Until now Latin has been a formal requirement at UZH for degree programs in the humanities, including history, Romance language and literature, musicology and other programs. From Fall Semester 2019, students will be able to remedy gaps in their knowledge of Latin (depending on the specific requirements of their subject) in a single compulsory module worth 6 ECTS credits (basic Latin) or in two modules worth 12 ECTS credits (full proficiency in Latin).

Students with a Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Latin as a main or basic subject are deemed to have met the requirements of the compulsory Latin module and instead do certain other coursework worth 6 ECTS credits (or 12 ECTS credits for Latin, Medieval Latin, and Greek philology).

If you have already completed the 12-ECTS-credit Latin module at the UZH and ETH Zurich Language Center before Fall Semester 2019, you are likewise deemed to have completed the requirements of a new compulsory module. In this case the 12 ECTS credits can be credited to your degree. If your coursework was graded, you can decide before graduating whether Latin is credited to your degree as graded or ungraded coursework.

For the discontinued degree programs, for which a knowledge of Latin is a study requirement, the following applies: As previously, for these programs the ECTS credits you acquire with the proof of Latin skills cannot be credited to your degree.

Latein im Bachelorstudium

Studienprogramm		Grundlagen	Latein II
Altertumswissenschaften	Minor	Pflicht
Archäologien	Major	Pflicht
Archäologien	Minor	Pflicht
Französische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Französische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Minor	Pflicht
Geschichte	Major	Pflicht
Geschichte	Minor	Pflicht
Griechische Philologie	Major	Pflicht
Griechische Philologie	Minor	Pflicht
Iberoromanische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Iberoromanische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Minor	Pflicht
Italienische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Italienische Sprach- und Literaturwiss.	Minor	Pflicht
Lateinische Philologie	Major	Pflicht	Pflicht
Lateinische Philologie	Minor	Pflicht	Pflicht
Musikwissenschaft	Major	Pflicht
Musikwissenschaft	Minor	Pflicht
Vergleichende Romanische Sprachwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Vergleichende Romanische Sprachwiss.	Minor	Pflicht

 Latein im Masterstudium*

Studienprogramm		Grundlagen	Latein II
Altertumswissenschaften	Mono	Pflicht
Alte Geschichte	Minor	Pflicht
Archäologische Kulturwissenschaften	Mono		Pflicht
Geschichte	Major	Pflicht
Geschichte	Minor	Pflicht
Geschichte des Mittelalters	Minor	Pflicht
Iberoromanische Sprachwiss. / Literaturwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Iberoromanische Sprachwiss. / Literaturwiss.	Minor	Pflicht
Italienische Sprachwiss. / Literaturwiss.	Major	Pflicht
Italienische Sprachwiss. / Literaturwiss.	Minor	Pflicht
Mediävistik	Major	Pflicht
Mittellateinische Philologie	Minor	Pflicht	Pflicht
Musikwissenschaft	Major	Pflicht
Musikwissenschaft	Minor	Pflicht

* Ist Latein auf der entsprechenden Stufe schon im Bachelor erworben worden, müssen die Kurse im Master nicht mehr absolviert werden.

Latein im Studium zum LfM

Studienprogramm		Grundlagen	Latein II
Französisch	1. UF	Pflicht
Französisch	2. UF	Pflicht
Italienisch	1. UF	Pflicht
Italienisch	2. UF	Pflicht
Spansich	1. UF	Pflicht
Spanisch	2. UF	Pflicht

Griechisch im Bachelorstudium

Studienprogramm		Grundlagen	Latein II
Griechische Philologie	Major	Pflicht	Pflicht
Griechische Philologie	Minor	Pflicht	Pflicht
Lateinische Philologie	Major	Pflicht
Lateinische Philologie	Minor	Pflicht

Griechisch im Masterstudium*

Studienprogramm		Grundlagen	Latein II
Altertumswissenschaften	Mono	Pflicht

* Ist Griechisch auf der entsprechenden Stufe schon im Bachelor erworben worden, müssen die Kurse im Master nicht mehr absolviert werden.

• Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Latin as a main or basic subject (even with a fail grade);
• Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Latin as an optional subject (elective or optional course) and a pass grade, provided preparation for the examination and the mode of examination correspond to the modalities designated as the “Zurich model” as per the 7 November 2009 regulations for the Swiss Latinum Helveticum examination;
• Proof that you have passed the «Latinum Helveticum» supplementary examination of the Swiss Maturity Commission (SMK);
• Proof that you have passed the supplementary examination in Latin (“Latinum”) of the Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich;
• Proof that you have passed the supplementary examination in Latin (“Latinum”) of another Swiss university;
• Proof that you have passed the final examination for the AKAD College Latin course (“Latinum”);
• Proof of successful completion of the University of Zurich Faculty of Theology’s Latin course done in conjunction with the Ancient Greek course;
• Certificate of general qualification for university entrance (Abiturzeugnis), including qualification in Latin (Germany);
• Proof that you have passed the Latin examination of a state education authority (Germany);
• High-school leaving certificate (Reifeprüfungszeugnis) from an AHS school, including qualification in Latin (Austria);
• Diploma di istruzione secondaria superiore del Liceo classico, including qualification in Latin (Italy);
• If a student has a Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Latin as a main or basic subject, the University of Zurich Student Administration Office will record their knowledge of Latin at matriculation. 

Other evidence of competence in Latin will be reviewed on an individual basis by the specialists at the Department of Greek and Latin Philology. If this applies to you, please contact Student Services. 

From Fall Semester 2019, it will also be possible to acquire the knowledge of Greek required to study Latin and Greek philology in a compulsory module that can be used toward the degree. Students with one of the proofs of competence in Greek listed below are deemed to have already fulfilled the coursework requirements for this compulsory module and instead do certain other coursework:

• Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Greek as a main or basic subject (even with a fail grade);
• Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Greek as an optional subject (elective or optional course) and a pass grade;
• Proof that you have passed the supplementary examination in Greek (“Graecum”) of the Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich;
• Swiss university entrance qualification or a federally recognized cantonal school-leaving certificate with Greek as a main or basic subject (even with a fail grade).

Other evidence of competence in Greek will be reviewed on an individual basis by the specialists at the Department of Greek and Latin Philology. If this applies to you, please contact Student Services.

Admission to the final examination for the program for the Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education requires a knowledge of Latin if you are doing the diploma to teach French, Italian or Spanish. This applies whether the language in question is the first, second or an additional subject you are going to teach. The same provisions apply to proof of language competence as for major and minor study programs at bachelor’s and master’s level.