Awarding the ETH Zurich Silver Medal for doctoral thesis projects

The long-term ceiling for the number of medals awarded should not exceed 8% of doctoral theses within ETH Zurich as a whole or within individual departments.

The exceptionality of the doctoral thesis and its eligibility for an award must be set out in writing in the following texts:

• examiner’s report
• co-examiner’s report(s)
• additional external expert assessment

After approval of the application by the department, the Head of Department must send the application for the Medal(s) to the Rector in a collective message by 30 April or 31 October at the latest.

Applications must be submitted using the form DownloadApplication: ETH Medal for outstanding doctoral thesis projects (PDF, 413 KB)vertical_align_bottom. The applications must include the following documents:

• examiner’s report (photocopies)
• co-examiner’s report(s) (photocopies)
• additional external expert assessment (with original signature / co-examiners are not accepted as additional experts)

Spring semester applications to Doctoral Administration Office by 30 April at the latest

￭ D-BAUG – Civil Engineering
￭ D-BAUG – Environmental Engineering
￭ D-BAUG – Geomatic Engineering
￭ D-MATL
￭ D-MATH
￭ D-CHAB
￭ D-BIOL
￭ D-ERDW
￭ D-BSSE

The long-term ceiling for the number of medals awarded should not exceed 8% of doctoral theses within ETH Zurich as a whole or within individual departments. Each department’s allowance is calculated after the first Study Conference of each spring semester.

Autumn semester applications by 31 October at the latest

￭ D-ARCH
￭ D-MAVT
￭ D-ITET
￭ D-INFK
￭ D-MTEC
￭ D-PHYS
￭ D-USYS
￭ D-HEST
￭ D-GESS