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The objective of the call for tenders is to find printers who can continue the ETH's printing services externally from 2025. The call for tenders is expected to start in the coming months. The search for solutions is ongoing for employees of the Print Group who have not yet found a new position internally.

Due to an acute lack of space in the centre, the Department of Earth Sciences was looking for new storage space. Together with the Campus Services storage team, a former army ammunition depot has now been converted. Over thirty Euro pallets are already stored in the new high racks.

Advances in digital technology and the impact of regulatory changes have led to a shift in customer preferences and needs – resulting in a decline in demand for printed media at ETH Zurich.

Discover ETH Zurich from a new perspective on Tuesday evenings. In 2024, the Public Tours will once again include well-known and exotic ETH locations on campus and beyond. The guided tours of the ETH institutes, laboratories, collections and archives look forward to your visit every week.

Special orders, such as the request from ETH researcher Vasily Sitnikov to deliver a sponge-shaped concrete block to the Old Botanical Garden, are the daily business of the Campus Services department's transport team.

In the past few months, several employees have been using the parking spaces in the underground garages of ETH Zurich without payment. In many cases, the exit controls were actively and systematically avoided.

Special opening times and operating hours apply at ETH Zurich around the holidays.

As communicated some while ago, parking charges at ETH Zurich will be brought into line with market prices in a third and final step. In future, parking spaces will only be available for rent in buildings belonging to ETH Zurich. Meanwhile, the number of charging stations for electric vehicles at ETH will be increased.

Between March and October 2023, the many initiatives and measures implemented as part of the "smart moves" awareness campaign shone a light on how we can do even more with regard to sustainability here at ETH Zurich.

Construction work for the new computing centre on the Hönggerberg campus (HRZ) are set to begin in early 2024. Construction site setup and the preparatory work will begin today to ensure that work can start on time.

Since March 2023, the campaign «smart moves» shows how we can be even more sustainable on the road at ETH Zurich. On October 12, the second ETH bike exchange of the year will take place on the Hönggerberg in addition to the big e-bike test drive.

The ETH app is now equipped with two new functions, making it even easier to access the various mobility options.

Can you imagine receiving your letters by e-mail so that you can read them wherever you are - at home or on the road, for example?

ETH is continually enhancing its range of children’s activities. Our latest offering is Globi’s Forest Laboratory, a nature trail through the Hönggerberg woodlands.

ETH Zurich is taking part in the Academic Bicycle Challenge for the first time this year. Until 31 May at the latest, bike rides can be tracked via the Naviki app. The collected data will help to better plan future bicycle routes.

Cycling is good both for you and the environment. And it will particularly pay off in May and June when “Bike to work” will also be offering attractive prizes for all frequent cyclists to win.

Don’t miss the first ETH Velobörse of the year, this Thursday on the Polyterrace! It’s a great chance to snap up a second-hand bike at a good price.

Mobility is a crucial aspect of our lives. So, what options are currently in place, and what solutions will be needed in the future? Who’s in charge of the mobility infrastructure, and what responsibilities should we bear, as users? These are the questions the “smart moves” campaign will be addressing over the next months.

The costs of energy, transport and paper have risen dramatically. This means that, as of 20 February 2023, we have to adjust our traditionally low prices for in-house printing services. Nonetheless, it will still be cheaper to use Print and Publish than an outside provider.

"Plot on demand" allows you to print posters and plans yourself at multiple locations using a QR code that you purchase online.

On Tuesday evenings, the ETH collections, archives, institute and labs are open to everyone. Visitors joining our guided tours will discover things both amazing and bizarre. For 2023, we’ve scheduled some 59 public tours; you can find out all about them in our brand-new newsletter.

Special opening times and operating hours apply at ETH Zurich around the holidays.

Do you want goods transported from A to B? Do you need assistance with storage? Would you like to send a bulk mailing by post? Campus Services has the information and solutions you’re looking for. Now even faster and around the clock – thanks to the Logistics Help Centre.

ETH Zurich’s brand-new app tour goes right to the roots of nutrition. This tour of the Zentrum campus gives a gripping insight into the history of agricultural sciences at ETH and reveals how research is helping to feed the world today.

Have you recently sent a non-commercial consignment abroad and had it returned? If so, it’s very likely because of the new regulation.

More than 4'500 guests travelled to the Hönggerberg on 26 August 2022, to celebrate the big ETH staff party. Now the party is over - what remains are the memories.

Every day, hundreds of ETH members commute between the Zentrum and Hönggerberg campuses by the electrically powered eLink shuttle bus. On 30 August 2022, ETH Zurich Tours present this shining example of sustainability to the public for the first time.

Do you know about the free telephone service for ETH members? Whether you’re temporarily away from your phone or going on holiday for a while: The ETH telephone switchboard will take over for you and reliably ensure that your calls don’t go unanswered.

From 1 July to 31 October 2022, all ETH members who do not yet have an annual subscription will be able to benefit from a great-value introductory offer for PubliBike’s convenient bicycles and e-bikes.

Summer is here and with it a new offer for visitors presented by the Campus Services department: the «Kunst zum Zmittag» walk-in tour. Every Friday from June through August, starting at 12:30 pm, you can explore selected works of art in the chilly main building – free of charge and without registration.

Now that Covid restrictions have been lifted, more and more of us are returning to the workplace and travelling back and forth between locations and institutes again. Here’s an idea for anyone who would rather have company in the car.

Whether you’re looking to advertise an event (Campus Channels), travel sustainably to and from work by bike, bus or car (Mobility), or find your way quickly around the campus (Signage) – Campus Services is always at hand to help lighten the load for ETH members.

In mid-March, the Campus Experience group launched four exciting theme tours. You can now feel the fascination of modern art, discover how the anergy grid beneath the Hönggerberg campus saves CO₂, and reach for the stars at the Semper Observatory.

Anyone at ETH who wants to get from one place to another quickly can hire an e-bike from one of four convenient ETH Zurich locations.

For the period from Friday, 24 December 2021 up to and including Sunday, 2 January 2022, special ETH Zurich opening times and operational hours apply.

As part of the Open House tours, ETH Zurich provides insights into its historical and modern buildings and guides visitors around its two campuses. 

Since 1 April 2021, the ETH platform for workshop technology (in short Workshop Platform) has expanded its range of services to include design and development. This service is offered free of charge to ETH members.

A new release from the ETH Zurich Tours app is online! Join our second tour; discover the Hönggerberg campus for yourself, and learn all about the role women played in the 160-year history of the science university.

For five years, the Campus Info Team has been committed to serving both the Zentrum campus and Hönggerberg campus as well as the telephone switchboard.

Despite slowdown, lockdown, home office and digitalisation, documents, flyers, posters, etc., are still needed in printed form. In addition to the web shop and Service Hotline, Print and Publish will now support you in handling your print orders by distributing printed materials in Switzerland without shipping charges.

For the period from Thursday, 24 December 2020 up to and including Sunday, 3 January 2021, special ETH Zurich opening times and operational hours apply.

Usually at this time of year, you would have thanked Services staff personally and captivated us with your Christmas story or a review of the past 12 months with pictures. But this year everything’s different. Dear David, after twelve years you’re leaving ETH Zurich.

In this extraordinary year, social distancing and virtual communication have turned our everyday life topsy-turvy. Christmas cards help us connect and give a sense of belonging.

The VSETH printing service Student Print On Demand (SPOD) will be incorporated in the Print and Publish range of services as a pilot project this semester. The service will be available from the online web shop as of 14 October 2020.

There's so much to organise and think about when planning an event – especially in the coronavirus era. That includes obtaining the necessary permit to hold the event. Thanks to a new tool called Servix, getting an event approved is now easier than ever.

The ETH Link will run on electricity from the beginning of the semester. Starting on 14 September 2020, electric articulated buses will link the Hönggerberg campus with the Zentrum campus. Alongside the “eLink” connection, there will be new charging stations for electric vehicles and more services for e-bikes.

Emergency mode at ETH has led to many changes: from teleworking and virtual lectures to online events, things that were mostly unpopular a few months ago now seem to be the way of the future. We spoke with Anahita Zelger, Events Project Leader, about events in the corona era and which aspects of the lockdown are here to stay.

The Campus Services and IT Services departments are now offering virtual event solutions for ETH members.

The Print and Publish webshop has now produced a number of templates for communicating the emergency operation requirements. This new offering is tailored to the needs of ETH members and is constantly being expanded.

For ETH members and students: Print and Publish is introducing an extended dispatch of printed matter from the web shop by post. This service takes effect immediately and will run throughout the corona period.

A pool of helpers has been set up to help members of the ETH community who are under extra stress due to emergency operations. Volunteers are constantly being sought for this.

Until 26 March 2020, an exhibition at the Campus Info on the Hönggerberg campus will show how the excellent anergy grid works.

For the period from Tuesday, 24 December 2019 up to and including Sunday, 5 January 2020, special ETH Zurich opening times and operational hours apply.

From Saturday, 22 December 2018 up to and including Wednesday, 2 January 2019, special ETH Zurich opening times and operational hours will apply.

The winners of the photo competition for ETH members "Favourite places on the Hönggerberg campus" have been selected: Nicolas Ochsner won with a photo of the archive room of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta).  

At the start of August, Alessio Figalli was awarded the Fields Medal. This distinction is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for mathematicians and is a cause for major celebration. ETH Zurich is to mark this special occasion with a honorary lecture on 22 October 2018. The lecture will also be broadcast via live streaming.

An info room in the former anatomy building at University Hospital Zurich provides information on developments in Zurich’s central university district. There is also a poster exhibition in ETH’s main building that discusses what will happen to the urban space between the buildings.

From Saturday, 23 December 2017 up to and including Tuesday, 2 January 2018, special ETH Zurich opening times and operational hours will apply.

From the beginning of 2018, ETH will switch completely to white recycled paper. This is a multiple benefit: The step reduces the burden on the environment, is cost-effective and meets high quality standards.

Things are getting going a few minutes earlier in the morning – in both directions. And during term time, the Link shuttlebus will now make four instead of three rounds every hour.