Research doctorate (PhD)
Doctorate (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich) at D-ARCH
ETH Zurich · Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) · Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Official award
- Doctor of Sciences ETH Zurich (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich)Dr. sc. ETH
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for Switzerland
- Format
- On campusmaximum of six years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research doctorate completed at one of the institutes of the Department of Architecture within at most six years; candidates find their own supervising professor.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Department of Architecture (D-ARCH)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- Research doctorate leading to Dr. sc. ETH Zurich.“The doctoral programme concludes with the title Dr. sc ETH Zurich.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Verified in official recordswissuniversities (list of Swiss higher education institutions accredited under the Higher Education Act, HEdA)Institutional recognitionFull statusCH
Scope: Institution-wide listing of ETH Zurich as an accredited Swiss university; this is not a programme accreditation or a professional validation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- maximum of six years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- ETH Zurich - Department of Architecture (Hönggerberg, Zürich)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- UNCONFIRMED: the doctorate page prints no teaching or thesis language; de/en reflect the department's bilingual master's statement and should be verified.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Master's degree from a recognized university with excellent academic performance.
Research degree details
- Department
- Department of Architecture (D-ARCH)
- Finding a supervisor
- The candidate has to look for a professor willing to act as supervisor.
- Previous qualifications
- Master's degree from a recognized university plus excellent academic performance.
- Deadlines
- Doctoral studies can begin at any time in the academic year.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)