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Dspace Cover Page Research Collection Report ETH Zurich Annual Report 2004 Author(s): ETH Zurich Publication Date: 2005 Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000299437 Rights / License: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted This page was generated automatically upon download from the ETH Zurich Research Collection. For more information please consult the Terms of use. ETH Library Construction and Geomatics Engineering Sciences Natural Sciences Architecture Management, Technology and Economics Mathematics Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Information Technology and Electrical Physics Engineering Engineering Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Computer Science Biology Materials Science Mechanical and Process Engineering Organisational chart valid as at 1 January 2005. Detailled version available at www.ethz.ch/about/organisation/index_EN. Organisational Chart_62 System-Oriented Sciences Humanities, Social and Political Sciences Earth Sciences Humanities, Social and Political Sciences Environmental Sciences Agricultural and Food Sciences Executive Board President Prof. Olaf Kübler Rector Vice-President for Research Vice-President for Planning and Logistics Prof. Konrad Osterwalder Prof. Ulrich W. Suter Prof. Gerhard Schmitt University Assembly University ETH Library Swiss Center for Scientific Computing Centro Stefano Franscini FIRST-Lab Collegium Helveticum Organisational Chart_63 DEVELOPMENT OF ETH ZURICH 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Graduations 1 915 1 890 1 884 1 849 1 769 1 875 of which diplomas 1 357 1 191 1 265 1 190 1 163 1 167 of which doctorates 422 523 488 483 429 471 of which postgraduate diplomas 136 176 131 176 177 237 Students 11 627 11 596 11 927 12 390 12 626 12 505 of whom undergraduates1 9 234 9 030 9 311 9 570 7 701 5 816 of whom Bachelor/Master students2 2 003 3 703 of whom doctoral candidates 2 120 2 262 2 300 2 455 2 529 2 614 of whom postgraduates 273 304 316 365 393 372 Professorships (full-time equivalents) 330 333 343 340 356 358 of which assistant professorships 39 49 57 59 64 57 Number of students per professorship 35.3 34.8 34.7 36.5 35.4 34.9 Personnel Staff 7 230 7 338 7 705 7 980 8 068 8 140 Full-time equivalents 5 319 5 344 5 512 5 757 5 891 5 984 of which professorships for teaching and research 330 333 343 340 356 358 of which scientific staff for teaching and research 3 356 3 239 3 412 3 587 3 579 3 606 of which other staff for teaching and research 773 835 809 864 997 1 033 Finances Expenditure excl. investment in buildings (in CHF million, real 2004) 970.0 924.4 958.4 983.4 965.2 990.1 of which budget resources (in CHF mill., real 2004) 830.7 792.7 824.8 842.0 810.8 830.1 of which third party res. (in CHF mill., real 2004) 139.3 131.7 133.6 141.4 154.4 160.0 Investment in buildings (in CHF million, real 2004) 85.5 167.3 134.0 135.2 163.1 129.1 1 Undergraduates without Bachelor/Master students. 2 Students will be able to embark on master level studies from the 2005/2006 winter semester. PARAMETERS Percentage women 1995 2000 2003 2004 Staff 22.8 26.4 27.6 28.5 - Professorships 3.0 7.3 7.0 6.9 - Scientific staff 15.7 20.6 22.5 23.3 - Other staff 38.5 38.3 38.0 39.0 Students 22.5 26.3 29.1 29.2 - Total foreign students 24.2 28.8 30.1 30.1 - Undergraduates 23.2 26.8 29.4 29.9 - Doctoral candidates 19.3 23.6 26.5 26.1 - Postgraduates 25.6 30.6 36.6 35.2 PARAMETERS Percentage foreigners 1995 2000 2003 2004 Staff 30.7 34.6 39.9 40.6 - Professorships 41.0 50.7 58.2 57.7 - Scientific staff 37.2 45.2 53.1 54.6 - Other staff 17.8 15.7 17.9 18.3 Students 19.2 19.1 20.0 21.3 - Undergraduates 13.5 11.5 11.1 12.2 - Doctoral candidates 42.7 48.3 51.7 52.2 - Postgraduates 27.5 28.0 35.9 37.1 Statistics_64 OVERALL VIEW OF EXPENDITURE (in CHF 1000 = TCHF) Change 20022 20032 2004 2004 to 2003 in % Budget resources1 960 269 966 391 959 221 - 7 170 - 0.74 Overall expenditure (excl. investments) 763 759 766 343 778 058 11 715 1.53 Investments 196 510 200 048 181 163 - 18 885 - 9.44 Third-party funds 139 532 153 161 159 994 6 833 4.46 Overall expenditure (excl. investments) 133 091 146 516 154 226 7 710 5.26 Investments 6 441 6 645 5 768 - 877 - 13.20 Total expenditure 1 099 801 1 119 552 1 119 215 - 337 - 0.03 Overall expenditure (excl. investments) 896 850 912 859 932 285 19 426 2.13 Investments 202 951 206 693 186 930 - 19 763 - 9.56 1 Budget resources = Swiss Confederation funding + fees. 2 Retirement pension payments for professors subject to former regulations are now (as of 2004) paid directly by Publica (2003: CHF 38.7m). DEVELOPMENT OF INVESTMENTS (2000–2004) (in CHF m) 240 200 160 120 80 40 Third-party funds / investment 0 Budget resources 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE 2004 5% 12% Staff General expenditure 20% Investments in buildings Investments in movables 63% THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES 2004 18% 32% Federal contracts; other public offices National organisations (research promotion) International organisations (EU research programmes) Endowments, bequests, special fund 5% 35% Business-oriented research, other third-party funds 10% Statistics_65 BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE BY DISCIPLINE (in CHF 1000 and on basis of funding/budget responsibility) Source of funding / credit sources Use of funds by type (financing) of expenditure Actual Core Add. finance, Total Third- Personnel Materials Investment 2004 remit Executive budget party buildings/ Total Board funding funding facilities CONSTRUCTION AND GEOMATICS Architecture 36 865 29 817 2 824 32 641 4 224 32 667 4 061 137 Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Eng. 53 988 38 510 4 691 43 201 10 787 46 434 6 204 1 350 Total 90 853 68 327 7 515 75 842 15 011 79 101 10 265 1 487 ENGINEERING SCIENCES Mechanical Engineering 51 690 34 084 6 660 40 745 10 945 43 239 5 290 3 161 Information Technology and Electrical Eng. 57 239 33 860 4 742 38 602 18 637 50 442 4 207 2 590 Computer Science 30 520 22 732 1 972 24 704 5 816 28 741 1 600 179 Materials Science 23 828 16 673 2 487 19 160 4 668 18 747 3 216 1 865 Management, Technology and Economics 16 337 8 169 656 8 825 7 512 13 671 2 492 174 Total 179 614 115 519 16 517 132 036 47 578 154 839 16 805 7 969 SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS Mathematics 25 972 21 211 1 598 22 808 3 164 25 063 856 53 Physics 64 302 40 969 12 143 53 112 11 190 51 689 9 432 3 181 Chemistry and Applied Biosciences 74 464 51 399 9 782 61 181 13 284 57 995 11 375 5 095 Biology 59 278 31 680 10 411 42 090 17 188 44 027 9 147 6 104 Total 224 017 145 258 33 933 179 191 44 825 178 774 30 810 14 433 SYSTEM-ORIENTED SCIENCES Earth Sciences 32 131 19 279 5 025 24 304 7 828 27 165 3 138 1 828 Environmental Sciences 45 217 33 550 2 724 36 275 8 943 39 811 4 854 553 Agriculture and Food Sciences 41 923 30 746 3 292 34 038 7 885 36 143 4 270 1 510 Total 119 271 83 575 11 041 94 616 24 655 103 119 12 262 3 890 OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND INTERDISC. EXPENDITURE Humanities, Social and Political Sciences 31 130 15 766 2 236 18 002 13 128 26 375 4 477 279 Total 31 130 15 766 2 236 18 002 13 128 26 375 4 477 279 Total Departements 644 885 428 446 71 242 499 688 145 198 542 208 74 620 28 058 Projects and centres 12 662 - 6 703 6 703 5 959 4 254 8 305 104 Total teaching and research 657 548 428 446 77 945 506 391 151 156 546 461 82 925 28 162 Executive Board and Central Authorities 332 581 221 272 102 472 323 744 8 837 159 150 143 748 29 683 Investment in buildings 129 086 129 086 - 129 086 - - - 129 086 Total Executive Board, Central Authorities and Building Investment 461 667 350 358 102 472 452 830 8 837 159 150 143 748 158 769 Grand total, expenditure 1 119 215 778 803 180 417 959 221 159 994 705 612 226 673 186 930 Statistics_66 INCOME STATEMENT 2004 (in CHF m) 2003 2004 Difference Difference in % INCOME Funding 1 099.0 1 089.9 - 9.1 - 0.8 Swiss Confederation funding 946.3 942.7 Third-party resources 152.7 147.2 Miscellaneous revenue 45.6 50.9 5.3 11.6 Proceeds from sales 6.5 6.4 Fees and revenue from services 14.3 16.8 Other revenue (incl. school fees) 20.4 22.8 Financial income 4.4 4.9 Extraordinary and outside revenue 1.5 6.8 5.3 353.3 Extraordinary revenue (incl. income from securities) 1.5 5.1 Outside revenue - 1.7 Total income 1 146.1 1 147.6 1.5 0.1 EXPENDITURE Materials expenditure 36.2 39.0 2.8 7.7 Expenditure on materials 26.9 29.4 Movables (without capital goods) 9.3 9.6 Personnel expenditure 720.4 705.6 - 14.8 - 2.1 Wages and salaries 565.4 580.2 Social security 35.2 34.2 Staff insurance 46.8 53.9 Accident and health insurance 2.8 3.4 Other personnel expenditure1 70.2 33.9 Other general expenditure 179.6 193.7 14.1 7.9 Premises 16.8 17.9 Maintenance, repairs, leasing 17.9 18.4 Water, energy, operating material, waste disposal 18.2 18.7 Administration 8.9 9.3 IT and telecommunication 42.6 42.9 Other services and fees 26.0 32.6 Other general expenditure 14.4 11.4 Financial requirements 0.1 0.0 Depreciation 34.7 42.5 Extraordinary and outside expenditure 209.3 187.6 - 21.7 - 10.4 Extraordinary expenditure (incl.
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