ETH Board

Name

ETH Board

Legal name

ETH-Rat

Website

https://ethrat.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Governance

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Governance & Board Effectiveness Advisory (BPAHAFAC)

Keywords

• Strategic governance oversight
• Research institution management
• Federal education oversight
• University strategic planning
• Government research coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ETH Board (ETH-Rat) is the Swiss Federal strategic management and supervisory body of the ETH Domain. It oversees and governs two Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Zurich and EPFL) and four research institutes (PSI, WSL, Empa, and Eawag), handling strategic leadership, financial and investment planning, professorship appointments, real estate management, and representation of ETH Domain interests to federal authorities.

Product overview

ETH Board (ETH-Rat) is the strategic management and supervisory body of the ETH Domain in Switzerland. It does not offer commercial products or services. Its activities include governance of the ETH Domain (ETH Zurich and EPFL universities, and PSI, WSL, Empa, and Eawag research institutes), strategic planning, financial oversight, and representation of interests. The organization publishes annual reports, budget reports, strategic plans, and news through its website, but these are informational publications, not commercial products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VBS (Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026The ETH Board and ETH Domain are strengthening their existing cooperation with VBS and armasuisse (the Federal Office for Armaments). This collaboration is being intensified in accordance with the Federal Council's armaments policy strategy. The ETH Board discussed the framework conditions for this enhanced cooperation at its meeting on May 20-21, 2026.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• National Science Foundation (NSF): US independent federal agency funding ~25% of all federally-supported basic research. Comparable as a federal body funding and coordinating national academic research priorities, though distribution-oriented rather than institution-governing.
• Royal Society: UK's national academy of sciences with chartered role advising government on scientific matters. Comparable thematically as an advisory/strategic body shaping national science policy and connecting institutions to Parliament—more limited operational scope than ETH Board.
• VINNOVA: Swedish government innovation funding agency under the Ministry of Enterprise. Comparable as a government funding and policy body for research and innovation, though it operates via grants rather than direct institution governance.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer Society: German applied research organization operating 76 institutes with mixed federal-state and contract funding. Comparable in orchestrating applied research priorities across a federation of institutes under a single strategic governance body.
• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres: Germany's largest scientific organization overseeing 18 research centres with federal funding of ~90%. Comparable in coordinating strategic direction, funding cycles, and oversight of large-scale scientific infrastructure analogous to ETH Domain institutions.
• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): UK government body that directs research and innovation funding across nine councils. Comparable as a national-level strategic oversight and funding body for academic and research institutions, with analogous parliamentary accountability.
• Max Planck Society: German non-governmental research organization operating under federal-state funding. Comparable as a federated governance model for national basic research institutions, though the Max Planck Society is not state-administered like ETH Board.

Regional players

• National Research Council of Italy (CNR): Italian government research organization supervising over 100 institutes across all scientific disciplines. Comparable as a national oversight body coordinating research strategy across distributed scientific institutes with government funding.
• CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation): Australia's national science agency and one of the world's largest applied research bodies. Comparable as a federally chartered body overseeing multi-disciplinary research institutes with statutory governance.
• CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique): France's largest public research organization under the Ministry of Higher Education. Comparable as a national umbrella body setting scientific priorities and coordinating across multiple research units and institutes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eth_rat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eth-rat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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