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Taking a doctorate at ETH Zurich is an excellent investment for your future scientific career. With 4500 doctoral students out of a total of over 25'000 students, ETH Zurich is one of the universities in Europe which focuses most intensively on research.
There are 16 highly competitive doctoral programmes, run jointly by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. The aim is to attract the most promising young scientists from across the world by offering a comprehensive and challenging education for doctoral students in biosciences.
ETH Zurich mainly offers individual doctorates. Each potential doctoral thesis supervisor recruits their doctoral students themselves. In order to be able to complete a doctorate at ETH, a professor at ETH must be willing to supervise your dissertation.
ETH Zurich offers outstanding conditions for a doctorate: an innovative atmosphere, state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories, and an environment that inspires the scientific talents of tomorrow. The emphasis of your work will be to perform independent research, usually as part of a project.
At ETH, there are two ways to apply for a doctoral position: direct applications and applications for a graduate school. Graduate school. 17 doctoral programs covering various fields in the life sciences are coordinated under the umbrella of "Life Sciences Zurich Graduate School" together with the University of Zurich.
Doctoral PhD studies at ETH Zurich's Department of Computer Science. Competitive admission for highly motivated individuals with rewarding work experience and competitive salary.
The Computer Science Department’s goal is to educate students to become mature researchers and future leaders in the field of computer science. Doctoral students are part of a body of bright, talented and highly motivated scientists collaborating in research groups.
Application and admission. Students holding a Master's degree in computer science or a related field are cordially invited to apply for doctoral studies in Computer Science. Application and admission are possible at any time; there are no deadlines.
Passing on knowledge to future mathematicians, other scientists and engineers is a key part of doing doctoral studies at ETH Zurich. The teaching workload depends on the doctoral student's salary level.
Doctoral (PhD) students at D-ITET are individually supervised by a professor. Doctoral studies should take about 4 years (beyond the master degree) and must result in a thesis with a definite scientific contribution to research on an international level.
