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ETH Zurich (German: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; English: Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics .
The Zentrum campus of the ETH Zurich at night. The campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne , at the shores of Lake Geneva . The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons .
The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.. This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).
At university level, in some cases, Latin expressions are used. The Latin grades for a passed final exam in law at the University of Zurich , for example, are " summa cum laude " (excellent), " magna cum laude " (very good), " cum laude " (good) and "rite" (sufficient).
1854: A Parliamentary resolution establishes a federal polytechnic school in Zurich, on the basis of the 1848 constitution. 15 October 1855: Opening of the ‘Swiss Federal Polytechnic School’ with six divisions, including the Engineering School and – although not originally envisaged – the ‘Building School’.
École spéciale de Lausanne, 1857 Louis Rivier, founding member of École spéciale de Lausanne. The roots of modern-day EPFL can be traced back to the foundation of a private school under the name École spéciale de Lausanne in 1853 at the initiative of Louis Rivier, a graduate of the École Centrale Paris and John Gay, the then professor and rector of the Académie de Lausanne.
The Domain of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Domain, German: ETH-Bereich, French: Domaine des Écoles polytechniques fédérales) is a union of Swiss governmental universities and research institutions. It primarily consists of the following institutions: [2]
ETH Zurich in the evening. The ETH Library, serving as the central university library at ETH Zurich, has a notable collection of scientific and technical information. It is considered one of the largest public scientific and technical libraries in Switzerland [citation needed]. Furthermore, it also offers resources for the public and companies ...