Studying

This website provides general information and the current status of the individual work streams of the sub-project ¡®Studying¡¯.

You will also find opportunities to get involved in the concept phase of the ¡®Onboarding Week¡¯.

In addition, you will have access to various documents and templates on the topics of study orientation, student communication and counselling.

Specific information on information events for students can be found here.

All relevant information and details about events for current and prospective students can be found on the PAKETH website for students.

Students and prospective students may direct any questions to:

In order to ensure consistent communication, the sub-project provides information on key changes and supports degree programmes in sharing this information. The main priority is consistent communication and creating trust. 

Part of this is a general communication concept and the preparation of templates that can also be used for programme-specific content. 

• The communication concept for prospective and current students can be found on the external page Sharepoint. 

• The PAKETH website for students has been revised based on the overall project concept revision. The content is primarily aimed at Bachelor's and Master's students. 

Das Teilprojekt Studium unterst¨¹tzt Studierende mit diversen Informations- und The sub-project supports students with various information and counselling services and ensures that students are well prepared for the transition to the new system and can address questions and uncertainties. A general e-mail address has been set up for student enquiries.

The first general information event for students (online town hall) about the project PAKETH is planned for 5 November 2025 from 12:00 to 13:00. Prof Dr G¨¹nther Dissertori and the PAKETH core team will provide information on current developments and answer students' questions.

The Onboarding Week is an introductory week that will take place in calendar week 37 from autumn semester 2027 and marks the official start of studies for all new Bachelor's and Master's students. It aims to ease the transition into university life by providing important administrative information, networking opportunities and, above all, orientation.  The onboarding week will contain central elements that are the same for all students, as well as programme-specific elements. A main focus will be on networking, team playing and getting to know the ETH culture.

Together with a task force, the sub-project is developing the concept for coordinating and implementing the onboarding week for new Bachelor's and Master's students. 

• The detailed concept phase for the new Onboarding Week will begin in June 2025 with a task force that will meet for a second workshop in October.

• From 2026, the onboarding event for new Master's students (Check-in ETH) will take place in person, thus planning will begin now.

• The position of ¡®Project Manager:in Onboarding Week¡¯ has been filled and their onboarding will begin in mid-July.

• A kick-off regarding ETH culture and general topics as well as a kick-off with the VSETH and student associations will also be arranged.

As part of the Rectorate's orientation event on 17 June 2025, TP Studies introduced the degree programme-specific web templates. As soon as the degree programmes have defined their curriculum, they can contact to transfer their content. 

For the student orientation days, there was a centrally organised briefing for the involved students. The first online briefing took place online on 12 June 2025 at 17:00. The briefing was recorded and made available to the study programmes.

The kick-off of the Onboarding Week task force took place on 6 June 2025. Participants came from various degree programs, ID , the Library, UTL , StS , AkD , 365ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_365ÌåÓý±¸Óá¾ÊÖ»úÔÚÏß¡¿ Services, and the Rector¡¯s Staff. They worked on initial concepts of the core elements. 

If you are interested in actively participating in the Onbaording Week task force, please send a message to:

The main onboarding events (Prestudy Events and Check in ETH) and the student orientation days will be continuously extended to include content on PAKETH - in particular on the changes to the academic calendar.

The first PAKETH newsletter for all Bachelor's students with a link to the new website for students has been successfully published.

Master's students are not addressed in this newsletter as they are expected to have completed their studies by the 2027 autumn semester.

The communication concept for students and prospective students has been finalised and made available on SharePoint.

The consultation period for submissions on the concept adjustment has expired and the results have been summarised in a protected page report.

The decisions of the PAKETH steering group on the open implementation decisions were communicated to the Stuko on 6 March 2025. 

The Rector has definitively approved the introduction of the Onboarding Week in the 2027 autumn semester. The detailed concept phase will start in June 2025.

Here you can find the review of the PAKETH teaching retreat on 15 January 2025.

protected page Download Keynote Jan Vermant.

protected page Download Keynote Core Team PAKETH.

You can look up the development of the project to date in detail on the PAKETH Context page.

We also recommend the video by Rector G¨¹nther Dissertori about PAKETH.

If you would like to be kept up to date on how PAKETH is progressing, please enter your e-mail address here.