ETH-EPFL Summer Schools

One of the objectives of the Summer School Programme is to enhance exchange between EPFL and ETH Zurich students. The organising committee, who also hands in the application, must therefore consist of doctoral students from both universities.

Similarly, doctoral or Master students of both universities should be the main target group of the planned summer school. At least two thirds of the participants must be enrolled at either of them. The remaining participants may join from other Swiss or international institutions.

The programme aims to sponsor new summer schools. Proposals for courses that already took place in previous years might still be considered but will not take priority.

You may apply for up to CHF 20,000.

In case an existing summer school is accepted for funding, only the expenses of participants from institutions of the ETH Domain will be covered.

1. Choose a topic.
   
2. Form an Organising Committee of 2-5 doctoral students from ETH Zurich and EPFL. Decide who will be the main contact person. 
   
3. Sketch a programme covering 2-7 days.
   
4. Discuss your ideas with two professors from your home institutions (1 ETH + 1 EPFL), e.g. with your doctoral supervisors, and obtain letters of support from them. At EPFL you will need an additional letter from the director of the doctoral programme the summer school will be associated with.
   
5. Prepare your proposal including a detailed budget and the letters of support.
   
6. Submit your proposal to the institution the main contact person is affiliated with: 
   • ETH: Rector's staff, ulrich.schutz@sl.ethz.ch
   • EPFL: Doctoral School Administration, external page gestion.edoc@epfl.ch
     

The annual deadline for proposal submission is 1 October.

The summer school must take place between March and October.