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The call 2025–2026 of the "Germaine de Staël" programme for bilateral research cooperation between Switzerland and France has been launched. Application deadline is 15 May 2024.

Movetia, the Swiss national agency for exchange and mobility, has launched a call for its "International Programme". The programme supports cooperation in education with partner institutions worldwide.

The call for proposal of the Humanitarian Action Challenges is now open. It supports collaborative research with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop solutions for humanitarian action.

Christian Wolfrum has been Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich since the beginning of the year. What are the next challenges for research and how does he propose to tackle them?

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.

Switzerland currently has only limited access to Horizon Europe, the world’s largest funding programme for research and innovation. Here’s why this will become problematic for Switzerland as a centre of research and innovation in the long term.

Experiencing a different academic culture can open up new perspectives on research and on life. This was the experience of three ETH doctoral students who were awarded an ETH Zurich Doc.Mobility Fellowship for a six months stay abroad. ETH doctoral students may apply again by 1 September 2022.

ETH mathematician Georg Anegg spent three weeks at Ashesi University in Ghana, which offers a joint master's program in Mechatronics Engineering with ETH Zurich. In an interview published by the D-MATH News, he talks about what it's like to teach in Ashesi and what motivated him to participate in the project.

Yesterday saw the publication of the latest QS Ranking, an annual ranking of the best universities worldwide. ETH Zurich made the top 10. But what’s behind these university rankings, and what do they actually mean?

On 1 June 2022, Tanja Zimmermann became the first woman to head Empa, the research institute for materials science and technology. Like her predecessor, Gian-Luca Bona, the materials scientist also holds a dual professorship at ETH and EPFL.

In recent weeks ETH Zurich has extended the range of support it offers to students and researchers affected by the war in Ukraine. Here is an overview of the most important recent developments.

VSETH is supporting the “Friends of Ukraine” organisation in collecting relief supplies and has set up a collection point on the Hönggerberg campus. You can hand in material there and at other collection points in Zurich.

ETH professor Maksym Kovalenko drove from Zurich to Moldova to evacuate his mother and mother-in-law from war-torn Ukraine to safety in Switzerland. In an interview with Internal news, the Ukrainian-born professor talks about his 68-hour drive and how it feels to work and teach at ETH while his home country is under attack.

Five days ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. ETH Zurich condemns this act of aggression and is taking some first measures to support students and researchers from Ukraine.

Members of the ETH community who need a fast, secure and reliable internet connection for their data now have an alternative: SCION network technology, invented at ETH Zurich, is now also available to any ETH lecturers, researchers or employees with special security, performance or reliability requirements.

By 2030, the Zurich City university district is set to undergo major changes. ETH will renovate its canteen and multi-purpose building under the Polyterrasse as well as the main building and forecourt. USZ and UZH will build a new hospital as well as an education and research centre. The streets, cycle paths and green spaces will be redesigned.

Studying abroad is popular among students. But what does student mobility mean in a pandemic? Andrea Rothenbühler, Head of the Student Exchange Office, explains why an information market will be held despite the current situation, and whether and when students can go on an exchange.

It might sound odd, but ETH Zurich is not just based in Zurich. The university has around 20 sites, including in the canton of Graubünden and in northwestern Switzerland, and even in Asia. They may not be the most obvious of locations, but there are good reasons behind them.

The new ETH AI Center will officially open its doors on 20 October 2020. 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?

Sharing knowledge and technology with foreign countries may be subject to legal restrictions or even banned altogether. ETH’s export control service is on hand to advise ETH members and ensure that they comply with the necessary regulations.

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.

Alongside research and teaching, the transfer of knowledge and technological expertise is one of the key tasks for ETH Zurich. ETH transfer helps researchers to share their findings from the lab with the world of business.

The Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF), ETH Zurich’s conference platform in the Canton of Ticino, has launched its call for proposals for 2018 academic conferences and 2017/2018 Winter Schools.

One idea, three minutes: that’s the challenge at the Falling Walls Lab ideas competition. The third Swiss qualifier will take place in September at ETH Zurich, with the winner earning a trip to the international final in Berlin.

The Collegium Helveticum's Board of Trustees has elected seven professors as fellows.

Starting this autumn, refugees who have started or completed a degree in a technical or scientific field in their home country will be able to attend lectures at ETH Zurich.

A new report entitled “Research and Innovation in Switzerland 2016” was today presented by Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, President of the Swiss Confederation and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. It offers a first review of the performance of Swiss research and innovation – with some good results for ETH Zurich.

In June 2016, the Competence Center Personalized Medicine UZH/ETZ and the IT'IS Foundation join forces to organize the Latsis Symposium ETH Zurich “Personalized medicine – challenges and opportunities”.

The second phase of Future Cities Laboratory started in September 2015 and will be officially launched at ETH Zurich on 20 April.

Three public lectures mark the inauguration of the Turing Centre Zurich's teaching and research activities.

On the second anniversary of the vote on the mass immigration initiative, Swiss universities are warning of the consequences of the enforcement initiative and publishing a joint manifesto on the position of Swiss education and research. The repercussions are far-reaching – Switzerland's economy and prosperity are at stake too.

In order to keep up-to-date with the negotiations, plenary sessions and press conferences from the COP21 are being webcast live on the “Green Floor” in the CHN building (D-floor next to the lift), every day from 10am to 6pm.

The D-MAVT Distinguished Lecture Series brings world leading scientists and engineers to ETH Zurich. Next Monday, Ole Sigmund, Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, will talk about topology optimization.

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015, Climate-KIC Switzerland invites you to its fourth annual Swiss Venture Competition finals at ETH Zurich.

Doctoral students and lecturers at ETH Zurich can learn German for the classroom and everyday life in just one year. “Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) Turbo” is the name of the course, and it is open for registration from now on.

ETH Zurich offers a wide range of support services for students and researchers during their studies and work at the university. A new website section provides an overview of the various support options and funding instruments.

A stumbling circuit will be set up in the ETH Main Building until Thursday.

Universities across Europe will fall silent for one minute today at noon as a sign of solidarity with the victims of the terror attack on Garissa University College in Kenya. ETH Zurich requests that its members take part.

Minh Tran, Head of the Department of Computer Science Communications Group, gave a talk at IBM Research Zurich about how the academic quest for objective knowledge can be reconciled with the increasing dominance of market values in education.

My colleague Harald Bugmann raises an important issue in his critique of university rankings. I believe we must approach these rankings pragmatically. But we must also ensure that ETH Zurich maintains its high profile.

We are all proud of ETH. And rightly so. Nevertheless I have come to suspect over the last years that ETH is making more and more decisions which may seem correct from a specific point of view but which do not take into account the bigger picture and ultimately contribute towards undesired developments.

From 24 September to 9 November 2014, an exhibition at the ETH main building presents the most important works of the Future Cities Laboratory at the Singapore-ETH Centre.

Marta H. Wisniewska will soon leave FCL in Singapore to come to Zurich. The new challenge will be to translate her research into teaching material.

The CREATE Tower in Singapore sets the scene for vertical networking among its various institutions. Marta H. Wisniewska sees this as a strength.

The variety of nationalities at ETH is a major gain in both the social and scientific contexts. That is why it is necessary to fight for the variety at ETH to be maintained, writes VSETH President Julia Wysling.

What we throw away may be a valuable renewable resource for building materials. Marta H. Wisniewska explains the future destiny of refuse.

The referendum on limiting immigration abruptly added a new item to the political agenda of Swiss students. VSETH President Julia Wysling has seen the effects first hand.

Stanford does things differently: it tests on a small scale and sees how things develop instead of conducting lengthy evaluations. ETH can learn a lot from this approach, thinks columnist Julia Wysling.

By celebrating Chinese New Year in Singapore, columnist Marta Heisel-Wisniewska learns valuable cultural lessons applicable to her private and professional life.

India is a complex and multifaceted society. In the megacities, you can find sacred cows, packs of street dogs, and a host of invisible human helpers, as columnist Margrit Leuthold tells us.