Counselling
ETH-internal counselling services
for ETH-employees and students
- Hello Kids! - Is a centralised office for all matters on and around childcare. The office supports members of ETH in their search for external childcare and provides tailored advice.
- regarding employment conditions, parent leave, part-time work, child benefits and other topics concerning industrial law, please contact the human resources employee responsible.
- Academic career advice is offered by the human resource department for ETH employees.
- The Student Administration helps in case of parenthood during studies.
- Concerning DualCareer-questions on the level of professorship, please contact Faculty Affairs
- external page Foundation for Childcare in the Zurich University Area (kihz) – For questions regarding a daycare place for your children, consult the kihz Foundation, which owns different childcare facilities in the Zurich University area.
- Welcome Center - Helps people coming from abroad to work at the ETH with topics such as immigration, finding accommodation, childcare and living and working in Switzerland.
External Information- and Counselling Services
For (becoming) parents and supervisors
- external page mamagenda (German only) – Information portal containing useful advice for parents-to-be as well as their employers (in German only)
- external page Gleichstellung im Erwerbsleben (German only) – Informationen on the reconciliation of work and family by the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI)
- external page Gender Equality in the Workplace – information on equal pay and sexual harassment in the workplace provided by the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA)
- external page Fachstelle UND – Work-Life Balance for Men and Women (German only)
- external page m?nner.ch – Umbrella Organization of Swiss Men and Fathers Organizations (in German only)
- external page Kidscorner – overview of the organization of the Swiss school system as well as non-family child care, with many useful addresses and links for parents by parents (in German only)
- external page Family-supplementing Childcare of the City of Zurich – including FAQs and a hotline (in German only)
- external page Non-family Childcare: Parental and Subvention contributions brochure – by the City of Zurich, available in 10 different languages
- external page Daycare Facilities in the City of Zurich (in German only)
- external page Nannyvermittlung – Professional assistance in the search for a nanny (German only)
- external page quitt.ch - On-line tool to easily employ domestic staff (e.g. a nanny) (ETH Spin-off)
- external page Liliput – Organizes and searches for childcare solutions in all of Switzerland (in German only)