s Office ("Kanzlei UZH") does not make exceptions to these deadlines. If they are missed — for example, because grades are submitted too late — you will have to pay the full semester fees again, as the awarding of a degree also constitutes a service provided by the University.

Major/Minor Combination: It should be noted that you can only complete the program combination for which you are enrolled, and enrollment can only be changed in advance for the following semester. So, it is very important that you are correctly enrolled in the last semester; otherwise, you cannot graduate and will have to extend your studies to the next semester (and pay tuition fees for it).