Interdisciplinary research initiatives
Building together: the DFAB House at NEST
Exchange and collaboration are vital for new insights and creativity in research. This is why ETH Zurich hosts numerous interdisciplinary programmes and initiatives. For instance, ETH's Competence Centres are self-organised networks that are supported by the university's Executive Board.
The National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCR) are research programmes that run over several years and are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, ETH Zurich, and partnering universities.
In addition, there are a large number of interdisciplinary research initiatives at ETH Zurich, some of which are run with other universities or additional partners.