Steps Towards your Doctorate in the D-CHAB

Doctorate

On the student portal you find everything regarding the doctorate.

Admission to the doctoral programmes of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich is regulated in the "ETH Zurich Ordinance on the Doctorate" as well as the "Rector’s Implementation Provisions" (January 1, 2022).

In addition, the Department has issued new Download Detailed Stipulations (PDF, 847 KB) for the doctorate and public presentations associated to the doctoral defence. (Download Old detailed stipulations (PDF, 971 KB))  

• Download Template doctoral plan (PDF, 106 KB)
• Download Memorandum on the Aptitude Colloquium for Doctoral Studies (PDF, 533 KB)

Information about the usual salary rate for an institute can be obtained from the respective institute's administration.

Teaching or service activities customarily performed in the department during the doctoral degree must be completed for a total of around 500 hours.

Ethics and Scientific Integrity: register for the course 529-0032-00L Ethics and Scientific Integrity for Doctoral Students in Chemistry and Related Fields offered in Spring and Autumn semester.

Doctoral Supervisor's Handbook: Navigating Doctoral Success 

Public presentations

At the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry (LAC), there is an additional Download guideline (PDF, 177 KB)  

At the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (LPC), there is an additional Download guideline start before 2022 (PDF, 30 KB), Download guideline start 01.01.2022 (PDF, 118 KB)

At the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (LOC), there is an additional Download guideline (PDF, 267 KB)

At the Institute of Molecular Physical Science (IMPS), there is an additional Download guideline start before 2022 (PDF, 30 KB), Download guideline start 01.01.2022 (PDF, 118 KB)

At the Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering (ICB), there is an additional Download guideline (PDF, 509 KB)

At the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPW), there is is an additional Download guideline (PDF, 114 KB)

A doctoral degree is granted for participating in a doctoral programme under the supervision of a professor. Admission to a doctoral programme requires that you hold a diploma or a Master's degree with excellent grades. Furthermore, a professor of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has to accept you as a doctoral student. Therefore, prior to submitting an application to the Admission's Office, prospective doctoral students should contact a professor of the Department. Please use the link «Research».

Doctoral Committee D-CHAB (01.01.2024)

• LAC Prof. Dr. Maksym Kovalenko
• LOC Prof. Dr. Peter Chen
• LPC Prof. Dr. Hans Jakob Wörner
  
• IMPS Prof. Dr. Gunnar Jeschke
  
• ICB Prof. Dr. Andrew de Mello
• IPW Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux