Working, teaching and research
Outstanding results at every level are what make ETH Zurich one of the world’s leading universities. We have high expectations of our staff, but as a responsible employer ETH Zurich also offers excellent working conditions and provides support and encouragement for its employees – so they can produce top-class performances and pursue their personal career goals.
Are you interested in working, teaching or carrying out research at ETH Zurich? Find out what we have to offer as an employer on the following pages.
ETH Zurich is a responsible employer with progressive working conditions for its employees. The cultural diversity of its employees is an enormous opportunity for innovation and enables valuable exchange. Different patterns of thinking and values among ETH members, as well as differences in leadership styles, promote the ability to recognize one's own and others' patterns of behavior and to develop oneself further.
With more than 12 000 employees from Switzerland and abroad, ETH Zurich is one of the largest employers in the Zurich area. The university offers substantively exciting and attractive jobs in teaching, research and support functions. Outstanding performance at every level puts ETH Zurich at the top of the world. As a result, we place high demands on our employees. However, as a responsible employer, ETH Zurich also offers good working conditions and encourages its employees to achieve first-class performance and pursue their own career goals.
Work-life balance is becoming an increasingly important issue. That is why ETH sees itself as an employer and university that enables its members to achieve an appropriate balance between work/study on the one hand and family obligations on the other.
ETH culture shapes us all. And we all shape culture at ETH Zurich. Because it arises from the values, norms and thought patterns that we collectively share. And it manifests itself in the decisions we make. In the decisions of the Executive Board as well as in the individual decisions that each and every one of us makes in everyday life. An open leadership culture based on dialogue at ETH is also an important part of ETH culture. Therefore, ETH holds the following Download leadership principles (PDF, 58 KB) as a mission statement.
Personnel figures
More than 13,000 people work at ETH Zurich. Detailed figures and interesting facts about human resources can be found in the annual report 2023.