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Students' information events

The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) regularly organizes information events to support their students to succeed in their studies. On this page you find the event dates and the newest presentations.

Upcoming events

The info event about the Focus Projects took place on 16 May 2024. You can find the presentations below in the "Focus Project" tab.

For your Bachelor's studies

Preparing students for their studies and meeting fellow students for the first time. Registration takes place after admission to the Bachelor's program in Mechanical Engineering.

The new Bachelor's students receive a brief overview of ETH Zurich and D-MAVT and how the Bachelor's program will proceed.

  • Date: first day of fall semester (Monday)
  • Target group: students starting their 1st semester

Download Presentation Welcome Day (Bachelor) 2024 (in German) (PDF, 5.9 MB)

The students receive useful advice on how to succeed in their first year of studies.

  • Date: October/November
  • Target group: students in the 1st semester

Download Presentation Erfolgreich@MAVT (PDF, 940 KB) 25.10.2023

Experts provide tips on how to deal with failure, what to look for when repeating, and what alternative paths to education and employment are available.

  • Date: first week of fall semester
  • Target group: students who did not pass the first-year exams on their first try

Download Presentation Block A und/oder Block B nicht bestanden 18.09.2024 (PDF, 3.4 MB)

Experts provide tips on how to deal with failure, what to look for when repeating, and what alternative paths to education and employment are available.

  • Date: end of February/beginning of March
  • Target group: students who did not pass the exam block 1 on their first try

Download Presentation of March 2, 2023 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

The professors or project supervisors presents ongoing focus projects or new project ideas to be realized in fifth and sixth semester.

  • Date: May
  • Target group: students in the 4th semester

Download Presentation from the info event on 16 May 2024 (PDF, 28.1 MB)

List of the HS 2024 / FS 2025 Focus Projects:

  1. Professor Shea - ARGOS
  2. Professor D'Andrea - The Way of Water
  3. Professor Onder - CELLSIUS Project H2
  4. Professor Mohr - Formula Student Electric
  5. Professor Katzschmann - Reef Ranger
  6. Professor Meboldt - High Performance Cryogenic Rocket Engine
  7. Professor Siegwart - MONKEE - MObile manipulator Navigating unKnown Elevated Environments
  8. Professor Bambach - Modular evolving industrial robots
  9. Professor Hutter - Extraterrestrial Surface Exploration Robot
  10. Professor Zeilinger - Underwater Swarm Robotics
  11. Professor Kochmann - Swissloop: New directions for the Hyperloop

D-MAVT CARES was launched in December 2018 to contribute to the external page UN "Sustainable Development Goals". It supports new sustainable Focus Projects.

external page Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-2019, Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE

For your Master's studies

The new Master's students receive a brief overview of ETH Zurich and D-MAVT and how the Master's program will proceed.  

  • Date: first day of fall semester (Monday)
  • Target group: students starting their 1st semester

Download Presentation Welcome Day (Master) 16.09.2024 (PDF, 4.4 MB)

Other information events

The students receive information on the opportunities for an exchange semester.

  • Date: October/November
  • Target group: Bachelor's students from the 5th semester and Master's students

Download Presentation Exchange 2024 (PDF, 698 KB)

The professors of D-MAVT present their laboratory and its research focus. The aim is to support the Bachelor's students in their search for a Bachelor's thesis as well as in the choice of tutor for the Master's studies.

  • Date: November
  • Target group: Bachelor's students in the 5th semester
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