News for students

The ETH Board has decided to implement the fee increase for foreign students as of the autumn semester of 2025. At the same time, it has defined the transitional regulations for students who began their studies before that date.

The Polymesse offers the opportunity to make contact with over 140 companies from Switzerland and abroad. Before the fair, the ETH Career Center offers an event with useful tips on the application process. ?

The PeaceTech Hackathon aims to address global peace challenges. It covers critical topics such as disarmament, cyberpeace, conflict prevention, and tackling gender-based violence.

Not only is inflation having an impact on our heating bills, grocery shopping and the price of eating out ¨C it is also driving up the costs faced by our community catering services. The ETH Executive Board has had no other choice but to agree to price increases across its catering operations.

The Berrow Foundation¡¯s scholarships offer full funding for postgraduate study in medical, chemical and biochemical sciences at the University of Oxford.

At the end of September, the consultation process for the draft roadmap "ETH Net Zero" came to an end. ETH Sustainability draws a positive conclusion with over 250 participations and around 500 constructive comments and remarks.

SwissCore, the Contact Office for European Research, Innovation and Education in Brussels, is offering two 6-month student traineeship (research, innovation) starting in February 2024.

Find the compulsory reading for your Bachelor's degree quickly and easily.

The guests of the restaurants and canteens at ETH Zurich have awarded our catering facilities even higher ratings than in the last guest survey conducted in 2017. More people took part than ever before. Some of them would still like to see improvements in prices and in the range of food on offer. ?

The University of Zurich offers the Minor in BioMed Entrepreneurship. The programme, which is also open to ETH students, teaches entrepreneurial knowledge to Master's students of Life Sciences.

An anonymous reporting form has been available to ETH members since 1 April 2023 if they experience or witness inappropriate behaviour at the university. The online form is another way in which students can report anyone who has overstepped boundaries.

Fast and round-the-clock: ETH Lost and Found now offers you the option of searching online for lost valuables.

The Polymesse offers the opportunity to get in touch with more than 140 participating companies during three days. Before the fair, the ETH Career Center offers a preparation event with useful hints on the application process.

Sexual Harassment Awareness Day will take place on 23 March. Universities and research institutions throughout Switzerland will for the first time campaign jointly for an environment without sexism and sexual harassment. ETH Zurich is also taking a stand to show that such transgressive behaviour will not be tolerated.

The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) will take place for the first time in Switzerland and at ETH Zurich from 16 to 25 July 2023. Helpers are being sought for this major event.

On 6 February, an earthquake shook Turkey and Syria. An overview of fundraising appeals in aid of earthquake victims, and where affected members of the ETH community can find psychological support.

Are you a student or a researcher with an idea for a start-up? Do you want to get in touch with key contacts of the start-up ecosystem in Switzerland? Do you have questions about intellectual property and patenting law which you would like to discuss?

ETH Zurich wants to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In order to reach this ambitious goal, an action plan for Net Zero is now being developed in a broad process.

ETH Zurich has launched a first round of measures to reduce its gas and energy consumption and avoid an energy shortage. These measures concern the room temperature in the buildings, the hot water and the lighting.

Would you like to contribute to the prevention of an energy shortage in Zurich? Do you have an idea that you want to develop quickly and effectively? Sign up for "Energy Now! - An Impact Accelerator by ETH Zurich"! This ETH initiative aims to enable innovative solutions for more energy security in Zurich before Christmas.

With World Vegetarian Day coming up this Saturday, ETH Zurich will be celebrating Veggie Week until Friday, 30 September, with vegetarian delicacies at our campus restaurants. Trying new things is encouraged!

In the coming weeks, ETH Zurich will start to roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) to the first users. Applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom or the Web Center will now require a second login confirmation. Read on to find out what you need to do.

The University of Zurich offers the Minor in BioMed Entrepreneurship. The programme, which is also open to ETH students, teaches entrepreneurial knowledge to Master's students of Life Sciences.

ETH is going to introduce multi-factor authentication (MFA) this autumn. From then on, applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Cloud and Zoom will require a second factor in addition to the familiar ETH user name and password. Read on to find out how this will affect your daily work.

In case you notice something the next time you log in to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365: The ADFS login page will be adapted to the current corporate design of ETH Zurich.?

Addressing diversity has become a central task of university development. ETH Zurich has also been working on a diversity strategy since September 2021. With the "Diversity Strategy", ETH Zurich wants to underline its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

ETH Diversity, together with AVETH, awards the Diversity Award with the goal of strengthening ongoing efforts to promote diversity and inclusion at ETH Zurich.

The Embassy of Switzerland is looking for motivated candidates for internships covering many departments and aspects of the work of the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.

The Executive Board of ETH Zurich has issued new guidelines on scientific integrity. These rest upon the four principles of reliability, honesty, respect and responsibility and apply from 1 January 2022 to all those involved in teaching and research at ETH Zurich.

At the information event on the teacher's diploma for secondary schools you will learn everything you need to know about this exciting profession.

In addition to the academic courses, the three-week summer school at the University of Exeter offers the opportunity to explore London and the surrounding area.

The Technical University of Berlin is running a winter university from 3 to 28 January 2022. If you register before 1 November, you will get an early bird discount.

The changes to the master plan communicated in mid-September have been incorporated in a new master plan under which ETH Zurich will continue to operate Covid test centres up to the end of October and will cover any test costs not borne by the government.

The prices for the basic menus at ETH Zurich haven¡¯t changed since 2008. Now they are being adjusted for the start of the semester. This is due in particular to higher food and transport prices.?

For 20 years, Project Neptun has ensured that ETH members can equip themselves with high-quality but affordable laptops. The autumn sales window opens today and lasts until 4 October.

The Polybahn is about to undergo a complete renovation and will therefore be closed from 30 May to 17 September 2021.

The ETH community may now use the Zoom videoconferencing application indefinitely for their work. ETH Zurich has negotiated a solution that incorporates the Canton of Zurich¡¯s data protection recommendations and expands the usage options for ETH students, researchers and staff.

CentraleSup¨¦lec - University of Paris-Saclay will run an online summer programme on Artificial Intelligence from 28 June to 9 July 2021.

The sustainability programme is delivered online by the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences of the University of Exeter in two chunks of one week modules.

The Seoul National University summer programme is an intensive six-week fully-online programme for international students. Choose from over 25 courses, all taught in English.

"Challenges Online" is a project week in which students will work in interdisciplinary groups with other like-minded students to design innovative solutions to real-world sustainability problems.

Join students from around the world online at the Technische Universit?t Berlin summer university. Take part in the academic programme with courses of two or three weeks.

Aarhus University's summer university offers Bachelor's and Master's degree students over 100 courses in various academic fields.

The international summer school of the University of Leeds will run online. In addition to the academic courses, a virtual social and cultural programme is also offered.

SwissCore, the Contact Office for European Research, Innovation and Education in Brussels, is offering a 6-month student traineeship starting in September 2021.

Apply now for the online summer school "Leadership & Sustainability Innovation" of the Lancaster University.

This summer, the Vrije University Amsterdam offers two-week courses on-campus and online. ?

The Finnish Aalto University offers graduate-level intensive courses over summer. Students working towards a Master¡¯s degree are warmly welcome to apply.

The digital summer programme of the Technical University Berlin runs over three terms, from 5 July to 27 August.

The University of Sydney offers short-term programmes in June/July 2021 as well as 6-week virtual internship programmes.

The Pioneer Fellowship programme enables young researchers to turn their inventions into marketable, innovative products.

Following the latest measures announced by the Federal Council, all ETH members must work remotely from home as of Monday. The only exceptions are for experimental work, workshops or other activities requiring on-site presence. University buildings will mostly be closed, with a few exceptions. The exam session is still going ahead as planned from 25 January onwards, with some exams sat in person.

The University of Gothenburg offers a programme of courses and digital activities to create synergy around sustainable solutions and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Nanyang Technological University in Sinagapore (NTU) will offer the GEM Trailblazer summer programme with 29 courses in June and July 2021.

Ulrich Weidmann, head of the ETH Coronavirus task force, provides an update on the situation at the university at the start of the year and explains how the Executive Board is dealing with it.

At the information event on the teacher's diploma for secondary schools you will learn everything you need to know about this exciting profession.

The new ETH AI Center will open its doors on 20 October. It has been headed by Executive Director Alexander Ilic since 1 October. What motivated the co-?founder of ETH spin-?off Dacuda and holder of two Entrepreneur of the Year awards to return to ETH Zurich?

swissnex Boston is recruiting an Academic Relations Associate as of 1 September 2020. The internship will last ten months.

The Universit¨¤ Bocconi will offer a virtual three-?week study programme to Bachelor's degree students in Milan from 29 June to 17 July 2020.

Apply now for one of the international online summer programmes at the Peking University (PKU).

The Vrije University of Amsterdam runs its summer school online. Bachelor, Master and doctoral students as well as professionals can apply for the two-week courses in July.

For the time being, ETH Library is closed at all its locations until and including Sunday, 19 April 2020

The programme of the Utrecht summer school 2020 will offer a variety of academic summer courses that differ in subject, level and duration.

The summer academies of the Swiss Study Foundation offer the opportunity to deal with topics beyond one's own studies that one has always wanted to know something about.

The courses of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) are an exciting learning experience that connects you with students from around the globe. Enroll now.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at the National University of Singapore will be offering from 22 June to 24 July 2020 the summer school ?FASStrack Asia?.

swissnex Boston and the School of Management Fribourg are looking for a driven, versatile and curious person to join the team as an Associate.

Spend the summer in Cambridge to study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Choose from over 200 courses and create your personalised study programme.

The Nanyang Technological University in Sinagapore will offer the GEM Trailblazer summer programme with more than 30 courses in June and July 2020.

The University of Gothenburg offers a summer school with courses and social activities to create synergy around sustainable solutions and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will run an international summer school for undergraduate and graduate students from 26 June to 24 July 2020.

Find out everything about the teaching profession "secondary schools" and the training for it. Get also an idea of what teaching means: diversity, depth, inspiration, creativity, development.

Utrecht University, faculty of Geosciences, is offering three geoscience courses as part of the summer school 2020 from 6 to 17 July.

"Global Food" winter school is a 1-week full-time food science course of the Wageningen University.

Leeds international summer school (LISS) offers you the opportunity to study at the University of Leeds and immerse yourself in British culture as part of an exciting short programme.

Spend next summer doing a research internship at EPFL in Lausanne! The E3 EPFL Excellence in Engineering program is for Bachelor and Master students in engineering. Apply by 1 February 2020.

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers a variety of intensive, trans-disciplinary short courses for Master and doctoral students.

The Technical University of Berlin is running a winter university from 6 to 31 January 2020. If you register before 4 November, you will get an early bird discount.

Find out more about the new interdisciplinary Master's degree programme Science, Technology and Policy on Wednesday, 2 October 2019.

At the start of the semester, an ¡°avec box¡± will open for business at the HIL building on the H?nggerberg campus. For two months, a shop format without checkouts will be tested that enables everyday products to be bought around the clock. Customers can pay via app.

Learning languages in the H?nggerberg Self-Access Centre

At the UZH and ETH Zurich Language Center¡¯s Self-Access Centre H?nggerberg, you can also meet every week during the semester break to learn languages in small groups.

ETH Zurich operates a new Identity and Access Management (IAM) system. ETH members therefore benefit from uniform password management and self-service functions offered via the web application.

The Graz University of Technology is organising a summer school on "Food Science and Culinary Arts - from Field to Meal" in cooperation with the University of Arkansas from 7 to 19 July 2019.

Are you interested in participating in discussions on the digitalization, openness and use of health data? The Autumn Academy for young researchers might be the right thing for you.

You want to discuss your business idea informally? You need some coaching before you pitch in front of potential investors? Exchange ideas with experienced business angels.

The National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan offers a 4-week intensive summer programme for Bachelor students.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is organising a selection of summer schools. VUB is located in the heart of Europe, Brussels, the capital city.

The summer university of the Technische Universit?t Berlin is offering specialized courses in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Innovation and more.

The Polymesse will take place in the ETH main building and on the Polyterrasse on 2, 3 and 4 April. The fair offers students the opportunity to make contact with over 140 companies.

VSETH is organising a survey to analyse student satisfaction and to find out what are the most important concerns of the students.

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) offers more than 40 international summer courses during July and August. There are courses at both bachelor and master level.

Utrecht University, faculty of Geosciences, will offer six Geoscience courses from 8 to 19 July as part of the summer school programme 2019.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) offers the international summer school from 23 June to 24 August 2019.

The summer university programme "Green.Building.Solutions" of the BOKU University Vienna introduces students to the newest developments regarding sustainability in building and urban planning. ?

Are you dreaming to change the world? We are looking for innovative, low-cost, and crowdsourced solutions to local and global sustainability challenges.

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea offers individual research and a Korean cultural programme during the POSTECH summer programme.

The Universit¨¤ Bocconi will offer a selective three-week study programme to Bachelor's degree students in Milan from 1 to 19 July 2019.

Study at one of the world's leading universities. A choice of over 200 courses gives you the opportunity to create your own personalised study programme. ?

The summer school of the Vrije University Amsterdam offers interactive small-scale courses at Bachelor's and Master's level.?Current students, doctoral students and professionals are welcome to apply