We know that life sometimes gets hard, but remember you are not alone! There are many help offers provided by ETH and this page is here to help you navigate all of the available resources. Do not worry too much about who to address, anyone should be happy to redirect you to the source that is most appropriate for your needs. VSETH has also created a webpage for all these offers, so be sure to check it out. [VSETH Helppage]
Psychological Counselling and Help
Psychological Counselling Services
The PCS is an offer by UZH and ETH for all students and employes. You can get psychological counseling here free of charge.
Nightline’s motto is: We listen to you. It is a free offer from students for students. You can give them a call and talk about anything that is on your mind. They also have a chat option if you prefer writing over talking.
This offer is available in German, French and Italian. You can give them a call any time to talk about thoughts that bother you.
Their phone number is: 143
Psychiatric Help for Emergencies
Phone number: 0800 33 66 55
Crisis Intervention Center (CIC)
The Crisis intervention center helps with overcoming personal crisises such as feelings of overwokedness, threat of violence and suicide thoughts Their services are available via telephone, email an in persona.
CIC Zürich: 044 296 73 10
CIC Winterthur: 052 264 37 00
Emergencies, Threat and Violence
In case of emergency, you can contact the ETH internal emergency help desk
Phone number (internal): 888
Phone number (external): 044 342 11 88
In case of harassement, threat or stalking, ETH has a special task force which you can cotact instead of the emergency desk.
Phone number (internal): 23030
Phone number (external): 044 632 30 30
External Emergency Medical Services
In lifethreatening situations you should definitely contact the external emergency centers as well. Here is a collection of the most important phone numbers in Switzerland:
fire brigade: 118
international emergency number: 112
police: 117
ambulance: 144
This is the phonenumber of the emergency ward of the University Hospital Zürich (USZ): 044 255 11 11
Respect, Harassement and Discrimination
The respect contact services and mediation center offer support with problems scuh as bullying, harassement and discrimination. Every query is treated strictly confidentially and further action is always discussed with you first.
The ombudspersons are the general point of contact for conflicts that cannot be solved via direct communication and to report suspicion of illegal activities. The Confidants are here to help you with problems such as violation of research integrity or scientific misconduct. Both are completely independent and treat all information with the greatest confidentiality.
If you are in you doctoral studies, you miught be interested in the conselling services provided to you by AVETH. They offer support and an open ear for doctoral students and postdocs. Furtheore they collect different resources from around ETH to help you with legal institutional and other issues.
Victim Support is for all those who have become victims of criminal action in Switzerland.
D-MATH has their own point of contact for conselling on matters such as respect. In order to access this resource you need an ETH login. The Respect center currently consists of the following lecturers / staff:
- Meike Akveld
- Manfred Einsiedler
- Özlem Imamoglu
- Alessandra Iozzi
- Daniel Köchli (Student Services)
Here is ETH’s official respect campaign: https://respekt.ethz.ch/en/
If you want to share your story anonymously, check out SpeakUp ETH
Other helpful links:
Pre-Application Assistance Program; student-run initiative assisting applicants from underrepresented groups apply to ETH Zurich’s graduate programs: https://www.ethzpaap.com