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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Right to Confer a Doctorate and Right of Supervision

The right to confer a doctorate is the right to supervise a doctorate up until the point at which the doctoral degree is awarded. It includes supervision, examination and grading of the PhD thesis, and approval of PhD defenses. There is a faculty-internal and a faculty-external right to confer a doctorate (PromVO 2019, § 8-10).

The right to supervise is the right to supervise a doctorate until the procedure for obtaining a doctoral degree is initiated. It is not possible to assess and evaluate the dissertation or to take doctoral examinations.

Faculty-internal right to confer a doctorate

Professors (Group 1)

Status Right to confer a doctorate
In office Yes, as principal and co-supervisor
Emeritus Yes, as principal and co-supervisor, provided that the dissertation project was taken on before retirement and can be completed within five years after retirement. Application to the Graduate School required (form (PDF, 1 MB)).
After moving to another university No (see external right to confer a doctorate: principal supervision no longer possible, even for projects started).

Professors comprise full and associate professors, assistant professors with or without tenure track, externally funded professors
and the following associated professors:

  • Professors at ETH Zurich's Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
  • Prof. Flurin Condrau (Faculty of Medicine)
  • Prof. Ulrich Woitek (Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics)

Adjunct Professors and Privatdozents (Group 2)

Status Right to confer a doctorate
Active Yes, as principal and co-supervisor, always together with a person from group 1
After restitution of the venia legendi No
After turning 65 Yes, as principal and co-supervisor, provided that the dissertation project was taken on before retirement and can be completed within five years after retirement. Application to the Graduate School required (form (PDF, 1 MB)).

List of adjunct professors and privatdozents
 

Visiting Professors

Status Faculty-internal right to confer a doctorate Faculty-external right to confer a doctorate
During visit No Yes, if authorized to confer a doctorate at a university
After visit No Yes, if authorized to confer a doctorate at a university
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Faculty-external right to confer a doctorate

Status Right to confer a doctorate
Authorized to confer a doctorate at a university Yes, as a co-supervisor
Teaching staff from Swiss universities of applied sciences (FH) or teacher education (PH) with a PhD employed at a FH / PH Yes, as a co-supervisor, within the framework of a cooperative doctorate initiated by Swissuniversities (TP 2) if there is an overall sufficient scientific track record. Application to the Graduate School required (form (PDF, 920 KB)).
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Right of Supervision

Status Right of Supervision

Postdocs, senior teaching and research assistants ("Oberassistierende"), and members of the academic staff with a doctorate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Yes, as a co-supervisor for the duration of the employment at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In addition, there must already be at least two persons with the right to confer a doctorate on the committee.
Teaching staff from Swiss universities of applied sciences (FH) or teacher education (PH) with a PhD employed at FH / PH Yes, as a co-supervisor if there is a sufficient overall sufficient scientific track record. Application to the Graduate School required (form (PDF, 920 KB)). 
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