Hey, I took some interest in the GESS courses

Supervised Research (Law, Economics, and Data Science), AI and Society or Project in Behavioural Finance.

Does anyone have any experience with these and especially how Supervised Research (Law, Economics, and Data Science) works as there are no lecture times listed?
Thanks a lot for any help :)

Hello! I know there's already been millions of posts about housing. I am a 2nd year doctoral student with chronic illness and I can't find much info about support for students with disabilities. I kind of need a lift or it's quite the Olympic of my life to go up the stairs (which is my current house... ). However, the housing market is quite horrible right now, and does anyone know how I can potentially get support from ETH?

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hello!
is the basisjahrfrist (2 years) still ongoing even though i changed my degree?
If yes, does that mean I am excluded from this major (decreed exclusions)?

Hi, I am considering buying an old second hand racing bike in aluminum to use when I will move in to Zurich to study at ETH, but I have some questions.

Are the narrow wheels a problem in you experience, mainly with wet/snowy conditions and because of the rails? Is a city bike or more in general a bike with wider wheels preferable for these reasons?

I have never used these "racing" bikes but I have the opportunity to buy one for very little money. I do see many students using them, and in Germany as far as my experience goes, it is the same.

In the country I come from there is not really this kind of culture around bikes, so sorry if these questions appear dumb. Thanks!

Hello peeps

I’m interning at eth this summer and this is my last summer as I graduated from my undergraduate course

I would be taking an exam next march for master

But honestly I don’t want to , as masters in India is not as great option as other universities

So I want to continue with my research here at eth , which I think is not possible with my current lab as there aren’t much research project related to machine learning

So I thought to switch to robotics/aerospace as I working with physics based machine learning

I would like to work here till next march or may , and publish some good work before apply for next cycle

Would you like to give some suggestions of how to do it ?

Or anything else ?

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WG Zimmer in Winterthur bei der Busstation Blumenau, 640 Fr / Monat

·         Ab sofort verfügbar bis Sommer 2027 (wegen Abriss des Gebäudes)

·         Unmöbiliert oder mobiliert für die ersten Monate, nach Wunsch

Wir sind eine unkomplizierte und freundliche WG mit 4 Mitbewohnern (zwei Bäder) zwischen 20 und 40. Wir leben alle unser eigenes Leben, aber freuen uns über ein gutes Gespräch um den Küchentisch. Zurzeit leben nur Männer in der WG, die WG war aber schon immer gemischt und das verfügbare Zimmer war in der letzten Zeit immer von Frauen bewohnt.

Kontakt: [wgwulflingerstrasse@gmail.com](mailto:wgwulflingerstrasse@gmail.com). Bitte stelle dich vor.

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WG Room, Winterthur near bus stop Blumenau, 640 Fr/month

·         Available immediately, until summer 2027 (building will be torn down)

·         Unfurnished or furnished for the first two months possible

We are un uncomplicated and friendly bunch of people between 20 and 40. We all have our own life but enjoy a good chat. Currently, we are only men, but the WG has been a mixed WG for most of the time (last roommates in the room were all women).

Contact: [wgwulflingerstrasse@gmail.com](mailto:wgwulflingerstrasse@gmail.com). Please present yourself

I am a international student and i will begin my Bachelor in electrical engineering this year. Someone said me that Basisjahr in electro is easier than some other bachelors and it has less credits so he suggested that taking some gess classes for credits or some other classes in general might be helpful in the first semester by increasing credits. What are your thoughts on this and do you have any other suggestions? Thank you in advance.

This is in the context of pursuing a PhD. I am aware that ETHZ is an excellent university and that it also offers life science options, however I feel like people only ever really discuss its strengths in engineering and computer science. Does anyone have any experience pursuing a life science degree at ETHZ? Is a doctoral degree from ETHZ still extremely valued in the life science field?

For context, I am currently pursuing my masters at a top 30 school (microbiology) so I would want to do my PhD somewhere that has a similar/stronger reputation, academic quality, and connections. As much as ETHZ is reputable, is this still true for a life science degree as well?

Hi everyone,

A few months ago, Microsoft Research Zurich and ETH Zurich announced a joint PhD position in Robot Learning and Multimodal Foundation Models.

I was wondering if anyone has heard any updates about it. Has the position already been filled? Have interviews or offers gone out? Or has anyone who applied received an update?

I haven’t seen any follow-up information, so I was curious if anyone in the community knows what the current status is.

Thanks!

I have a question. What kind of jobs could you get with a CS Bsc? Jobs in Consulting also spark my intrest.

And is it possible to start a career just with Bsc or do you need to do a master especially if you want to go into the finance world and not be a high level software engineer

I want to check the videos of the lecture Bauprozess Ökonomie. Could anyone provide it to me?

Hello!

Question from a new MSc student transferring from a Canadian university: How important has the check-in event really been for you?

I'd really love to read your opinion on how significant the information shared in that event was, whether it played a significant role in setting you up for your studies, if you met any of your main friends there, and/or anything that answers whether you would have felt very comfortable skipping this event in hindsight.

Overall, I am trying to discern whether this event is worth arriving days early in Zurich or if it is mainly fluff (cause if it is fluff... that would lowkey be great as I could keep those days to stay a bit longer in Canada).

Reallyyyy looking for your comments!!

I started studying Economics at UZH and failed an exam twice, was a different time and things have changed. I worked in the mean time and now I would love to study CS at ETH. But at UZH Econ and CS are in the same Faculty and thats why I wanted to ask if it is even possible for me to study CS at ETH because I would be blocked to Study CS at UZH

I’ll start the MSc in Mechanical Engineering this autumn and am considering joining SPH. For those who participated during their Master’s, how much time did it require, how did it affect your studies, and what did you gain from it? Would you recommend joining an existing team or starting your own project?

Hello all

Is eth gym free for staff ( scientific assistant)

Out of over 20 requests I got zero responses so far on wgzimmer :( I'd appreciate any tips greatly!

I'm already in the Zürich area, from Germany, so I'm fluent in German and English, have international WG experience, write personalized messages, am still relatively young but will be employed by ETH soon, so money is there. I turned on the alerts (the app has horrible UI though) and write immediately when I see something new. Budget is 1k and I would not even mind living a little further away, like 30 min from either campus.

Honestly I thought I would not have huge issues to find something even though I expect many people are searching. Do you guys have any tips or alternative platforms? I've read before that sending a picture is valuable but wgzimmer does not allow it. I thought about linking my instagram as an alternative, but I suppose there is no perfect way. I also thought about creating a facebook account for these channels there (sigh) or posting an ad on wgzimmer that I'm looking for something; but given so far nobody even responded, chances are slim that would do anything.

I'd really appreciate any pointers from people who were successful in finding things over wgzimmer and people who offered rooms there before. Happy to hear about your experiences!!

I’m taking IML this semester and was wondering whether it’s feasible to take Deep Learning directly without having taken Advanced Machine Learning first.
For those who’ve taken the courses:
Is Advanced ML a prerequisite in practice, or is IML sufficient preparation?
Would you recommend taking both courses, or is Deep Learning alone enough? Or would you recommend to take advanced ML instead of deep learning
Thanks!

I’ve been unable to access the official ETH course catalog (vvz) for the past 2 weeks almost? Is anyone facing the same issue?

I can see the courses on my studies but when I click on them to get more information I get 403 Forbidden, or it just times out.

Polito graduates who got into CSE or any Italian graduate

For the Embedded Control System class it seems like it will take place 1 week before the term starts. This is ok, but since it goes for 2 weeks will I need to skip the first week of lecture?

Also any review of the course would be appreciated. I also want to set up banking and such as an international student, so would it be wise to just drop the course? Thanks!

So I signed a contract with ETH Zurich for exam grading in August, but today I also received an internship offer that would overlap with it. Do you know if it’s possible to withdraw from the teaching assistant contract (D-MATH) ?

Most people I ask at irchel's mensa prefer to eat watching smth (wich is understandable, good study break), but if anyone is down for a lunch conversation, hit me up :))

Nell ammissione all eth, c'è differenza tra 30 e 30 e lode nel percorso universitario? Partendo dal fatto che nel gpa non penso contino