ETH Domain supports the competitiveness of the Swiss economy with urgent measures
Zurich, 25.6.2015 - The Swiss economy is being severely challenged by the strong franc. The ETH Domain with the two Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zurich and EPFL, and the four research institutes PSI, WSL, Empa and Eawag, will take urgent measures to provide firms in Switzerland with better access to the knowledge, technology and infrastructures of the ETH Domain and thus to further reinforce these firms’ innovative power and competitiveness. The measures, which are the result of a decision made by Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), in cooperation and coordination with the ETH Board, aim to accelerate knowledge and technology transfer, to extend advanced education opportunities and to intensify cooperation.