The Federal Institute of Technology Zurich is the most prestigious university of science and technology in Europe, with the reputation of the first university of science and technology in continental Europe and the same reputation as MIT in the world. The school has18,000 teachers and students from more than 80 countries and 6 departments. Its teaching and research fields cover architecture, engineering, mathematics, natural science and social science, and have produced 2 1 Nobel Prize winners including Einstein. It is one of the most famous universities of science and technology in the world. The Federal Institute of Technology Zurich was founded in 1855, and together with the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and four other federal research institutions, it formed the ETH-Bereich Alliance under the Swiss Federal Ministry of the Interior. The school is also a member of international university cooperation organizations such as the International Research University Alliance and the IDEA Alliance.
1854 On February 7th, after a long discussion on the necessity of establishing a federal university other than a state university, the Swiss Confederation passed the Law on Establishing a Federal Polytechnic School. 185510 June 16, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Eidgen &; OumlSsische Comprehensive Technical School was established in Zurich. Since 1909, the school has carried out curriculum reform, become a real university, and obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees. 19 1 1 year, now called Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgen &; Ouml Higher Technical School. 1993, the ETH-Bereich Consortium was formed by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and four other federal research institutions, and it belongs to the Swiss Federal Ministry of the Interior.
In memory of Wolfgang Pauli, a physics professor and Nobel Prize winner who died in February 1958+ 15, the Department of Mathematical Physics of Zurich Institute of Technology held the "Wolfgang Pauli Lecture" from June 1962. Lectures are usually held in 1 February or1month every year, and a famous scientist is invited to hold a series of lectures three times a week, mainly focusing on natural science fields such as mathematics, physics and biology. Since biophysicist Max Delbruck gave a lecture in 1962 (winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969), Wolfgang Pauli has held more than 40 lectures, among which 24 speakers are Nobel Prize winners. In 2005, to commemorate the founding anniversary of 150 and World Physics Year, 17 world-renowned physicists were invited to hold a seminar. In recent years, lectures are generally held in the largest classroom auditorium in the main building on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in May and June each year.
ETH-tag is held every year around the anniversary of165438+1October 20th. It is Dies academicus of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. On this day, there will be a series of activities in the main building, including rewarding outstanding students' papers and awarding honorary doctorates.
Polyball, the annual dance of Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, started at 1860 and is held in the main building at the end of each year 1 1. It is open to the public, the biggest annual activity of the school and the biggest dance in Europe.
Starting from 195 1, the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the neighboring University of Zurich hold the Uni-Poly Rudermatch on the Limat River in the city center every year to attract the public in the city to watch.
Zurich Federal Institute of Technology has trained a large number of influential figures in Switzerland and even in the world, including Einstein and other 2/kloc-0 Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine. Many of her graduates have become important figures in Swiss politics and business.