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Legal Framework for a Doctorate at ETH
- Ordinance on Doctoral Studies ETH Zurich, effective 01.01.2022
- Rector's Implementation Provisions on the Ordinance on Doctoral Studies, effective 01.01.2022
- external page Doktoratsverordnung ETH Zürich, in Kraft seit 01. Januar 2022
- Ausführungsbestimmungen zur Doktoratsverordnung ETH Zürich, in Kraft seit 01. Januar 2022
Specific Topics
Research Plan, as of 01.01.22 Doctoral Plan, incl. Aptitude Colloquium;
Second Advisor; Co-Examiners; Cumulative Thesis; Doctoral Examination, Professor Emeritus
- Download D-BAUG Detailed Stipulations (PDF, 1.4 MB), 01.01.2022, revised March '25 (Download German text (PDF, 683 KB) legally binding!)
- with regard to credit points only and matriculation prior to 01.2022:
Download Additional Provisions D-BAUG, 01.07.2016 (PDF, 147 KB) (Download German text (PDF, 215 KB) legally binding!)
- regardless of matriculation:
Cumulative Thesis (Paper Thesis): Download Guidelines on Structure (PDF, 468 KB)
Doctoral Studies for 12 credit points
NOTE: Your date of matriculation is decisive.
- matriculated as of 01.01.2022:
see Implementation Provisions, art. 10 through art. 10.5.
(German text legally binding!)
- matriculated before 01.01.2022,
Download Detailed Provisions D-BAUG, 01.07.2016 (PDF, 45 KB)
If your research plan was not yet approved on 01.01.2022, you have a choice:
Either you accumulate your 12 credit points under the old system (no official transcript, no compulsory ethics course) or you opt for the new credit point system, including an official transcripts. In that case:
→ see first bullet, above.
→ inform Academic Services of your decision (credit point system as of 01.01.2022)
Cumulative Doctoral Thesis (Paper Thesis)
"Download Guidelines on the Structure (PDF, 468 KB) of a Cumulative Doctoral Thesis for D-BAUG Doctoral Students"
Download How to make changes (PDF, 142 KB) to papers that form part of a cumulative thesis