Health insurance
The information is for bachelor, master, joint-master, MAS, exchange and mobility students at ETH Zurich.
Doctoral students, post-docs and guests of ETH Zurich contact the Welcome Center.
- Health insurance coverage is mandatory for any person residing in Switzerland for more than 3 months.
- The compulsory basic insurance covers medical treatment in the event of illness and accident.
- You are free to choose your insurance company. The basic insurance comprises the same benefits for all insurers, but the monthly premiums vary a lot according to insurance model and age.
- There are special packages for international students. These are for students from non-EU/EFTA countries without an EU health insurance card or for students from EU/EFTA countries with an EU health insurance card who start to work beside studying.
- Students with a private health insurance can apply for an exemption from compulsory health insurance, but in our experience this is rejected in almost all cases.
- Within 3 months after arrival in Switzerland
a) Students from EU/EFTA countries with an EU health insurance card: have to apply for an exemption from the mandatory health insurance obligation
or
b) Students from non-EU/EFTA countries have to take out a students health insurance and apply for an exemption from the "normal" health insurance.
- If you fail to comply with the 3 month deadline, you will be allocated an insurer by the authority. This becomes very expensive!
- For more information see external pageThe compulsory health insurance in a nutshellcall_made brochure from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
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Please note: The information on this page is meant for information purposes only. No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information. The rules and regulations may have changed in the meantime. For legally binding information please contact the respective authorities.
Contact
For BSc, MSc, Joint Master and MAS students
ETH Zurich
Raemistr. 101
HG F 22.3
8092
Zurich
Switzerland
For exchange students
ETH Zurich
Raemistr. 101
HG F 23.1
8092
Zurich
Switzerland