The ETH Board supports the Bilaterals III
The ETH Board supports the Federal Council's objectives of further developing bilateral relations with the EU and making them fit for the future with the Bilateral III package.
The ETH Board supports the Federal Council's objectives of further developing bilateral relations with the EU and making them fit for the future with the Bilateral III package.
On 6 June the Federal Council appointed Martin Keller and Matthias Leuenberger to the ETH Board. Martin Keller will take office on 1 August, succeeding Christiane Leister, who passed away at the beginning of March. From 1 January 2026 Matthias Leuenberger will succeed Susan Gasser, whose term of office comes to an end in December.
Upon application of the President of EPFL, Prof. Anna Fontcuberta, the ETH Board is appointing Dr Adrian Wägli as a new member of the Executive Board. He will thus succeed Matthias Gäumann and will take over the Vice Presidency for Operations (VPO) from 1 December 2025.
At its meeting of 21/22 May, the ETH Board appointed Matthias Sulzer as a new Member of the Directorate at Empa and launched the procedure for appointing a new President of ETH Zurich as of 2027.
The ETH Board appointed two women and ten men as professors and awarded the title of professor to three individuals and the title of Professor of Practice to two individuals. It also took note of the resignation of 12 professors and thanked them for their services.
The ETH Board welcomes the publication of the text of the agreement on the European programmes negotiated as part of the overall Bilaterals III package between Switzerland and the EU. It is pleased that the approval of the agreement on the European programmes by the Federal Council means that the provisional association with the Horizon package could be confirmed once it is signed, which is due to take place in November 2025.
At its meeting of 5/6 March, the ETH Board took note of the decision of the President of ETH Zurich, Joël Mesot, not to stand for a third term of office, and appointed Annette Oxenius as the new member of the Executive Board of ETH Zurich.
The ETH Board appointed a total of nine women and nine men as professors and awarded the title of professor to six individuals and the title of Professor of Practice to two individuals. It also took note of the resignation of eight professors and thanked them for their services.
The ETH Domain has a great deal of interest in stable relationships with the EU. The free movement of persons is particularly important as is participation in the EU’s programmes for research, education and innovation.
The ETH Board has held discussions with the social partners on the salary decisions for 2025.
At its meeting of 4/5 December 2024, the ETH Board reached a decision in principle on the organisational development project "FIT for the Future" and issued mandates for its continued implementation.
The ETH Board appointed a total of three women and seven men as professors and awarded the title of professor to eight individuals and the title of Professor of Practice to two individuals. It also took note of the resignation of eleven professors and thanked them for their services.
Their names are Marianne Liebi Adrian Wanner. Two young researchers who make the nanostructure of macroscopic samples, such as bones or brain tissue, visible in three dimensions using high-resolution images.
Empa researchers have developed novel materials made of carbon that exploit quantum effects to exhibit previously unattainable electronic and magnetic properties.
Professor of number theory Maryna Viazovska has solved a mathematical problem that has stumped researchers for centuries. This achievement brought her recognition with the Fields Medal, which is something like a “Nobel Prize for Mathematics”.
The institutions of the ETH Domain produce around 60 spin-offs each year. Among them, five are valued at over one billion dollars. Here is an introduction to these five “unicorns”.
The Swiss energy system is expected to be climate-neutral by 2050. The key to this is science: CO2 can be converted by electrolysis into raw materials for chemicals or synthetic fuels and the cost of a fossil-free energy system can be calculated using modelling.
Matthias Saurer is a physicist and heads the WSL isotope laboratory where complex measuring procedures are used to determine plants’ isotope ratios. These provide answers to questions about the nutrient and water balance in forests, for example, and provide important foundations for environmental and climate research.
Anna Kiesenhofer has a doctorate in mathematics and was doing research as a postdoc at EPFL on partial differential equations when she qualified for the cycling road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and won the gold medal in sensational fashion. She sees parallels between mathematics and cycling which were instrumental in her success.
Cyanobacteria are ancient organisms. The most varied types of shells without a core, which, at high density in warm waters, can secrete complex substances and also toxins. Some are toxic to both humans and animals. Elisabeth Janssen is on the trail of these natural toxins: applied research, the results of which can be incorporated into water protection or water management.
Quantum physics has a long tradition at ETH Zurich. Now it is further expanding its teaching and research activities. Around 150 students are completing the novel Master’s degree programme in Quantum Engineering, there is a “Quantum Center” and quantum computers are to be built in the ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub.
Failing to perform an experiment, considering the wrong hypothesis, having a paper rejected: failure is not only normal in science, it is also essential for cutting-edge research. What is the experience of researchers in the ETH Domain with this sensitive topic?
A pan-European initiative launched at the behest of the Swiss and British research communities calls for the two countries to be rapidly reintegrated into European science.
What are the institutions of the ETH Domain doing to reduce the CO2 emissions of their buildings? An overview shows: quite a lot, from anergy and waste heat to district heating and photovoltaics.
About the Conference The ETH Domain Conference: Strategic Areas 2025–2028 is the first ETH Domain-wide event dedicated to fostering exchange, collaboration, and strategic alignment across its six key areas for the upcoming period. Held over two days at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, the conference will bring together researchers at all career stages, institutional leaders, and domain experts to discuss shared priorities and shape future initiatives. Join us on 8–9 December 2025 in Lausanne.
The ETH Board has launched FIT for the Future, an organisational development project aimed at adapting the structure of the ETH Domain to tomorrow's challenges. Its goal: to strengthen collaboration between the institutions and improve administrative efficiency.
On this page, you will find an archive of the newsletters sent as part of the organisational development project FIT for the Future.
The President of the ETH Board, Michael O. Hengartner, answers three key questions about the organisational development that will shape the future of the ETH Domain.
The FIT for the Future project is now in its second phase – the design phase – following the ETH Board’s decision in principle in December 2024.
During the internal preliminary consultation, the ETH Board received a great deal of feedback and questions about the project. Some of the most relevant questions, and the associated answers, are given below.
Improving strategic coordination, promoting collaboration, simplifying administrative processes: with the FIT for the Future project, the ETH Board intends to develop the organisation of the ETH Domain.
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At the start of 2024, the ETH Board and the six institutions of the ETH Domain defined eight objectives to be achieved in the “FIT for the Future” organisational development project, and developed corresponding sub-projects.
Fit for the future – from industrialisation to the digitalisation age
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