New Students: IT at ETH Zurich

Welcome

Sooner or later every ETH novice will eventually find their way to us, the IT Services at ETH Zurich.

The IT Services (ITS) is the central ITC provider of ETH Zurich with a wide range of services and applications for all members of the ETH Zurich.

IT Services for Students

The IT Services offers all registered students, auditors and special students the following free basic IT services:

• nethz account (ETH identity management system)
• mailbox with 200 MB memory
• personal, ETH-wide available, home directory with 2 GB disk space
• personal homepage in your home directory
• access to public computers equipped with Office, Web, programming tools, mathematical software
• Internet access at ETH, using wireless LAN (WLAN / Wi-Fi) or docking sockets
• ETH-network access with VPN, using your own Internet Service Provider
  

Brochure IT Student Services

A current web version of this brochure, in German and English, can be found at www.id.ethz.ch/documentation/index_EN.

ID Service Desk

The ITS Service Desk is the gateway to the ETH IT Services. We are happy to help you!
You can submit inquiries and problems by:

• phone
• email
• web form or at the
• ITS Service Desk counter at HG E 11 (please call for an appointment)

We can be reached by phone at +41 44 632 7777

• Monday to Thursday 8 am to 6 pm
• Friday 8 am to 5 pm
  

IT Department Contacts

Find your local Informatics Support Group (ISG) at www.id.ethz.ch/about/departments.