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Analysis is key to every area of science – and architecture students are now learning this through a very hands-on approach.

The Swiss Federal Council today appointed Professor Martin Vetterli as the new President of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), thus following the recommendation of the ETH Board. He will take office on 1 January 2017. Martin Vetterli succeeds Patrick Aebischer.

It is now possible to make cashless payments in ETH Zurich’s restaurants. All you need is the Twint app on your smartphone.

ETH-Bibliothek organizes four workshops in the scope of the "Critical Thinking" Initiative.

Are you looking to publish selected research data and render it citable with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)?

An ETH Professor has recently taken on a key role in Swiss scientific policy: since January 2016, Gerd Folkers has been President of the Swiss Science and Innovation Council (SSIC).

A Chemical Intervention Team (CIT) was formed at ETH in autumn 2015. The team is on-hand to deal with minor chemical incidents at the Zentrum and Hönggerberg campuses during normal working hours. In the coming days, the CIT will carry out various training exercises on the Hönggerberg campus.

Bernhard Plattner is the new confidant for matters relating to research integrity and good scientific practice at ETH Zurich. The computer engineering professor emeritus is taking over from environmental engineering scientist Wolfgang Kinzelbach.

What strategies and concepts can be applied to help provide high-quality, low-cost housing to meet future needs? This will be discussed in this year’s ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE symposium on 14 April. Registration for the event is open now.

On the second anniversary of the vote on the mass immigration initiative, Swiss universities are warning of the consequences of the enforcement initiative and publishing a joint manifesto on the position of Swiss education and research. The repercussions are far-reaching – Switzerland's economy and prosperity are at stake too.