Students and doctoral students	2016	2017
Students at ETH Zurich	15,805	16,515
Students at EPFL	8,412	8,544
Total number of students	24,217	25,059
Percentage women	29.7%	30.6%
Total number of doctoral students	6,134	6,234
Percentage women	31.0%	30.8%
Total number of students and doctoral students	30,351	31,293

 

Employees (employment contracts)	2016	2017
ETH Zurich*	11,157	11,445
EPFL*	5,870	5,989
PSI	2,049	2,059
WSL	495	488
Empa	936	966
Eawag	497	492
Professors	829	850
Percentage women	13.9%	14.9%
Scientific personnel	12,765	12,970
Technical / administrative staff	6,996	7,196
Apprentices	464	474
Total staff	21,054	21,490

*including doctoral students

 

Knowledge and technology transfer (KTT)	2016	2017
Invention disclosure reports	–	343
Software notifications	–	26
Patents	230	206
Licences	353	297
Spin-offs	50	48

The invention disclosure reports and software notifications have been collected as additional KTT indicators since 2017.

 

Financial key figures (m CHF)	2016	2017	Δ
Operating revenue	3,589	3,698	+ 2.8%
Proportion of primary funds (total federal     contribution)	71.3%	71.8%	+ 0.5pp
Proportion of research contributions,     mandates and scientific services	21.5%	20.1%	- 1.4pp
Proportion of other revenue	7.2%	8.1%	+ 0.9pp
Operating expenses	3,314	3,515	+ 6.1%
Proportion of personnel expenses	63.4%	65.5%	+ 2.1pp

 

ETH Domain’s real estate portfolio	2016	2017
Value (acquisition value)	7.6bn CHF	7.75bn CHF
Number of buildings	395	391
Number of facilities	70	69
Number of plots of land	125	130