ETH News

Following last year¡¯s rejection of the expansion programme for Switzerland¡¯s national highways, and the financial difficulties in the 2035 rail expansion service concept, Swiss transport policy is at a crossroads. On behalf of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), ETH Zurich has prioritised around 500 planned projects for road, rail and urban transport. Ulrich Weidmann, Professor of Transport Systems, explains the key?insights.

This morning at 11.30 a.m. around 100 people from pro-Palestinian, Marxist groups set up a protest in the main hall in the main building of ETH Zurich. After repeated requests to leave the building, which the demonstrators did not comply with, the demonstration was broken up by the police at the request of ETH Zurich.

On 14 September, the autumn semester at ETH Zurich will commence for some 4,700 new Bachelor¡¯s and Master¡¯s students. Despite considerable uncertainties due to the Covid 19 pandemic, they are to be offered the most authentic ETH experience possible.

Switzerland¡¯s Federal Council has appointed Jo?l Mesot, Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), as the new President of ETH Zurich. On 1 January 2019 Jo?l Mesot will take over from the current President, Lino Guzzella, who has continued to build the university¡¯s formidable international reputation over the past four years.