News for students

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. 

Input on tools and topics to assist your academic work

The CYBATHLON 2020 offers a special kind of competition experience. In its three-​part video campaign, the ETH Library shows a person affected who defies fate with courage and high-​tech.

How do you like the new ETH Library website? We would love to hear your opinion.

Extended opening hours and services

The ETH Library has now licensed Zotero Institution for the ETH community.

We have just published our new courses and workshops on our website. They cover a wide range of interesting topics. From September, we will be hosting many autumn semester webinars, courses and workshops again.

More restrictions to be lifted before the start of the semester, but masks are mandatory

Input on tools and topics to assist your academic work

Female students, researchers, professors – they are no longer a rare sight, but the road to gender equality at ETH Zurich has been long and often bumpy. Explora illuminates the exciting history of women at ETH: from courageous and persistent trailblazers to the dedicated representatives of an autonomous women’s movement.

New open-access resources in the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library

Explora starts a new format. In five episodes, the mini-series reports on an ambitious project that combines art and science: The creation of alternative habitats for corals through digital production methods – an equally artistically and ecologically-scientifically exciting experiment.

The ETH Library in the main building and the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library are open again from 8 June 2020.

Learn languages with our virtual tours around the world.

Not going abroad this summer? Wanderlust? No problem! The Self-Access Centre offers you the opportunity to tour the most beautiful museums in the world virtually and to learn a language at the same time.

From 08.06.2020, ETH Library will also be physically open to its customers again – albeit with restrictions due to the necessary protective measures.

Tandem learning is all about learning a language and talking to another person. Fortunately this can be done online.

“The Materiality of Knowledge”: Inventoried and available to all those interested, ETH Library is re-opening a treasure trove of collector’s items featuring historical and contemporary objects from teaching and research. 

ETH Library is offering digital services and delivery of media to members of ETH Zurich during the closing period.

ETH Library is offering free delivery of media to members of ETH Zurich during the closing period.

Do you have questions about reference management with Mendeley or Zotero? Are you unsure whether Google is really sufficient for searching for new sources or would you like to know more about search strategies in map portals? 

The Self-Access Centre Hönggerberg of the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich is now running its courses online. 

Architecture and graphic novels – do the two really go together? Of course! Graphic novels combine art, literature and architecture. Visual representations depict travel through futuristic worlds, adventures in ominous-looking cities or lonely life in a megalopolis.

Are you planning a stay abroad? During this introductory meeting you will get to know how to improve your language skills in time for your stay abroad – alone or with a study partner. We will assist you in the following languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish 

Learn a language together with a study partner! You’ll define your own programme and set your own learning goals. The Self-Access Centre Hönggerberg will support you throughout the learning process and help you to find suitable study materials and activities.

Explore historical astronomical illustrations interactively with the new app 

Do you need a break from studying or want to improve your foreign language skills? Then you have come to the right place in the book club!  

ETH Library now also responds to your questions and requests via WhatsApp. 

The clearer look of the ETH Library search portal will ensure you can access the information you need even faster. 

During this introductory meeting on 20 November 2019, you will receive advice on language learning with a study partner. 

You want to acquire a language certificate in English or Spanish?

EXTRAordinary! An event organised by Hönggerberg Self-Access Centre

Viel mehr als nur Papier!  

From the Search Portal straight onto ETH Library’s website  

The UBC Vancouver Summer Program is a four-week academic program offered by the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Are you under 30? Want to be part of Europe’s Festival of Ideas? Are you thrilled by the idea of immersing yourself in an environment bursting with novel ideas and new ways of thinking? Apply by 31 March for one of 700 scholarships for the European Forum Alpbach in summer 2017.