Turn of the year 2025/2026
Special opening times and operating hours apply at ETH Zurich around the holidays.
Reduced services
All ETH buildings will be closed from Wednesday, 24 December 2025 at noon up to and including Sunday, 4 January 2026.
At the turn of the year, all customer counters will be closed – and will not respond to telephone calls or emails. You can still enter the buildings using your key or ETH card.
Help to save energy at ETH over Christmas:
- switch off electronic devices
- turn thermostats to level 1
- turn off taps and close windows
Further information
Net Zero CampaignsWhat is the procedure for special incidents or emergencies?
For incidents concerning persons, buildings and infrastructure, the ETH Emergency Desk is at your service over the holiday period.
Emergency Desk
To contact the Emergency Desk, dial 888 for internal calls or
external page +41 44 342 11 88 for external or mobile phone calls.
Availability of services
The contact points of the Academic Services.
Student Services will be closed from Monday, 22.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026. Enquiries should generally be submitted online.
You can find up-to-date information and the opening hours on external page asvz.ch.
Sport Center Polyterrasse
- 24.12.2025 individual training (no lessons) until 11.45 a.m.; closed from noon.
- 25.12.2025 to 04.01.2026, sports center and info desk closed.
Sport Center Irchel
- 24.12.2025 individual training (no lessons) until 11.45 a.m.; closed from noon.
- 25.12.2025 sports center closed.
- 26. to 30.12.2025, 9 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. individual training and Christmas special as per schedule; closed from 6 p.m.
- 31.12.2025, 9 a.m. to 1.45 p.m. individual training and Christmas special as per schedule; closed from 2 p.m.
- 01. and 02.01.2026 sports center closed.
Sport Center H?nggerberg
- 24. and 25.12.2025 sports center closed.
- 26. to 30.12.2025, 9.45 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. individual training and Christmas special as per schedule; from 6 p.m. closed.
- 31.12.2025, 9.45 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. individual training and Christmas special as per schedule; from 4 p.m. closed.
- 01. and 02.01.2026, sports center closed.
Other ASVZ Sport Center
All other sports centres are closed over the holiday period.? ASVZ offers external page videos for home workouts.
From 03.01.2026, all sports facilities will be open again during regular opening hours.
The ETH Library, including its special libraries, collections and archives, will be closed from noon on 24.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026. Exception: The Collections and Archives reading room will be closed all day on 24.12.2025.
The ETH cash desks are open as follows:
- Main Building cash desk, HG F 67.1, closed from 24.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026.
- H?nggerberg cash desk, 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Info HIL D 26.5, closed from 24.12.2025, 11.45 a.m. up to and including 04.01.2026.
The ETH shuttle bus eLink will operate normally until noon on 24.12.2025. Last journey from ETH H?nggerberg at 12.14, or last journey from ETH Centre at noon. After that, the service will be suspended until 02.01.2026. The regular eLink timetable will apply again from Monday, 05.01.2026.
The services of the IT Service Desk will not be available from 24.12.2025 at noon up to and including 04.01.2026. Please note that the desk in the ETH main building will be closed from 19.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026.
If you have serious technical problems with IT infrastructure, please contact the?Emergency Desk.
- Meet ETH Tours will be unavailable from 19.12.2025 at noon up to and including 04.01.2026.
- From 20.12.2025, no tours will be offered until the end of February 2026 (technical changeover).
- Central contact points for information and services as well as any questions about ETH Zurich.
- 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Info at Zentrum and H?nggerberg and the information service by telephone are available until noon on 24.12.2025. They will be closed from noon on 24.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026.
- Terms of delivery and opening hours of external partner print shops can be found on the respective web shops.
- PLOD stations are open around the clock.
Support from the operating company Sign & Print will not be available from 29.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026.
Extended support service for exam submissions:
Sat, 13.12.2025 & Sun, 14.12.2025: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Mon, 15.12.2025 to Wed, 17.12.2025: 8 a.m. to midnight
Outside office hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and on weekends, they can only be reached via WhatsApp chat or email.
- ETH Store Zentrum, MM C 88.1
22. & 23.12.2025: 11 a.m. to 15 p.m.
Closed from 24.12.2025 noon up to and including 11.01.2026. - ETH Store H?nggerberg, HPI E 14.2
22. & 23.12.2025: 9 a.m. to 15 p.m.
Closed from 24.12.2025 up to and including 11.01.2026.
Please note the reduced opening hours during the semester break.
- ETH internal mail for delivery by Logistics by the morning of 24.12.2025 must be dropped off at the postal delivery points by the evening of 19.12.2025.
- From 24.12.2024 noon up to and including 04.01.2026, there will be no mail collection or delivery. The normal postal service will restart on 05.01.2026.
- A-Post and PostPac Priority items handed in at 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Info by 19.12.2025 will be delivered throughout Switzerland in time for Christmas.?For deadlines for items destined for Europe, please follow this link: external page Christmas mailing deadlines | Swiss Post. Last collection from the postboxes at 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Info HIL and HG is on 24.12.2025: 11 a.m.
- You can find the opening times of the various ETH Zurich gastronomy outlets on the website.
- You can find the special opening times for other services, such as the Coop at H?nggerberg, on the website of the respective company.
Contact points for the Facility Services department – general information, lost property office, key management.
All Info + Service Centres (ISC) will be open until noon on 24.12.2025. After that, the counters will be closed up to and including 04.01.2026.
The UZH and ETH Zurich Self-Access Language centers are closed as follows:
- SLZ Zentrum, RAI J 15, from 20.12.2025 up to and including 11.01.2026
- SLZ H?nggerberg, HIL E 2, from noon on 24.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026
From 19.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2025, techpool will not process any requests. Please submit orders to be scheduled this year in good time.
Maintenance of buildings, facilities and outdoor areas
- The?Emergency Desk?is staffed 24 hours a day throughout the holiday period.
- Dial external page +41 44 342 11 88 for external and mobile phone calls, or 888 for internal calls.
The ETH card (electronic identity card) allows access to the student workstations and offices in many of the ETH buildings. You can find more information about this at 24-hour access to student working places. Buildings without an electronic door system may be accessed with a key as usual.
The H?nggerberg underground car parks are accessible throughout the holiday period. In an emergency, please contact the?Emergency Desk?on external page +41 44 342 11 88 or 888 (internal calls).
A full winter service will be carried out for the roads on ETH premises, but only limited snow clearing and gritting for footpaths between 24.12.2025 up to and including 04.01.2026. Deliveries to buildings, including the associated ramps and building entrances, are not cleared.
Winter services for the student housing buildings HWW and WHO at the H?nggerberg site are provided by the property management directly.
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