The MaP Doctoral School of ETH Zurich provides topclass international doctoral education in advanced materials, processes and manufacturing technologies.
ETH Sabbatical | CAS Advanced Materials and Processes
The tailor-made continuing education programme CAS ETH in Advanced Materials and Processes (CAS ETH AMaP) individually and specifically promotes the competence profile of industry specialists.
Advanced Materials Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum
Professors from D-MATL have curated a Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum on the topic of “Advanced Materials”. World experts are yearly contacted by the WEF to produce interactive maps on specific topics of societal and technological importance and to illustrate their global connectivity.
The Prix Schläfli, awarded by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), is one of the oldest prizes in Switzerland and rewards outstanding dissertations in the natural sciences since 1866. Bestowed every three years, the Prix Schläfli in Physics goes this year to advances in the control of ferroelectric order using light.
For the first time, ETH Zurich Materials Scientists are measuring the rolling friction of tiny, micrometre-sized particles. These measurements permit them to better understand everyday products such as concrete.
Professor Nicola Spaldin, head of the Materials Theory group and a pioneer in multiferroic materials, will receive the prestigious Carus Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
On 27 March 2025, around 20 postdocs and senior scientists gathered at ETH Hönggerberg for an insightful session on grant proposal writing. Prof. Laura De Lorenzis and Prof. Salvador Pané i Vidal from D-MAVT covered the general principles of grant writing and successful examples from European Commission and Swiss programmes.
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin with Marcel Benoist Prizewinner Nicola Spaldin (Copyright: Daniel Rihs, picture taken on behalf of the SNSF)
Nicola Spaldin, head of Materials Theory group, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for her outstanding research into multiferroic materials. Read more
