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Also known as Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ, Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, ETH Zürich, ETH, Zürich, SFIT, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich

public research university in Zurich

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ETH Zurich is a public research university located in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the world's leading institutions for science and engineering education and research.

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Type
Education, Funder
Founded
1855
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
Also known as
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Politecnico Federale di Zurigo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich
Status
Active

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Encyclopedic overview

ETH Zurich (German: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; English: Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854, the university primarily teaches and conducts research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Like its sister institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ETH Zurich is part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, a consortium of universities and research institutes under the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. As of 2024, ETH Zurich enrolled 26,198 students from over 120 countries, of whom 4,351 were pursuing doctoral degrees.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ETH Zurich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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