Interested and qualified individuals are welcome to apply for the Engineering Development in Developing Countries E4D Doctoral Mentorship Scholarship Program. Check scholarship eligibility, requirements and how to apply.
The Engineering for Development (E4D) Continuing Education Scholarship Program awards scholarships to candidates from low-income countries to attend continuing education programs at ETH Zurich.
The goal is Engineering Development in Developing Countries E4D Doctoral Supervisor Scholarship Program
The goal of the program is to improve the knowledge and skills of future leaders and contribute to capacity development and poverty reduction in their countries. The E4D program is funded by the Sawiris Social Development Foundation. The E4D Continuing Education Scholarship Program covers the ETH Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) and Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) programs. ETH4D believes that universities have a responsibility to ensure that technological advancement benefits the global population.
General information about the E4D PhD Tutorship Scholarship Program in Engineering Development in Developing Countries
The Engineering for Development (E4D) PhD Fellowship Program provides funding to supervise doctoral students from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship term is one year and includes the following components:
- During the trainee’s one-year doctoral research, he or she is supervised by an ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc. ETH4D recommends monthly meetings and clearly defined project goals, such as presentations at conferences, joint publications. ETH supervisors can serve on the PhD committees of ETH4D trainees free of charge, but this is not required.
- During the mentorship period, you will conduct research in the mentor’s research group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months.
- Financial support to attend conferences and/or research materials
Scholarship Benefits
The grant covers costs up to CHF 15,000 and includes the following:
- Economical return air tickets to and from Switzerland during your research stay (up to 2 kCHF)
- visa fee
- Travel allowance to attend academic conferences
- Research materials (e.g. laboratory equipment) (maximum 6 kCHF in total).
- health insurance costs
- local transportation
- stay
- Living allowance while studying at ETH Zurich
Application documents
- Budget
- Project description (see the standards document for issues that need to be addressed)
- Doctoral student motivation letter (1 page)
- Recent college transcript
- PhD candidate resume (max 2 pages), including publications
- Two academic letters of recommendation
- PhD project proposal (if any)
- Letter of support from the hosting ETH professor, including any financial and in-kind contributions (if the mentor is a senior scientist or postdoc, both the mentor and their professor must sign the letter of support).
PhD program
Unlike the situation at other universities, PhDs at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are not regulated by the overall PhD program. Each doctoral student can select and integrate elements of his or her doctoral research himself or herself. Nonetheless, there are opportunities for departments to organize and offer doctoral research courses in the form of doctoral programs.
For example, the Graduate School of Life Sciences in Zurich offers such courses. It consists of 16 highly qualified doctoral programs offered jointly by ETH and the University of Zurich. Its aim is to attract the most promising young scientists from around the world by providing a comprehensive and challenging education to doctoral students in the life sciences.
How do I find a PhD position?
Unlike many other universities, PhD degrees at ETH Zurich are not organized through a parent doctoral school. ETH mainly offers individual doctoral degrees, or each potential doctoral thesis supervisor recruits doctoral students himself. In order to be able to complete your PhD at ETH, an ETH professor must be willing to take over your thesis supervision.
With few exceptions, PhD degrees are relevant for employment at ETH or in the ETH region. The best way to apply for a PhD position is to apply directly to the professorship that interests you. To do this, visit the website of the department where you would like to study for a PhD and contact the professor directly who is suitable for you.
eligible students Engineering Development in Developing Countries E4D Doctoral Supervisor Scholarship Program
Eligible are PhD students registered at universities or research institutions in least developed, low- and lower-middle-income countries. Applications need to be submitted by ETH professors who accept doctoral students. Applications submitted directly by doctoral students will not be considered.
Scholarship Registration Guide
There are four application deadlines each year: April 30, June 30, October 31, and December 31. The next application deadline is April 30, 2023
The first step in registering for a PhD is to prepare and submit a registration dossier.
1. fill in thisdownloadRegistration form (PDF, 1.1 MB)Obtain the required signatures and attach (as listed in the appendix) all required documents without exception.
2. Send complete registration dossier electronically to: [email protected]
Please ensure that electronic documents are not password protected.
Incomplete archives will be rejected.
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