Awards

Awarding doctoral theses with the ETH Zurich medal

Requirements

A written statement outlining why the doctoral thesis is outstanding must occur in

• the supervisor’s report
• the co-supervisors’ reports
• one additional report

Awards application is sent to the Doctoral Administration

The first step is to have such an application approved by the department. The head of department then sends a collective declaration of names to the Rector requesting such an award by 31 March or 31 October at the latest. In this regard the Doctoral Administraton can provide detailed information.

Every single application must contain:

• the supervisor’s report
• the co-supervisors’ reports
• one additional report (This cannot be written by one of the co-supervisors)

Deadlines

Applications in the Spring Semester - 31 March at the latest

• D-BAUG - Civil Engineering
• D-BAUG - Environmental Engineering
• D-BAUG - Geomatics and Planning
• D-MATL
• D-MATH
• D-CHAB
• D-BIOL
• D-ERDW
• D-BSSE
  

The long-term ceiling control of the number of medals awarded should not exceed 8% of the doctoral theses at ETH Zurich or within the responsible department. The definitive number of awards each department is entiteled to assign will be calculated shortly after the first study conference of the spring semester.

Applications in the Autumn Semester - 31 October at the latest

• D-ARCH
• D-MAVT
• D-ITET
• D-INFK
• D-MTEC
• D-PHYS
• D-USYS
• D-HEST
• D-GESS

The long-term ceiling control of the number of medals awarded should not exceed 8% of the doctoral theses at ETH Zurich or within the responsible department. The definitive number of awards each department is entiteled to assign will be calculated shortly after the first study conference of the autumn semester.

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