Status of women professors at ETH Zurich

External study commissioned by ETH Zurich

Promoting equal opportunities for women is a key concern at ETH Zurich ¨C including in relation to professorships. To investigate how women professors experience their academic reality at ETH Zurich, the Executive Board set up an internal commission in 2021, which in turn commissioned the University of Lausanne to conduct an independent study. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the experiences of women professors and to identify any gender-specific inequalities.

Position statement

The ETH Executive Board, the Conference of Department Heads (DVK) and the Lecturers¡¯ Conference (KdL) have issued a joint position statement on the question of how gender influences academic careers at ETH Zurich.

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Next steps

In order to derive concrete measures from the report's findings, all departments and central bodies are asked by the Executive Board to examine their specific contexts and develop targeted measures to promote equality and inclusion.

These measures will be discussed in structured dialogues between the Executive Board and the departments during the course of 2026. The aim is to evaluate progress and learn from each other by sharing successful approaches and experiences.