Employment & work
Leadership and development
ETH is committed to an open leadership culture based on dialogue and to actively supporting the personal development of employees.
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Are you currently hiring? Learn everything about successful recruitment and the recruitment process.
Family
Learn more about about family, childcare, allowances, caring for dependents, maternity/paternity leave.
ETHIS: Personal data
With the ETHIS employee portal, you can independently maintain your personal data, view your employment data or pay slips, and record your working hours.
Consulting, help and support
Employees are being supported in private and professional challenges.
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Open positions
ETH Zurich encourages internal job changes Please also note the external job postings
Vocational training
ETH Zurich offers various vocational apprenticeships for young adults.
Downloads and information
Find all important forms, fact sheets and information about your employment.
Leaving
In case you are leaving ETH Zurich, there are a few things to keep in mind.
Further topics
- Holidays must be taken in the year in which they accrue. In consultation with your line manager, a maximum of two weeks (for a 100% workload) may be carried forward to the following year. The holiday carryover must be taken by 31 March of the following year. If your holiday balance is nevertheless higher at the end of 2024 and exceeds six weeks, the holiday credits are older than five years (holiday balance carried forward to 2020) will be automatically cancelled in accordance with the Federal Personnel Act (Art. 17a) (external page Bundespersonalgesetz, BPG, German only) and your entitlement will expire.
- Two consecutive weeks' holiday must be taken every calendar year.
- Please note that as of 1 January 2025, a maximum of 100 working hours can be carried over into the new year. Hours worked in excess of 100 hours will be automatically cancelled. Overtime must be compensated during the year with time-off of the same duration.
- Loyalty bonuses (DAG) in the form of paid leave must be taken within five years, after which your entitlement will expire.
The additional benefit to the family allowance has been adjusted to inflation and therefore increases as of 1 January 2025.
The following ETH rates apply for initial entitlement (place of work Canton Zurich). For employment with a workload of ≥ 50%.
Non-occupational accident insurance (NBU)
The non-occupational accident contributions are reduced as of 1 January 2025.
Pension fund
Persons with an annual income of at least CHF 22,680 are insured under the pension fund (second pillar).
Any request for retroactive ordinary tax assessment for the year 2024 must be submitted to the competent cantonal tax office (canton of residence) by 31 March 2025.
Employees who are subject to withholding tax are required by law to report any additional sources of income to ETH Zurich on an ongoing basis.
This information and any changes to partner data, family situation or place of residence must be entered promptly in ETHIS under Pers?nlich > Anstellung & Lohn > Withholding tax.
News
25 years on track
Business Tools AG offers ETH employees continuing education courses focusing on entrepreneurship, management and transferable skills. The former spin-off from ETH Zurich is now celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Future Day 2025: Register for the place lottery at the beginning of September
13 November 2025 is National Future Day. School pupils in Years 5 to 7 can immerse themselves in the diverse worlds of science, technology, and administration at ETH Zurich — and now at the Basel site, too.
Apprenticeship completed, future in sight
‘On to new horizons’ – these were the words used to celebrate and bid farewell to the young professionals at the ETH Zurich apprenticeship graduation ceremony on 10 July 2025. The pioneering motto conveys courage and confidence for the diverse prospects of their professional future.