ETH Zurich

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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Research institute

ETH ZürichETHZEidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichSwiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich

Public research university and technical institute in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 1854, focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Founded1854Switzerland

HQZurichSwitzerland

Total fundingAnnual budget approx. CHF 2.05 billion (2025), funded mainly by the Swiss federal government.

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01 · About

ETH Zurich

Founded 1854 · Zurich, Switzerland

ETH Zurich (German: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; English: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public technical university and research institute based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded by the Swiss federal government in 1854, it teaches and conducts research primarily in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In 2025 it had 26,942 students and an annual budget of about CHF 2.05 billion. ETH Zurich is known for its robotics and artificial intelligence research — including the Robotic Systems Lab, origin of the ANYmal quadruped robot and the spin-off company ANYbotics.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

3 areas · 4 technologies · 3 industries

What they do3Areas

Embodied AI
Autonomous systems
Computer Vision

How they do it4Technologies

Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Computer vision
Embodied AI

Who for3Industries

Research & science
Education
Robotics

03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Zurich · 2 regions

GlobalEurope

04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 1854

1854founded

Annual budget approx. CHF 2.05 billion (2025), funded mainly by the Swiss federal government.total funding

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07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

3 classification · 5 external links

Classification

Statusactive
Listed onNoprivate
Organization typeResearch institute

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