Doctorates at the D-GESS

General information

All doctoral students are subject to the general regulations as outlined in the Ordinance on the Doctorate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the Rector’s Implementation Provisions for the ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate. In addition, department-specific rules are laid out in the Detailed Regulations, which can be accessed here.
During the course of the doctorate, some administrative processes will be handled by the central ETH Doctoral Administration Office and others by the Doctoral Administration Office of D-GESS or the Doctoral Committee of D-GESS. On this page, you will find information on doctoral studies at D-GESS, in particular on the administrative handling of departmental processes by the Doctoral Administration Office of D-GESS.

Registration for and admission to the doctorate, registration for the doctoral exam, submission of deposit copies, the doctoral graduation ceremony, and issuing of the doctoral degree certificate are not processed by the department, but by the ETH Doctoral Administration Office.

Contact

ETH Zurich
Doktoratsadministration
Rämistrasse 101
HG FO 23.4
8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Phone: 044 632 26 72
E-mail: doktorat@ethz.ch

Please refer to the following websites for more information:

Homepage:
https://ethz.ch/en/doctorate.html

Student portal:
https://ethz.ch/students/en/doctorate.html

Staffnet:
https://ethz.ch/services/en/teaching/administration-doctorate.html
 

The department is responsible for handling the processes from the aptitude colloquium to the awarding of the doctorate by the Department Conference.

Overview

In this overview you will find recommendations for action, links and forms for the various administrative processes of your doctorate at D-GESS. They complement and specify the legal basis of the doctorate (ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate, Rector’s Implementation Provisions, Detailed Regulations of D-GESS).