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The external page kihz foundation is the central support service of ETH Zurich. This is supplemented by the Kikri facility.

In the 8 kihz daycare centers of the kihz foundation, children from the age of four months up to the transition to kindergarten are lovingly cared for with around 270 full-day places, which are occupied by approximately 500 children. The daycare centers are located at the most important university sites: on the H?nggerberg campus, near the Irchel campus, the Zentrum campus, in Oerlikon and Dübendorf.

ETH provides financial support for childcare places at the kihz foundation and the Kikri facility. It pays both the infant supplement and the regular subsidies for families living outside the city of Zurich.

Conditions for obtaining a childcare place at the kihz foundation or at Kikri

  • The parents must be gainfully employed.
    • A recognised training scheme or unemployment within the limits of employability are deemed to be equivalent to gainful employment.
    • A regular voluntary work is deemed to be equivalent to gainful employment.
    • The child's linguistic integration is deemed to be an entitlement for a childcare place (regardless of the parents' level of employment).
  • The minimum time for a child to spend in childcare is two days (this can be split into half-day sessions at the kihz foundation. At Kikri, at least the five mornings must be booked.
  • The amount of childcare provided must be appropriately proportionate to the parents’ level of employment. The entitlement to care is calculated on the basis of the sum of both parents’ level of employment minus 100%.

Entitlement to care

Father 100%, mother 60% = total 160% (160% - 100% = 60%). There is an entitlement to 3 days of care 

Example: no entitlement to care

Father 30%, mother 70% = total 100% (100% - 100% = 0). No entitlement to care

 

Registration process kihz foundation

Parents must complete the online application form for the kihz foundation. The foundation’s administration team receives the application and checks whether the conditions have been met. The data are recorded and the parents receive a confirmation of their application. The kihz foundation then searches for a childcare place. If a place is available, the parents are given a specific period of time in which to decide whether or not to take it.

Registration process Kikri

Applications for the KIKRI ETH Zentrum daycare centre are submitted by completing a PDF form. 

Parents can use the external page City of Zurich's search platform (German) to look for available places in daycare facilities and find information about the city’s playgroups and toddler groups. Parents can contact their chosen daycare facility directly, where they will be given further information about the application process.

The external page city of Zurich (German) offers professional childcare for children of pre-school age - in daycare centers, daycare families and other services.

The Swiss childcare association external page Kibesuisse, has an extensive list of daycare facilities categorised by region. You may also be able to find your chosen daycare facility by using an online search function.  

Information - childcare

ETH Zurich does not offer its own childcare facilities in Basel.

The advice and placement office of the Basel-Stadt Department of Education supports parents in their search for a daycare center or can arrange a daycare place. A full-time place in a daycare center with childcare contributions costs a maximum of CHF 1,600 per month for all parents who are entitled to childcare contributions. More information on the costs and requirements external page here (German).

ETH employees in Basel can find out about childcare places on the following pages: 

You will find a wide range of offers for families in Basel

Consulting services

Care services

Vacation & Leisure

 

Detailed information on costs and subsidies for Bexternal page asel-Stadt (German).

ETH Zurich helps its employees meeting the challenge to reconcile family and work. This information offers the CSCS employees in particular an orientation about the subject of childcare in Ticino.

ETH Zurich does not offer its own childcare facilities in Ticino. However, Ticino is a very attractive canton for families, since it has a lot to offer for children and their parents.

Services in Ticino

Advice

Leisure and holidays

ETH support

Hello Kids! is ETH Zurich’s service point for childcare. Parents (-to-be) can take advantage of the free consultations on offer and seek help with finding suitable childcare solutions: www.ethz.ch/hellokids

Family allowance

ETH provides further support services for families by offering a family allowance, which exceeds the statutorily required level. Information on family allowances can be found on the corresponding website. Please fill in the application for family allowances via ETHIS.

ETH Zurich employees with family responsibilities will find further services at Hello Kids!. Services that do not explicitly relate to the Zurich location, naturally also apply to ETH Zurich employees in other locations:

Your HR Partner

Stephanie Frequente
ETH Zurich
Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS)
Via Trevano 131
6900 Lugano
Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 610 82 14
E-Mail:

Complementary family care is expensive in Switzerland compared to other countries. In Switzerland, an unsubsidized toddler place costs around CHF 130 per day, an infant place up to CHF 180. Subsidized places can be claimed depending on family income. In addition to childcare in daycare centers, there are alternative childcare options such as daycare families or nannies.

If parents are entitled to subsidies, they must submit an external page external application (German) to the Department of Education and Sport. The Department of Education and Sport calculates the definitive external external page contribution factor (German) which is valid for one year, on the basis of the available tax data (latest definitive tax bill) or on the basis of a tax simulation.

Parents receive the contribution factor by letter and forward it to the parent administration department of their daycare center. The daycare center signs the childcare contract and then issues the parents with a corresponding invoice for the childcare services received, which already takes the subsidies into account.

Do you have any questions about the scope of childcare eligible for subsidies in the city of Zurich?

You can find detailed information on the external page website (German) of the City of Zurich.

Detailed Information on costs and subsidies for  external page Basel-Stadt (German).

Contact

Hello Kids!
Service point for childcare

ETH Zurich

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