Types of professorships

The professors of ETH Zurich are responsible for teaching and research at the highest international level.

ETH Zurich distinguishes between temporary assistant professorships with and without tenure track as well as associate professorships and full professorships that are not limited in duration.

For assistant professors, an appointment at an early stage in the career is sought. When comparing the performance of candidates, the respective academic net age as the period since the doctoral examination that was spent for scientific work is taken into account. This period should not exceed eight years at the time of application.

Assistant professor may be reapointed after their first four-year term of office.

At the tenured professorship level, the focus is on more established scientists who are international leaders in their discipline and can be expected to make significant contributions to the field in the course of a sufficiently long career at ETH Zurich.

The retirement usually takes place at the end of the semester during which the full professor turns 65.