The ETH-Domain covers the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, run by the Swiss Federation and the four application-oriented research institutes. Thanks to their networks with the private sector, society, and universities in Switzerland and abroad, the 13,000 faculty and staff members (FTE) and more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students produce excellent results at the highest level of scientific achievement.

The Domain?s total annual budget is around CHF 2.5 billion. The Swiss Federal Parliament in Bern decides on the four-year payment frameworks, the annual financing contributions. The Swiss Federal Parliament and the Swiss Federal Council define the overall science and education policy objectives for the ETH-Domain.