MTEC Doctorate

With students and faculty members from more than 50 different nations, the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) at ETH Zurich is characterised by a pronounced international outlook and multicultural diversity. Our research groups make for a stimulating intellectual environment and ensure that, as doctoral candidate, you will get the supervision you need on your way to becoming an independent researcher in your field of expertise.

Close links to business and industry, combined with a constant engagement with business practice, ensure that D-MTEC research remains relevant to social and industrial needs.

The doctorate at D-MTEC

A doctorate at D-MTEC comprises a combination of research, study, and teaching. Its key characteristics are:

• The central element of the doctorate is the research project and thesis, which is carried out under the supervision of a professor and a co-advisor.
• Complementary to your research, doctoral studies are courses that ensure that you deepen your knowledge within and beyond the subject area of your thesis and master skills important for your future career.
  
• Most doctoral candidates have a double status. They are students and at the same time staff members of ETH Zurich.
• As a doctoral candidate, you will develop teaching skills at the university level by contributing to the instruction given at D-MTEC.
• The doctorate concludes with the doctoral examination, during which you will defend your doctoral thesis.
• Upon successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded the title Doctor of Sciences (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich).
• A doctorate at D-MTEC usually takes about four years to complete.