Centres of Competence for Essential Research Questions

ETH Zurich promotes cross-disciplinary research, for example in the form of competence centres. These are networks where ETH professorships or ETH institutes from various fields coordinate their scientific work, in some cases with external partners, while pursuing common strategic aims.

Centres of Competence at ETH Zurich

• Imaging:
  Center for Imaging Science and Technology (CIMST) - www.cimst.ethz.ch
• Socio-economic crises:
  Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems (CCSS) - www.ccss.ethz.ch
• Energy science:
  Energy Science Center (ESC) - www.esc.ethz.ch
• Education:
  Kompetenzzentrum für Lehren und Lernen (EducETH) - www.educ.ethz.ch
• Materials research:
  Materials Research Center (MRC) - www.mrc.ethz.ch
• Micro and nano science:
  Micro and Nano Science Platform (MNSP) - www.micronano.ethz.ch
• North-South Centre:
  North-South Centre - www.northsouth.ethz.ch
• Electromagnetics:
  Swiss Electromagnetics Research & Engineering Centre (SEREC) - www.serec.ethz.ch
• Integrative risk management:
  Risk Center - www.riskcenter.ethz.ch
• Worldwide food security:
  World Food System
  

Centres of Competence in collaboration with other universities and institutions

• Climate systems modeling:
  Centre for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) - www.c2sm.ethz.ch
• Finance:
  Competence Center Finance in Zurich (CCFZ) - www.ccfz.ch
• Metabolic Diseases:
  Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases (CC-SPMD) - www.ccspmd.ethz.ch
• History of knowledge:
  Competence Centre "History of Knowledge" (CC-HK) - www.zgw.ethz.ch
• Neuroscience:
  Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ) - www.neuroscience.uzh.ch
• Plant Science:
  Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC) - www.plantscience.ethz.ch

Centres of Competence ETH Domain

• Energy and mobility:
  Competence Center Energy and Mobility (CCEM-CH) - www.ccem.ch
  
• Environment and sustainability:
  Competence Center Environment and Sustainability (CCES) - www.cces.ethz.ch
  
• Materials science:
  Competence Center for Materials Science and Technology (CCMX) - www.ccmx.ch
  

Other Research Associations

• Nano-Tera.ch (NTCH) - www.nano-tera.ch
• SystemsX.ch - www.systemsx.ch