Student Summer Research Fellowship for International Students

The Computer Science
Department at ETH Zurich is proud to offer Student Summer Research Fellowship
for students from around the world. Fellowships will be competitively awarded
every year to a number of applicants with excellent track records and an
interest in research.

ETH Zurich is a
science, technology, engineering and mathematics university in the city of
Zürich, Switzerland.

Applicants from
outside the home country will often need to meet specific English
language/other language requirements in order to be a
ble to study there.

Course
Level:
This is a Student Summer Research Fellowship programme. The program will take
place from 1 July to 31 August 2018.

Study
Subject:
The program is committed to increasing diversity in the computer science area.
Research opportunities are available in the following areas:

Algorithms
and theory
Computer
systems
Human-computer-interaction
and cyber-physical systems
Information
and system security
Machine
learning
Information
and system security
Programming
languages and software engineering
Visual
Computing

Scholarship
Award:
Fellows at ETH Zurich will receive a monthly stipend of about CHF1.750 to cover
housing and living expenses. Travel and visa expenses will be covered. Students
can claim the travel costs against receipts at the beginning of the program.

Number of
Scholarships: Number
of scholarship is not given.

Scholarship
can be taken in the
Switzerland

Eligibility: The Student Summer Research
Fellowship program is open to all students who are:

At the
beginning and for the duration of the program, at most one year away from
completion of their Bachelor’s program or are registered in a Master’s
program. Expected graduation date: January 2019 or later.
At the
beginning and for the duration of the program, enrolled in a regular study
program in computer science or a closely related field of study (e.g.
electrical engineering, mathematics, physics)
In
addition, please note that the duration of the fellowship covers the full
two months of July and August. No exams and no travels outside the
program.

Nationality: Applications for the
programme are open to students across the globe.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirements: At the beginning and for the duration of the program, at most one
year away from completion of their Bachelor’s program or are registered in a
Master’s program.

English Language
Requirements: Formal evidence is not required. You will need a good working
knowledge of English in order to participate fully. Your language ability may
be assessed during the interview.

How to
Apply:
Apply online

Please
read the information on this page carefully and prepare all required
documents before submitting your application online.
First,
you need to register with SiROP (press CTRL+click to open in a new window)
To
register search for your home university in the list provided or create an
account using an email address.
After
completing your SiROP registration, click the online application link
below where you will find the «Apply now» button at the bottom of the
linked SiROP page.

After clicking the
«Apply now» button on the linked SiROP page you will be asked to fill in
personal data and upload several documents:

Your
CV. You may use any CV format you wish. If you feel uncertain, please feel
free to use the Europass format.
Official
academic transcript from your home university.
Letter
of motivation/personal statement (max 1 page). Describe in your own words
why you have chosen your proposed scientific area of research. Explain
what you hope to accomplish by coming to ETH and how it will support your
academic or professional goals and prepare you for a career in research. A
good personal statement can be written in half a page and you should aim
not to write more than a full A4 page. Lay it out carefully to make it
easy to read.
A
letter of recommendation by an academic referee. The referee can sign the
recommendation, scan the letter and mail it directly to:
SSR_Fellowship-at-inf.ethz.ch. Note that the reference letter needs to be
sent by the referee to the e-mail address, not by the applicant
himself/herself. Please indicate in the subject line “reference letter for
first name and surname of student”. The deadline for reference letters is
15 February 2018 (12:00 p.m.).