Appointment of Thomas Scheiber to the Executive Board of ETH Zurich
On the proposal of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, the ETH Board has appointed Thomas Scheiber as a member of the Executive Board. He will succeed Professor Ulrich Weidmann as Vice President for Infrastructure and Sustainability with effect from 1 April 2027.
FIT for the Future: Shared roof for the research institutes
The four research institutes of the ETH Domain are to collaborate even more closely under a shared roof. They will strengthen the way they coordinate and collaborate on overarching strategic research programmes and will gradually merge their support services.
17 new professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL
At its meeting of 23/24 September 2026 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, the ETH Board appointed a total of six women and eleven men as professors.
List of public contracts awarded by the ETH Board in 2025 exceeding CHF 50,000
Pursuant to Art. 27 of the Ordinance on Public Procurement, contracting authorities subject to the Swiss federal legislation on public procurement are required once a year to report in electronic form on their public contracts exceeding CHF 50,000.
Stakeholders in the education sector are calling on Parliament to support Switzerland’s participation in Erasmus+
More than 20 organisations support this initiative, including the ETH Board. A call is being made to parliamentarians to ensure that the necessary funding can be approved by December, as part of the Bilateral Agreements III package.
10 new professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL
At its meeting of 15/16 July 2026 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, the ETH Board appointed a total of seven women and three men as professors and awarded the title of professor to one individual and the title of Professor of Practice to one individual.
ETH Domain strengthens existing cooperation with the DDPS and armasuisse
At its meeting of 20/21 May, the ETH Board discussed the conditions for the cooperation with the DDPS (and the Federal Office for Defence Procurement, armasuisse), which is to be intensified in accordance with the Federal Council’s new armaments policy strategy.
19 new professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL
At its meeting of 20/21 May 2026 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, the ETH Board appointed a total of six women and thirteen men as professors and awarded the title of professor to five individuals and the title of Professor of Practice to two individuals.
ETH Board opens consultation within the ETH Domain on the organisational development project “FIT for the Future”
At its meeting of 4/5 March, the ETH Board decided to put forward two versions of the organisational development project “FIT for the Future” for internal consultation within the ETH Domain.
Federal Council confirms Tanja Zimmermann as director of Empa
On 28 January, the Federal Council appointed Professor Tanja Zimmermann to a further four-year term as director of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa). This term will run from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2030.