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Raquel Gagliano has long sought a continuing education programme that offers a holistic approach to sustainability. She finally found what she was looking for with the MAS ETH in Regenerative Systems. In this interview, the architect with a background in sustainable design tells us what makes the DRRS programme so unique in her eyes.

The joint Executive MBA offered by ETH Zurich and the University of St.Gallen, emba X, has received its first award for «Innovation in Higher Education» at MERIT Summit & Awards in Paris. This recognition confirms the relevance and direction of the novel programme and its impact to the Executive Education landscape in Switzerland and beyond.

Saturday, October 28th, 2023, marked a historical milestone for continuing education in Switzerland, as both ETH Zurich and the University of St.Gallen celebrated the successful graduation of the pioneer cohort of their joint Executive MBA programme – the EMBA ETH HSG, known as emba X.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? This time with Jaime Huang, a graduate of the MAS ETH in Sustainable Water Resources. For him incorporating empathy and interdisciplinary thinking into problem solving were key take aways from the MAS ETH SWR.

Join our Information Event on January 27th, 2023, 6 pm at the Dozentenfoyer ETH Zurich and get first-hand information about the MAS ETH in Applied Technology.

We wish you a healthy, inspiring and successful new year.

We at the School for Continuing Education congratulate Loretta Berger and Patrick Nagel, two graduates of our study programme MAS ETH in Management, Technology, and Economics who were awarded the ETH medal for their exceptional thesis.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? This time with Emmanuelle David, Managing Director of eSpace (EPFL Space Center) and graduate of the «CAS ETH in Technology and Public Policy: Policy Process» (2021). For her, the CAS has helped her to better understand the Swiss landscape in terms of the policy environment.

On 1 August 2022, Professor Stefano Brusoni from the D-MTEC will take over from Professor Paolo Ermanni.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? Dr Christina Horváth-Stenner recently completed the MAS ETH in Mediation in Peace Processes. For her, in addition to its professionalism and high quality, the studies at ETH were truly enriching due to exchanges with her fellow students.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? This time with Ana Procopio Schön, which coordinates the development of the Executive MBA (emba X) in partnership with the University of St.Gallen and manages its customized programmes.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? Dr Myriam Dunn Cavelty is a lecturer in the DAS ETH in Military Science. She finds inspiration in every single person at ETH Zurich who generates new findings with their curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? This time with Michael Baumgartl, a graduate of the MAS ETH in Medical Physics. He says that continuing education is not just about knowledge transfer, but that you become part of a network that brings together research, development and clinical application.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education? Ludmila Andreeva, graduate of the DAS ETH in Angewandter Statistik, was inspired not only by ETH’s hands-on training and its experts, but also by the other programme participants.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be: Christian Kunz, a student in the CAS ETH in Cyber Security, explains that the continuing education has bridged the gap between law, with whose system, possibilities and limitations he is familiar, and technology, in which he is fascinated but has no previous knowledge.

Reaching for the stars. Inspired by the best. Continuing 2022.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education, and where are they found? Helene Hofmann and Ingrid Senn are graduates of the CAS ETH in Naturgefahren-Risikomanagement and are inspired in many ways.

«Inspired by the best»: we are taking a closer look at what we claim to be. What are the sources of inspiration in continuing education, and where are they found? Professor Christian Franck, lecturer in the CAS ETH programme in Applied Technology in Energy, provides the first contribution. He says that the tremendous curiosity of participants and their high level of commitment took him by surprise.