ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
Established:
1855
Type:
Public
Staff:
9,049
Students:
15,093
Location:
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
47°22′35.10″N 8°32′53.17″E / 47.3764167°N
8.5481028°E / 47.3764167;
8.5481028Coordinates: 47°22′35.10″N
8°32′53.17″E / 47.3764167°N 8.5481028°E /
47.3764167; 8.5481028
Campus:
Urban
Affiliations:
IDEA League, TIME, IARU
Website:
www.ethz.ch
ETHZ
Location: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich,
Switzerland
ETH Zürich (German: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Zürich) or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich is
a science and technology university in the City of
Zürich, Switzerland. Locals sometimes refer to it by the
name Poly, derived from the original name Eidgenöss-
isches Polytechnikum or Federal Polytechnic Institute.
Like
its
sister
institution École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, it is an integral part of the ETH
Domain that is directly subordinate to the Federal De-
partment of Home Affairs.
ETH is ranked among the top universities in the
world. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and
the International Alliance of Research Universities
(IARU). It is a member of Top Industrial Managers for
Europe network.
History
ETH Zürich Zentrum
ETH was founded in 1854 by the Swiss Confederation and
opened its doors in 1855 as a polytechnic institute
(Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule). It comprised in the
beginning six departments: architecture, civil engineer-
ing, mechanical engineering, chemistry, forestry, and a
catch-all department for mathematics, natural sciences,
literature, and social and political sciences.
ETH is a federal institute (i.e., under direct adminis-
tration by the Swiss government), whereas
the
University of Zurich is a cantonal institution. The de-
cision for a new federal university was heavily disputed
at the time, because the liberals pressed for a "federal
university", while the conservative forces wanted all
universities to remain under cantonal control, with the
goal of giving liberal thoughts no refuge. In the
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