Re: [Zurich Calling] For people joining this Fall

[Nishant Dogra]

Hi,
       I am Nishant and I am going to join Masters in Physics programme at ETH Zurich.
       Currently, I am doing BTech in Engineering Physics from IIT Delhi.

Regards
Nishant

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Shobhit Trehan <trehan....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I guess by this time a lot of people would have decided to join ETH this fall, and this would be a great place to introduce ourselves!

( And discuss whatever hasn't been done on this rather excellent group !! ) :D

I'm Shobhit, joining MSc Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

from RVCE, Bangalore.

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[somil miglani]

Hi, 

I am Somil Miglani joining MSc in Energy Science and Techonology@ ETH this autumn. I am from BITS, Pilani, Goa Campus currently interning in bangalore.

Somil Miglani

[Sarthak]

Hi,
I am Sarthak joining Masters in Electrical Engg and IT with
specialization in communication at ETHZ. I am presently studying in
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,
Sarthak

[swetha]

Hi everyone!

I am Swetha Kumar and I would be joining Master's programme in
Biotechnology..I've finished my B.Tech from Chennai :)

@Kushagra :

A guy named Sharan Srinivas would be your future classmate I gues..U
can get in touch with him! :)

Cheers!


Swetha Kumar

On Apr 18, 11:34 am, Kushagra Alankar <kushagraalan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> This is Kushagra and I'll be joining Master's degree programme in
> Computational Science and Engineering at ETH.
> Is there anyone in this group who's also joining or studied this programme?
>
> @Shobhit : Nice thread for introduction to all ETH freshers.
> I guess we'll all meet very soon!
>
> Regards
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[Ketki Chawla]

Hi everyone!

I have got admitted into EPFL. I just wanted to know if a similar group exists for EPFL as well?? I would really glad if you could give details incase there such a group as it very helpful for prospective students like us.

Regards,

Ketki

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BITS-Pilani,Goa Campus

[Sharan]

hey !!
Im Sharan !!

Im joing Masters at ETH for Computational Science and Engineering !!
got the Master Scholarship !!

[Sarthak Gupta]

Congrats Sharan..did you get the ESKAS (Swiss Govt) Scholatship or the ETH Zurich excellence scholarship?

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4th yr ,
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BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

[aditya k]

Hii sharan 

Congrates for getting scholarship...

what is your profile??

when you appiled for this??

Do we need any professors recommendation from ETH-Zurich??

Regards,
Aditya.K

Mechanical Engineering(B.Tech),

Amrita School of Engineering,Amritapuri
Kollam Dist, Kerala.
INDIA.
ph:+91-9746538421.

Website@:adityak.in

[Sharan Srinivas]

@aditya  thank you
 an 8.8/10 cgpa
one journal paper and one poster (both international) in computational neuroscience
one heck of a reco from me prof

@sarthak : ETH scholarship

Sharan Srinivas J
Research Trainee
WAran Research FoundaTion

[Ashwin Nayak]

Hey!
I'm Ashwin S Nayak, presently doing B.Tech(Mech) from NITK Surathkal..
Im joining for M.Sc. in Computational Science and Engg in ETHZ from
this Sept!

BTW I made a fb group for the same..pls join..
http://goo.gl/qGh9o

Looking fwd to meeting u all!!

On Apr 20, 2:30 pm, Sharan Srinivas <jshar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> @aditya  thank you
>  an 8.8/10 cgpa
> one journal paper and one poster (both international) in computational
> neuroscience
> one heck of a reco from me prof
>
> @sarthak : ETH scholarship
>
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:33 PM, aditya k <aditya17...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hii sharan
> > Congrates for getting scholarship...
> > what is your profile??
> > when you appiled for this??
> > Do we need any professors recommendation from ETH-Zurich??
>

> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Sarthak Gupta <sarthakgupta2...@gmail.com

> > > wrote:
>
> >> Congrats Sharan..did you get the ESKAS (Swiss Govt) Scholatship or the
> >> ETH Zurich excellence scholarship?
>

> > *Regards,
> > **Aditya.K*
> > *Mechanical Engineering(B.Tech),*
> > *Amrita School of Engineering,Amritapuri
> > Kollam Dist, Kerala.
> > INDIA.
> > ph:+91-9746538421.*
> > Website@ <http://adityak.in/>:adityak.in

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[sridevi balaji]

Hi Guys,

I applied to EPFL.  

Please let me knw any rooms for rent at laussane (EPFL).

@Ketki Chawla,

I don see any group for EPFL. I think only we too goin to EPFL :)... 

Thanks,

Sridevi.

[somil miglani]

still waiting...been 3 weeks almost....

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone received their “Confirmation of registration for matriculation” and “Matriculation Confirmation” letters from the admission office yet? Or has anyone initiated the Visa process?

Also what bank, with a branch in Switzerland, are you all considering to open an account in?

[Pooja Bhat]

I'm still waiting. Been a month. I had sent them a mail about it. They replied saying it may take another month.

[Anuj Sharma]

I am too waiting for the letters. had asked them about it and got a reply that it would take another month.

Have u all arranged for accommodation in Zurich or are u all depending on ETH student rooms only?

[Achint Jain]

I'm also waiting for the letters to arrive. They said that if they don't arrive by 30th June, then you ask for a scanned copy to be sent by email.

[nitesh jain]

Hello guys,

 

Great that you have reached so far.

 

Regarding accommodation, I have some extra info for you.

I guess WOKO must have approached you to book a room with them. However, there are some more student houses where you may register and sometimes you may get cheaper ones as well. Below are the links of some student houses and their email ids. Note however some of them allow only girls. The best way is to drop an email to them  explaining your situation and inquire about price , location and availability. Who knows..you might have a better deal than WOKO. (specially since WOKO allows mostly for 6 months stay while other houses sometimes give you unlimited offer).

 

Regards

Nitesh Jain

MSc Chemical and Bioeng.

ETH Zurich

+41 7673 79624

 

 

www.maximilianeum.ch
www.lutherstrasse.ch
www.sonnegg-zh.ch
www.villa-laetitia.ch
www.justinus.ch
www.alvhaus.ch
www.hochschulforum.ch
www.oase-zh.ch
www.rotary-zuerich.ch
www.mousson.net
freude...@gmail.com
www.studentenhaus-vinzenz.ch
www.studenthaus-witellika.ch
www.wohnhaus-profilia.ch
www.allenmoos.ch

justi...@bluewin.ch
son...@arbor.ch
in...@alvhaus.ch
stein...@zh.ref.ch
rotar...@hotmail.com
in...@mousson.net
freude...@gmail.com
in...@witellika.ch
hauspr...@bluewin.ch
arche.p...@bluemail.ch
stud....@bluewin.ch
in...@allenmoos.ch
vinze...@gmx.ch
in...@mousson.net
justi...@bluewin.ch

[Pooja Bhat]

Nitesh,

Any idea if such where I would find such options in Basel.

Pooja

[Parit Bansal]

@Pooja: aren't u going to zurich? or was that a typo?

- Parit

Parit Bansal
Developer, Swiss Prot
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Geneva, Switzerland

[nitesh jain]

@Pooja... I dont have much info a^bout student houses in Basel. This link might be useful though http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?5F1C3557F6800139B2C84A1609122FF2

Regards

[Pooja Bhat]

The dbsse department is at Basel:-D thanks for the link.

[Sharan Srinivas]

I received my confirmation docs in march ... but i got m admit in FEB ... opening an a/c in HSBC ..... and depending on ETH provided housing  for now ../. :D

[Nishant Dogra]

Hi,

I am also waiting for the documents to arrive. I have been told to wait till 18th June. If I won't receive the documents by then, they will send me a soft copy.

Regards
Nishant

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Sharan Srinivas <jsha...@gmail.com> wrote:

I received my confirmation docs in march ... but i got m admit in FEB ... opening an a/c in HSBC ..... and depending on ETH provided housing  for now ../. :D

[Ketki Chawla]

Hi All,

I have got in EPFL and will going for Visa soon.Has anyone gone through the Visa interview process yet. Can anyone guide regarding what questions they ask during interview and Do'S and DONT during the interview ?? I have to go Mumbai ... is there possibility of reject of Visa also??

I asked VFS poeple they asked me to show the financial documents for 2 years amount but few students told me one year is enough. So please let me know how much should we be showing.

Any other documents apart from those listed on site are required ??

Regard's,

Ketki

[ETH International Student Support]

Hi everybody

I cannot tell you anything about the interview, but please note that
the visa decision will be made in SWITZERLAND, not in India. The
embassies (or VFS) just forward the documents to the Zurich Migration
Office for decision. The Migration Office requires CHF 21000 in a bank
account (bank must have branches in Switzerland, so choose for example
HSBC or Citibank; you yourself must be the account holder, no joint
accounts). After one year, when you extend your residence permit for
another year, you must again show that you have CHF 21000 in your
account.

Please follow the instructions in our immigration guidelines (http://
www.rektorat.ethz.ch/students/immigration/leitfaden_master_EN.pdf)
very carefully when applying for the visa. If only one of the listed
documents is missing, it may cause a delay of several weeks! FYI: Most
mistakes happen with the financial evidence and with the validity
duration of passports. Please ask me if anything should be unclear.

Kind regards,
ETH International Student Support

On 18 Mai, 08:10, Ketki Chawla <ketki.cha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have got in EPFL and will going for Visa soon.Has anyone gone through the
> Visa interview process yet. Can anyone guide regarding what questions they
> ask during interview and Do'S and DONT during the interview ?? I have to go
> Mumbai ... is there possibility of reject of Visa also??
>
> I asked VFS poeple they asked me to show the financial documents for 2
> years amount but few students told me one year is enough. So please let me
> know how much should we be showing.
>
> Any other documents apart from those listed on site are required ??
>
> Regard's,
> Ketki
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Nishant Dogra

> <nishantdogra.i...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I am also waiting for the documents to arrive. I have been told to wait
> > till 18th June. If I won't receive the documents by then, they will send me
> > a soft copy.
>
> > Regards
> > Nishant
>

> > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Sharan Srinivas <jshar...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> I received my confirmation docs in march ... but i got m admit in FEB ...
> >> opening an a/c in HSBC ..... and depending on ETH provided housing  for now
> >> ../. :D
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[Anuj Sharma]

Hi,

I received the confirmation of registration and matriculation
confirmation documents.

I am yet to open account in HSBC. I had inquired at both HSBC and
Citibank but found HSBC better since you don't need to maintain a
large amount of money every month in HSBC.

However, I have begun my Visa process and have appointment tomorrow 7
June 0800 to 0900 hrs at the Embassy.

I am looking for accommodation but have not yet booked one.

Thanks,

Anuj Sharma
+91-9536804253

On 6/6/12, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> Those who have received their Registration confirmation documents and
> opened bank accounts in Citibank/HSBC, have any of you initiated the Visa
> process?
> Also did anyone get an account opened in Citibank?
>
> I was browsing through some previous threads and found a couple of them
> useful in this regard:
>
> https://groups.google.com/group/ZurichCalling/browse_thread/thread/28810d1c8d48dc87/
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/group/ZurichCalling/browse_thread/thread/42fce20a4804f48b/
>
>
> Also as far as accommodation is concerned, the links provided by Nitesh
> Jain are useful. (Thanks Nitesh for that). There are a lot of double/triple
> room sharing options. Anyone interested in sharing accommodation?
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> Kushagra Alankar

[Sharan Srinivas]

Kushagra : ME and Ashwin nayak and one more guy are looking for rooms together .... you, me and Ashwin are taking the same course .... you wanna share with us ? is its okay with you  ... i'll ask Ashwin ...

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello everyone

Those who have received their Registration confirmation documents and opened bank accounts in Citibank/HSBC, have any of you initiated the Visa process?

Also did anyone get an account opened in Citibank?

I was browsing through some previous threads and found a couple of them useful in this regard:

https://groups.google.com/group/ZurichCalling/browse_thread/thread/28810d1c8d48dc87/ 

https://groups.google.com/group/ZurichCalling/browse_thread/thread/42fce20a4804f48b/ 

Also as far as accommodation is concerned, the links provided by Nitesh Jain are useful. (Thanks Nitesh for that). There are a lot of double/triple room sharing options. Anyone interested in sharing accommodation? 

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[Sharan Srinivas]

@kUSHAGRA : Ive opened my account in HSBC ... min balance 75000 for basic SB A/c ... Min bal # lakhs id for advan will ced A/C  ....  and no .. not made any enquiries yet  ....  probably will ... starting sometime today  ...

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

@Anuj : As per my knowledge, HSBC requires you to maintain a minimum of INR 3Lacs while the same amount for Citibank is INR 2Lacs. Anyways I hope everything goes well at the Embassy. Do share your experience later on.

@Sharan : I'm fine with sharing room with you guys. Have you made any enquiry at any of the student houses yet?

[Parit Bansal]

Hi all,

Hope all are well packed for their respective courses and stay in Zurich/Basel.. In the context of above discussion, as far as I remember, its not the monthly balance but the quarterly balance that one has to maintain.. and when I had opened the account few years back they (HSBC) told me for basic SB account it was 25k quarterly balance that I had to maintain.. they tried to push me into higher category but i strongly refused them.. But from what people are telling here it seems rules have changed quite a bit... just crosscheck with your respective bank (same bank people in different cities also give different versions sometimes)

one thing i like to point out is that since most of you are gonna put CHF 20k odd worth money in your accounts please make sure that the bank automatically don't push you to higher category.. coz, if I remember correctly, one can go to a higher quarterly limit easily but reverse is difficult and involves lots of to-fro with the bank..some banks after seeing such a transaction tend to do that without even asking the customer first..

Hope things work out for all of you.

- Parit

[Nishant Dogra]

Hey,

I have applied for visa through the Delhi embassy.
You have to mail to Delhi embassy to seek an appointment. Do not take appointment from vfs. By mistake I took appointment from vfs, but when I went there they told me that I should contact the embassy first and it is the embassy which decides whether you will submit you documents at embassy or at the vfs centre.

Later on, I got appointment from the embassy.

The appointment time as you will get from the embassy is some specific time between 9 to 10 in the morning.

The person who collects documents at the embassy from you may ask some questions. But it is more or less informal. In my case, she asked me about how was I selected for the course; whether I am getting any scholarship or not; what does my father do etc.

If you have any other question, feel free to ask.



I have not yet finalized the date of travel. But it will be between 10 and 13 Sep.

-Nishant.

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone through with the Visa process at New Delhi? Need some info.

Also those flying from Delhi, have you finalized the date or blocked your tickets as of yet?

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Kushagra Alankar

[Anuj Sharma]

Hi,

I too applied for my Visa at the Swiss Embassy. I had sent an email to
them regarding appoitment request and they gave me appointment date
within 4 days of my email. Also, the time was 8 to 9 in the morning.

Do carry all your documents as mentioned in the IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS.
Please take total 3 sets of all the documents.

Also, in the IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS, there are 3 appendices. Please
follow them and prepare similar ones for yourself.

And carry Rs 4500 with you as Visa fees.

Any pending document can be sent to ETH directly which they will
forward to the Zurich Migration Office.

I have booked my tkt on 10 Sep by Swiss Airlines from New Delhi to
Zurich direct flight. Please note that there is Introductory Day on 17
Sep and it is compulsory to attend it.

Thanks,

Anuj Sharma

[Gaurav Shukla]

Hi, my name is Gaurav and I'm from Lucknow, although my family moved to Bangalore a few months ago. I just finished my second year of undergraduate studies at University of Pennsylvania, USA and will be going to ETH in the fall for a semester long exchange program. I'm majoring in philosophy and physics and possibly sub-matriculating with a masters in physics if I can cram enough courses in the next 2 years. Not sure if there are any other undergraduates in this group, but I didn't find a separate student organization for Indian undergrads so I decided to post here. If this is the wrong group, please let me know, haha!

Congrats to everyone for making it!

[Ruchik Yajnik]

Hi Gaurav,

I am also going to ETH in the Fall for my Bachelor Thesis and I live in NJ. When are you planning to leave for Zurich? I will be leaving on August 1.

Best,

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Gaurav Shukla <7gsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, my name is Gaurav and I'm from Lucknow, although my family moved to Bangalore a few months ago. I just finished my second year of undergraduate studies at University of Pennsylvania, USA and will be going to ETH in the fall for a semester long exchange program. I'm majoring in philosophy and physics and possibly sub-matriculating with a masters in physics if I can cram enough courses in the next 2 years. Not sure if there are any other undergraduates in this group, but I didn't find a separate student organization for Indian undergrads so I decided to post here. If this is the wrong group, please let me know, haha!

Congrats to everyone for making it!

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[Gaurav Shukla]

Hi Ruchik,

I'll finish my summer research at Penn and leave for India on Aug 17th and leave for Zurich on 31st before the 2-week foreign language program. Isn't Aug 1 a little too early? The ETH housing occupancy starts on Sep 1, but I had booked my flights a long time ago so I don't know where to stay for the first night. How are you planning to manage an entire month? o.O

And by bachelor thesis, I assume you have some sort of pre-arranged agreement with a professor to work on a specific research project?  Or will you just be taking classes?

-Gaurav

[Parit Bansal]

@Gaurav: as far as I know most of the bachelor courses here are in German. I hope you do speak/write German or at least had discussion with the uni about it previously...and no there is no other indian students organisation at ETH. There are not many indian students at bachelors level mainly because courses are in German so there is also no separate mailing for undergrads.. 

- Parit 

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[Gaurav Shukla]

Hi Parit,

Most of the bachelor courses are in fact in German. But the introductory masters courses and some of the undergraduate courses are in english which I can take. I don't know any German whatsoever but the program doesn't require you to know anyway. Most of the important courses like quantum mechanics, general relativity etc. that I would have otherwise taken at my home university are in english so its not a problem at all. The bigger problem is that while here I'd have taken 5-6 courses a semester, the ETH credit recommendations for exchange students is 20-30 credits which is equivalent to 3 courses at ETH so I'll have to discuss things and make sure I can register for more. The number of courses available in english is big enough to put me at a loss as to what to choose from them! There are 7-8 other undergraduates coming from Penn with me and I don't think they speak German either, but they're all engineers. 

-Gaurav

But yes, I had totally forgotten about the German being the reason why I didn't see any other undergrads in the group!

[Parit Bansal]

quick comment .. when they say a course is a 10 credit course please consider that you will get 10 credits but u will have to work for like 15 on it.. so don't go by the number of courses you can finish in a semester.. 20-30 credits is a good number for a semester.. (but again its a personal choice)

- Parit

[Anindita Bhattacharya]

@ Parit, could you mention what do you exactly mean like working like 15 credits for a 10 credit course? And more information on ETH course load would be highly appreciated.

Best Regards

ANINDITA BHATTACHARYA

[Gaurav Shukla]

Thanks for the heads up. I think the problem is just that most of the physics courses that I was planning on taking are all 10 credits. And if I was staying at my home university, I would have taken the same courses here, so assuming the course material is more or less the same physics topics, it comes down to how hectic the general system of classes is, and from every single person who's either gone from Penn to ETH or come from ETH to Penn that I've met, its way more laid back there(. Hopefully, I won't be overshooting, especially since I really want to go around Europe and have fun in the one semester I get there. But at the same time I didn't want to mess up my degree requirements or overburden myself when I get back.

Also, speaking of going around Europe, what do you suggest is the cheapest way to do it? I was looking at the Eurorail passes, which while expensive, are way cheaper than getting individual flights/train tickets especially since there is no way to plan all the stuff ahead of time. I have a shitton of flights with the British Airways frequent fler program, but I'm assuming flights would still be very costly. Are there any alternatives, or should I just go ahead and get a Eurorail global pass? I find it funny how a single 2 month pass costs the same as half of what my 6 flight journey going round trip from India to Zurich and then from India to USA cost. There must be something cheaper!

-Gaurav

[Parit Bansal]

well what i meant was that in my experience if ETH advises you to take 3-4 or 5 courses a semester then it is for a good reason and not that they want to keep you for longer period. I have met some students sometime back who started off with 6 subjects in a semester (coz each of them were 5 credits and doing below 30 credits a semester is considered blasphemy by some) but ended up passing (with just above average score) in 3... So, suggestion is to consider each course on its merit.. there is no general rule for courses.. talk to people who have taken a particular course previously.. i my experience some 10 credit courses have work more than 10 credits in them...

- Parit

[Parit Bansal]

well i would be the worst person to answer travel related queries so i leave it to someone else to answer it :)

- Parit

[Anindita Bhattacharya]

Thanks a lot for the help. By the way , will it be possible to talk to seniors about the courses or is the tutor who fixes them for you?

Best Regards

[Rakesh Cherian]

For travelling cheaply, there are people who travel in their vehicles to and fro Zurich and would share the ride for a decent price. But you have to book it in advance.
http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/searches/search_abroad

might help.

[Anuj Sharma]

Hi,

For Switzerland, we don't need to get medical insurance from here. It
is required for other European countries.

For students in Switzerland, Ms Annina Wanner told me earlier that
medical insurance is done at a very minimum monthly instalment.

However, it would also cover minimum facilities though the details are
not with me.

I inquired about medical insurance with Oriental Bank. You can get
medical insurance from them at some Rs 7000 yearly instalments. It has
some good facilities.

Anuj





On 8/4/12, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone has any idea regarding health insurance? I have heard about
> Swisscare.. any other options there?
> Also do we need to go for Travel health insurance. A couple of my friends
> are going to Germany and its mandatory for them.
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Rakesh Cherian
> <rakesh...@gmail.com>wrote:

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> Kushagra Alankar

[Anuj Sharma]

You will have to get one medical insurance for yourself in Switzerland
irrespective of whether u have an insurance from India or not. Its
compulsory.

Its just that Oriental Bank has some good facilities such as in case
of certain emergencies with u in Switzerland, ur parents can visit u
too and their travel costs wud b taken care of.

And I don't have much idea abt facilities of swiss medical insurance.

Anuj






On 8/4/12, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Anuj
> Oriental bank is an Indian bank and I don't think Indian insurance policies
> will be acceptable in Switzerland.
> Also the 'minimum facilites' that you mentioned, any idea what kind of
> facilities are covered in there?

[Ruchik Yajnik]

You should consider Swisscare. I have just applied for it and that is the cheapest option for the time being being. You pay about CHF 86.20 for a 300 franc deductible. This is the one that students go for usually but you can compare plans at www.comparis.ch

Regards,

[ETH International Student Support]

Hi everybody

 

Regarding health insurance: Please do NOT choose Swisscare. We have a better offer, but you cannot apply for it before having arrived in Switzerland and applied for your residence permit.

Please come to my office somewhen after the start of the semester to get the application forms and fix an appointment with the insurance company. This is not urgent, you have 3 months after arrival to get health insurance (in case you would have an accident or become severely ill during these 3 months, the company you choose later on has to pay for doctors/hospitals retroactively!)

 

Kind regards,

ETH International Student Support

 

 

 

Am Samstag, 4. August 2012 10:53:46 UTC+2 schrieb Kushagra:

Anyone has any idea regarding health insurance? I have heard about Swisscare.. any other options there?

Also do we need to go for Travel health insurance. A couple of my friends are going to Germany and its mandatory for them.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Rakesh Cherian <rakesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

--
Kushagra Alankar

[ETH International Student Support]

HEALTH INSURANCE:

 

Sorry, me again: Please do NOT choose Swisscare! The package we recommend is cheaper and has a better reputation. And: we know the people there and can help you if there is a problem. Swisscare is not even a Swiss company and ETH has not contacts there. Please WAIT with this until you have arrived and applied for a residence pemrit. The Swiss authorities are always confused if they have to deal with health insurances of people who have not even entered the country yet.... (please note: these cheap student packages do not appear on Comparis!).

 

Kind regards,

ETH International Student Support

 

 

 

 

[Parit Bansal]

@ETH Student Support: "Swisscare is not even a Swiss company and ETH has not contacts there" This is a revelation for me too. I don't know if you are the right authority to inform but I saw pamphlets of SwissCare with 'special student offers' on them on ETH message boards (at least at DBSSE), which as you just mentioned, seems to be not good. It would be good if someone from ETH take proper step and remove these ads from the message boards so that students are not mislead.

- Parit

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks a lot for this information.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:41 PM, ETH International Student Support <intern...@rektorat.ethz.ch> wrote:

HEALTH INSURANCE:

 

Sorry, me again: Please do NOT choose Swisscare! The package we recommend is cheaper and has a better reputation. And: we know the people there and can help you if there is a problem. Swisscare is not even a Swiss company and ETH has not contacts there. Please WAIT with this until you have arrived and applied for a residence pemrit. The Swiss authorities are always confused if they have to deal with health insurances of people who have not even entered the country yet.... (please note: these cheap student packages do not appear on Comparis!).

 

Kind regards,

ETH International Student Support

 

Am Samstag, 4. August 2012 18:40:55 UTC+2 schrieb bnfoguy:

You should consider Swisscare. I have just applied for it and that is the cheapest option for the time being being. You pay about CHF 86.20 for a 300 franc deductible. This is the one that students go for usually but you can compare plans at www.comparis.ch

Regards,

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Kushagra Alankar

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[Rahul Jain]

Depends on where in India you are from. The temperature in September can vary between 10ºC - 20ºC. 

My personal opinion is that a jacket is not required. Your mileage may vary. 

On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Kushagra Alankar <kushagr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone aware of weather condition in Zurich in September? Is it required to wear a sweater/jacket while travelling to Zurich?