Goal 4: Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
The international community has reaffirmed the importance of education and good-quality training in improving the living conditions of individuals, communities and entire societies. Goal 4 aims to ensure that all children, adolescents and adults – especially those most marginalised and vulnerable – have access to education and training appropriate to their needs and the context in which they live. This makes education a contributing factor in making the world more secure, sustainable and interdependent.
Source: www.eda.admin.ch/agenda2030 (edited)
Contributions of ETH Zurich (examples)
Within the framework of its core areas of research, education, campus and dialog with society, ETH Zurich contributes to Goal 4, for example, by the following activities:
Competence for Development
ETH for Development (ETH4D) aims to educate the future leaders in sustainable development who are able to develop, implement and scale world-changing innovations with a global perspective.
Lifelong Learning
The School for Continuing Education (SCE) offers a wide range of continuing education courses, which include MAS, MBA, DAS, CAS as well as e-learning programmes.
KITE Award
The KITE Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of innovative teaching and teaching concepts at ETH Zurich. A team led by Dr. Christian Pohl received the KITE Award 2020 for the course “Tackling Environmental Problems.” The course allows Bachelor’s students at the Department of Environmental Systems Science to begin acquiring skills to deal with complex sustainability issues in their first year of studies.
In Conversation
Treffpunkt Science City is an education programme for everyone: Free events allow to discover the world of research and conversations about pressing issues of our times.
ETH Week
Every year, ETH Week educates up to 200 change agents for sustainability. Open to all students at ETH Zurich, it combines methods from research, design thinking and team building. Since the first ETH Week in 2015, students have been working on solutions to our major social challenges.
Lived Sustainability on Campus
Promoting Talent
ETH Zurich offers various scholarships to contribute towards study and living costs, excellence scholarships as well as Swiss Government Scholarships.
Equal Opportunities
ETH Zurich is unique in the world: As one of the top 10 universities, unconditional admission to Bachelor’s degree programmes is granted to all high-school graduates. Tuition fees are affordable for all since the university is largely funded by taxpayers’ money. At the same time, it offers an excellent learning environment for its students. 94 percent of all graduates find employment within one year of their studies (ETH Zurich Sustainability Report 2017/2018, page 32). The Executive Board of ETH Zurich is dedicated to enabling this success also in the future.