29 April 2013
Switzerland: No water shortage despite melting glaciers
The Blue Brain Project at EPFL achieved a breakthrough in being selected as one of two EU FET flagship initiatives while ETH Zurich opened...  More 
24 April 2013
ETH Board sends out a signal of reliability and trust
The ETH Board is pleased to have received around 50 applications and third-party proposals within the specified deadline in response to its...  More 
08 March 2013
ETH Board honours the institutions’ achievements
The ETH Board has allocated the federal funds available for 2014 to ETH Zurich, EPFL and the four research institutes PSI, WSL, Empa and...  More 
08 March 2013
12 new professors at the two Federal Institutes of Technology
Appointments ETH ZurichProfessor Niko Beerenwinkel (*1973), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosystems...  More 
06 March 2013
ETH Board puts on hold the plan to double tuition fees
A parliamentary initiative signed by members of many parliamentary groups and submitted on 5 March 2013 is calling for tuition fees at the...  More 
Swiss Federal Council, 20 February 2013
Philippe Gillet to head EPFL for six months
During his six months as interim president of the EPFL, Philippe Gillet will hold a seat on the ETH Board by virtue of his office. During...  More 
Swiss Federal Council, 13 February 2013
Reappointment of the Empa Director
Under Gian-Luca Bona’s leadership, Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research) has developed into an...  More 
28 January 2013
EU chooses the EPFL’s Human Brain Project as a flagship
The EU has chosen the EPFL-led Human Brain Project (HBP) and the Swedish-run Graphene project, in which researchers of ETH Zurich and Empa...  More 
17 December 2012
Barbara Haering Co-Chair of the European Research and Innovation Area Board
The European Union and the countries that are party to its Research Framework Programme, among them Switzerland, strive to concentrate...  More 
07 December 2012
15 new professors at the two Federal Institutes of Technology
Appointments ETH ZurichProfessor Luca Benini (*1967), currently Full Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, as Full Professor...  More 
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