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Legal basis doctorate

Legal basis

The doctorate is regulated by the Ordinance on the Doctorate at ETH Zurich and the associated implementing provisions of the Rector’s Implementation Provisions for the ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate.

If the doctorate is linked to any employment at ETH Zurich, this is regulated by the Ordinance Governing Scientific Employees of ETH Zurich and the Directives for Doctoral Students Employed at ETH Zurich with the corresponding information sheet.

Detailed stipulations regarding the doctorate

The Doctoral Ordinance defines the basic elements for doctoral studies. The details are the responsibility of the departments. Depending on the department in which you are doing your doctorate, the detailed regulations for doctoral studies may vary.

Directives Collection of the Rectorate

The Directives Collection of the Rectorate contains implementation provisions on various topics of the doctorate.