The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) was founded by the Swiss government in 1854. Today the ETH Zurich comprises almost 100 institutes and laboratories, more than 350 professorships and about 850 lecturers. More than 8,000 faculty and staff members work in teaching, research and administration, and 14,000 students are registered. Each year about 2,400 students and 800 doctoral candidates receive their degree from the ETH Zurich.

In its mission statement, the ETH Zurich commits itself

• to promote and maintain the highest quality in teaching and research at a top international level
• to support a universal and system oriented approach
• to preserve disciplinary and cultural diversity and academic freedom

The ETH Zurich is associated with 21 Nobel laureates who, at the time of receiving their awards, were engaged as professors at the ETH Zurich or prior to that had studied or researched there. This is one reason why the ETH is recognized as one of the world's top universities.

The Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC), an academic department of the ETH Zurich, offers our unique Executive MBA program, designed to confer leading-edge knowledge and skills for mastering business operations in the global economy.
The D-MTEC is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

University Rankings: please see the latest rankings for the ETH Zurich.

• Times Higher Education 2012-2013 (12th best university worldwide)
• World's Best Colleges 2012 (13th best university worldwide)

Partner Universities of our Executive MBA program (status as of 2012):

We work closely with the professors/lecturers from our partner universities during our study trips.

• University of Washington (Seattle)
• Tongji University (Shanghai)
• Hosei University (Tokyo)
• National University of Singapore (Singapore)
• Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow)

Please see the list of our faculty here.