Business Affairs

The Office for Business Affairs (Business Manager: Annemarie Kallen, Assistant: Claudia Sigel) takes care of the following areas:

Planning of Resources

Funding: Budgeting and Accounting
Staff: Retirements and new elections of professors

Marketing

Contacts with high schools (teachers, school students)
Organization and coordination of high-school days ("Mittelschülerinnentage", "Maturanden-Infotage", "Neue Technologie Wochen")

Public Relations & Communication

Media contacts, together with Corporate Communications
Preparation of publicity materials for the department

Contacts with Associations

Materials Alumni of the ETH Zürich
Materials Student Organization: "Studierende der Materialwissenschaft" SMW (formerly VWI)
others

Organisation and coordination of Events

Open Day
Materials Day
Visiting Committee meetings
Graduation ceremonies

The Department’s Business Manager reports to the Department Chairman.