Fellowship FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions. If your question remains unanswered, please send us an email to fellowships@ai.ethz.ch.
Doctoral Fellowship
Doctoral candidates are expected to have completed or be nearing completion of a Master’s degree in computer science, physics, engineering, applied mathematics. They must have an excellent track record and must meet the general admission requirements for a doctorate at ETH Zurich.
NOTE: Master-students are eligible to apply. If the application is successfull, they are expected to have completed their masters-studies before the beginning of the fellowship programm (latest by October/November)
Post-doctoral Fellowship
At the time of the submission deadline, candidates must hold a doctorate (PhD) or will complete their doctorate within the next 10 months in computer science, physics, engineering, applied mathematics, or other relevant fields for artificial intelligence.
The application process for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates involves three parts:
- Filling out the online-application form and uploading the required supporting documents (your degree certificates and transcripts, a motivation letter and your CV). You should receive an automated confirmation email that contains three links.
- Send the links individually to your referees (one link to each referee). Using the link, your referee can directly upload the reference to our application portal. By forwarding these links you agree that the references uploaded by the referees will be combined with your application automatically. (If the references are not submitted, your application will not be considered. Only complete applications will be reviewed.)
- Promising candidates will be short-listed and invited to the doctoral or post-doctoral symposium to give a research talk and have a personal interviews with the potential mentors.
Your application has to be submitted by the mentioned deadline. It is not possible to apply after this period.
Your references have to be uploaded by the given deadline. If the references are not uploaded by then, you will receive an automated email with an extended grace period to upload the references by one week. Without the reference letters your application will not be considered unfortunately.
The following information are obtained from the referees: external page see example link
For doctoral candidates
The referees should be professionally established researchers who know you well, both academically and personally. At least two referees must be at the level of independent investigator, principal scientist, group leader, lecturer or above. A maximum of one reference may come from a post-doc. References from PhD students or class-mates cannot be accepted.
For post-doctoral candidates
The referees should be professionally established researchers who know you well, both academically and personally. At least two of the references must come from established professionals with research responsibilities or experience (e.g. at the level of principal scientist, group leader, lecturer, senior research scientist or any equivalent senior position). An optional third reference may come from any of the above professions. References from Post-Docs, PhD students or class-mates cannot be accepted.