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At its last meetings, the Executive Board of ETH Zurich approved six social and leadership competencies, made appointments and approved both a preliminary project for the "Digital Campus" program and the proof of need for renovation work on the ETH main building.

The Executive Board of ETH Zurich discussed the split first-year exams and issued new programme regulations for the Bachelor’s programmes in civil engineering and environmental engineering.

At its last two meetings, the Executive Board elected Ulrike Lohmann as the new Vice Rector for Doctoral Studies and approved financial support for the International Chemistry Olympiad.

At its last meeting, the Executive Board appointed new members to various commissions and approved the further development of ETH reporting.

In its first meeting of the year, the Executive Board accredited the Competence Center for Materials and Processes for another four years, approved the tightening of application processes at the ETH Zurich Foundation, signed off on a new SSHE training concept and appointed a new ombudsperson.

At its last meeting of the year 2021, the Executive Board definitively approved the 2022 budget, re-elected Christian Wolfrum as Associate Vice President for Medicine and decided to extend the stipend for a joint Master’s programme with EPFL.

At its last meeting, the Executive Board decided on a new agreement at the Collegium Helveticum, on a new management for the ISTP, on a tunnel expansion in the BedrettoLab, on fostering Good Clinical Practice and on new CAS/DAS programmes.

At its last meeting, the Executive Board decided on measures concerning the employee survey and the salary rates for the scientific staff. It also supports the Zurich Forest Laboratory ("Waldlabor Zürich").

The Executive Board’s recent meetings dealt with a change concept on desk sharing and the new Geomatics degree programme.

At its last meeting, the Executive Board discussed, among other things, the reorganisation of the Vice Presidency for Personnel Development and Leadership and the employment conditions of doctoral students.

At its last meeting, the Executive Board approved the establishment of the new Center for Sustainable Future Mobility (CSFM) and the purchase of a research furnace.

The ETH Zurich Executive Board has decided to continue running the Energy Science Center and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from business trips. Additionally, the full scope of Zoom functionality is now available to everyone in the ETH community.