Staff units
The following staff units provide support for the members of the Executive Board:
The Office of the President provides strategic and operational services to advance ETH Zurich and the President's vision and priorities. It is comprised of teams that are responsible for coordinating and promoting activities in the areas of Foresight and Strategic Affairs, Sustainability, International Affairs, Global Visibility, and the CYBATHLON.
The members of the Office of Finance and Controlling support the Vice President for Finance and Controlling in fullfilling his duties.
More information: Office of Finance and Controlling
The Office of Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations supports links between ETH Zurich and technology transfer partners. It assures quality in knowledge transfer and in corporate relations, and facilitates the exploitation of research results, the collaboration with industry and transfer of knowledge into society as a whole.
The Office of Personnel Development and Leadership supports the Vice President for Personnel Development and Leadership in all activities falling within her remit.
More information: Office of Personnel Development and Leadership
The Legal Office is a unit of the President’s staff and comes under the authority of the Secretary General. It advises the Executive Board, the central bodies of ETH Zurich and the university departments on legal issues. The Legal Office covers a very broad range of activities, including processing and advisory assignments relating to both public and private law. Its main areas of expertise include laws relating to federal institutes of technology, federal administration law, federal personnel law, contract law, data protection law, scientific integrity, copyright law and laws on the submission of tenders.