Twelve professors from ETH Zurich are to receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. As a result, around 33 million Swiss Francs in European research funding will flow into ETH Zurich. It thus shares the top spot with the University of Oxford ¡ª no university has received more ERC Advanced Grants to date.

Researchers from ETH Zurich founded twenty-two new spin-offs in 2012. The number of company foundations has thus remained constant at around twenty in recent years. Last year, ETH Zurich spin-offs received over ten million Swiss Francs in investments.