APPLY NOW! ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship 2025
The Student Summer Research Fellowship (ETH SSRF) programme offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to gain their first research experience in an area of their choice. The fellowship provided by the Computer Science Department of ETH takes place during two summer months and is open to all students worldwide. The department is committed to increasing diversity in the computer science area.
Research opportunities are available in the following areas:
- Data Management & Machine Learning
- Information & System Security
- Computer Systems
- Intelligent Interactive Systems and Physical Computing
- Programming Languages & Software Engineering
- Theory & Algorithms
- Visual Computing
Eligibility
You are eligible for the ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship programme if you satisfy the following conditions:
- You are enrolled in a study programme (bachelor or master) in computer science or a closely related field (e.g., electrical engineering, mathematics, physics)
- Your expected graduation date in your current study programme (bachelor or master) is in the year following the fellowship or later
- You will have completed two years of study by start of the programme (master students naturally satisfy this condition)
- The duration of the fellowship is the full two months of July and August, during which time you must be present
Language requirements:
The programme is conducted exclusively in English. Although formal evidence of language proficiency is not required, the fellowship requires a good working knowledge of English and it may be assessed at an interview.
Admission process:
Your application will be evaluated on the basis of the documents provided. The last step of the application process may include an interview conducted with the shortlisted candidates.
Application
You will be asked to fill in personal data and upload several documents:
- Your CV in English. Please use the external pageEuropass format.
- Official academic transcript from your home university. We do not accept self-made transcripts, screenshots of self-service portals/transcripts/certificates, translated transcript etc.. Use the grading system that your university provides – the grading system on the GPA scale that you have been graded on.
- If the GPA of your first master’s programme semester is not yet available when applying, please indicate your final bachelor’s degree GPA.
- Letter of motivation/personal statement (max 1 page) in English. Describe in your own words why you have chosen your proposed scientific area of research. Explain what you hope to accomplish by coming to ETH and how it will support your academic or professional goals and prepare you for a career in research. A good personal statement can be written in half a page and you should aim not to write more than a full A4 page. Lay it out carefully to make it easy to read.
- Do not upload password-protected PDFs.
- Do not apply in the last minutes.
- Look carefully for your university name in the dropdown menu; the vast majority are contained in it.
- Do not use all caps or put more than your name into the name field.
- The only format we support is PDF.
Stipend:
Fellows will receive a stipend of CHF 4,000 to cover housing and living expenses. Travel and visa expenses will be covered as well. Students can claim the travel costs against receipts at the beginning of the programme.
Communication of the admission decision:
Applicants will be notified by e-mail by February.
Duration of the programme:
The programme will take place from 30 June – 29 August 2025.
Only complete applications with all the required documents submitted through the external pageapplication tool SiROP can be considered for admission.
Application Deadline: 16 December 2024
