Doctoral Supervisor's Handbook: Navigating Doctoral Success
This navigator will help you with all topics relating to the supervision and management of doctoral students, from recruitment to graduation.
In addition to the research project, which culminates in the doctoral thesis, the doctorate at ETH Zurich also includes doctoral studies of at least 12 ECTS, as well as teaching and other duties within the professorship or the department. The doctoral thesis and the doctoral studies must be completed in at least 70% of working hours. Teaching and other obligations may take up a maximum of 30% of working hours.
Supervisors of doctoral theses lead doctoral students to success. Find out more about supervision and leadership during the doctorate so that you can support your doctoral students even better.
Further information on topics during the doctorate can be found below.