Highlight • Monument
ETH Hönggerberg Campus
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Tips
Mattia Pastore
March 24, 2026
On a saddle between Hönggerberg and Käferberg lies the ETH Hönggerberg campus, home to one of the world's most renowned technical universities. Since its founding in 1855, it has produced over 20 Nobel laureates – including Albert Einstein. With around 26,000 students from over 120 nations, it is an international center for research, innovation, and teaching in the heart of Zurich.
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Bour🌱
April 7, 2021
Hiking
On the saddle between Hönggerberg and Käferberg lies the ETH Hönggerberg campus with the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Biology.
The open spaces of the campus, such as the Steiner Garden or the central Forum, are well connected to the surrounding local recreation area, a gently undulating glacial landscape with agricultural use, a network of field embankments, narrow ditches, and orchards.
Of the total area of approx. 400,000 square meters, about 180,000 square meters are near-natural areas.
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Source: City of Zurich
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The open spaces of the campus, such as the Steiner Garden or the central Forum, are well connected to the surrounding local recreation area, a gently undulating glacial landscape with agricultural use, a network of field embankments, narrow ditches, and orchards.
Of the total area of approx. 400,000 square meters, about 180,000 square meters are near-natural areas.
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Source: City of Zurich
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