Counselling
ETH-internal counselling services
for ETH-employees and students
- Hello Kids! - Is a centralised office for all matters on and around childcare. The office supports members of ETH in their search for external childcare and provides tailored advice.
- regarding employment conditions, parent leave, part-time work, child benefits and other topics concerning industrial law, please contact the human resources employee responsible.
- Academic career advice is offered by the human resource department for ETH employees.
- The Student Administration helps in case of parenthood during studies.
- Concerning DualCareer-questions on the level of professorship, please contact Faculty Affairs
- external pageFoundation for Childcare in the Zurich University Areacall_made (kihz) – For questions regarding a daycare place for your children, consult the kihz Foundation, which owns different childcare facilities in the Zurich University area.
- Welcome Center - Helps people coming from abroad to work at the ETH with topics such as immigration, finding accommodation, childcare and living and working in Switzerland.
External Information- and Counselling Services
For (becoming) parents and supervisors
- external pagemamagenda (German only)call_made – Information portal containing useful advice for parents-to-be as well as their employers (in German only)
- external pageGleichstellung im Erwerbsleben (German only)call_made – Informationen on the reconciliation of work and family by the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI)
- external pageGender Equality in the Workplacecall_made – information on equal pay and sexual harassment in the workplace provided by the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA)
- external pageFachstelle UND – Work-Life Balance for Men and Women (German only)call_made
- external pagemänner.ch – Umbrella Organization of Swiss Men and Fathers Organizationscall_made (in German only)
- external pageKidscornercall_made – overview of the organization of the Swiss school system as well as non-family child care, with many useful addresses and links for parents by parents (in German only)
- external pageFamily-supplementing Childcare of the City of Zurichcall_made – including FAQs and a hotline (in German only)
- external pageNon-family Childcare: Parental and Subvention contributions brochurecall_made – by the City of Zurich, available in 10 different languages
- external pageDaycare Facilities in the City of Zurichcall_made (in German only)
- external pageNannyvermittlungcall_made – Professional assistance in the search for a nanny (German only)
- external pagequitt.chcall_made - On-line tool to easily employ domestic staff (e.g. a nanny) (ETH Spin-off)
- external pageLiliputcall_made – Organizes and searches for childcare solutions in all of Switzerland (in German only)