Doctoral Studies
D-HEST Doctoral Administration is closed: 01.08.2025 - 31.08.2025 and 22.12.2025 - 11.01.2026 → No doctoral examinations or aptitude colloquia can be held during these periods.
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On 1 January 2022, the new ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate as well as the Rector’s Implementation Provisions came into force.
For general information on the new regulations, please check the student portal at https://ethz.ch/students/en/doctorate.html.
Should you have any department-specific inquiries, please send an email to doctorate@hest.ethz.ch.
Legal documents and further information are available here:
In English:
- chevron_right ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate (English)
- chevron_right Rector’s Implementation Provisions for the ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate (English)
- chevron_right Detailed Stipulations of the Department of Health Sciences and Technology (English)
- chevron_right General information about doctorates at ETH Zurich, for prospective doctoral students (ETH Zurich main website; English)
- chevron_right Information for doctoral students, Student Portal of ETH Zurich (English)
In German:
- external page call_made ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate (German; legally binding)
- chevron_right Rector’s Implementation Provisions for the ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate (German; legally binding)
- chevron_right Detailed Stipulations of the Department of Health Sciences and Technology (German; legally binding)
- chevron_right General information about doctorates at ETH Zurich, for prospective doctoral students (ETH Zurich main website; German)
- chevron_right Information for doctoral students, Student Portal of ETH Zurich (German)