The decision for a new federal university was heavily disputed at the time; the liberals pressed for a "federal university", while the conservative forces wanted all universities to remain under cantonal control, worried that the liberals would gain more political power than they already had. Check out the ETH News for the latest information, the Zukunftsblog for personal views on socially relevant topics, or the magazine Globe for in-depth reports.. Research takes place at ETH's 16 departments and at its Competence Centres.More information can be found on their pages and in their dedicated newsfeeds.
However, it now has 16 departments.
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ETH has well over 100 student associations.
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In a comparison of Swiss universities by swissUP Ranking and in rankings published by CHE comparing the universities of German-speaking countries, ETH Zurich traditionally is ranked first in natural sciences, computer science and engineering sciences. The Collegium Helveticum is an Institute for Advanced Study. If the weighted average score is not sufficient, a student is required to retake the entire Basisprüfung which usually means having to re-sit the whole first year. [24] Most Master's programmes and doctoral studies are in English. It forms a bridge between industry and the ETH and offers many services for students and companies alike. This is the biggest decorated ball in Europe. More information can be found on their pages and in their dedicated newsfeeds. Multi-Scale Robotics Lab.
There has been an annual rowing match between teams from the two institutions on the river Limmat. From 1905 to 1908, under the presidency of Jérôme Franel, the course program of ETH was restructured to that of a real university and ETH was granted the right to award doctorates. As the town and university grew, the ETH spread into the surrounding vineyards and later quarters. ETH Zurich has produced and attracted many famous scientists in its short history, including Albert Einstein. The main building of ETH was built from 1858 to 1864 under Gustav Zeuner; the architect, however, was Gottfried Semper, who was a professor of architecture at ETH at the time and one of the most important architectural writers and theorists of the age.
With joint competence centres in the fields of environment and sustainability, energy and mobility, materials science and technology and bioimaging, the ETH Domain covers a wide range of topic areas, to the benefit of education and research at ETH Zurich.
[27], ETH students were found to be the busiest students of all institutions of higher education in Switzerland. Various services are tailored to specific career stages. Press Tab to navigate to entries, then Enter to open or collapse content. E-mail: eval(unescape('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%69%6e%66%6f%40%65%74%68%72%61%74%2e%63%68%22%3e%69%6e%66%6f%40%65%74%68%72%61%74%2e%63%68%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29')), JavaScript has been disabled in your browser. Explora launched the new miniseries format in July. [19] In 2015, ETH was ranked 5th in the world in Engineering, Science and Technology, just behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Cambridge University. ETH's departments as well as numerous cross-cutting initiatives such as Competence Centres and NCCRs are great places to build up your network at ETH. We are located in the central campus, close to the city centre.
It specializes in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and the use of ion beam based techniques with applications in archeology, earth sciences, life sciences, material sciences and fundamental physics. [12] In the beginning, both universities were co-located in the buildings of the University of Zurich.