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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

GRID grid.5801.c · ISNI 0000 0001 2156 2780

Wikidata facts

Part of
ETH Domain
Official name
ETH Zürich
Located in
Zurich
Elevation
459
Chairperson
Joël Mesot
Location
Zurich
Official website
www.ethz.ch
Image
ETH Zurich from Polyterrace.jpg
Students count
23420
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short name
チューリッヒ工科大学
IPv6 routing prefix
2001:620:8::/48
Commons category
ETH Zurich
topic's main category
Category:ETH Zurich
inception
1855-10-16
native label
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
category for alumni of educational institution
Category:ETH Zurich alumni
category for employees of the organization
Category:Academic staff of ETH Zurich
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
social media followers
49700
ranking
27
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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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