Extracurricular Activities
MTEC students regularly engage in local, national and international platforms promoting the development of student expertise, international exchange, and societal progress. On this page, you will find a number of initiatives, which may be of interest as extracurricular activities to complement your MTEC studies. Initiatives like these provide valuable new perspectives to develop your knowledge, show your skills and share your talents with potential employers.
ETH Student Clubs
This list is not comprehensive.
Find more student organisations here.
External Extracurricular Initiatives
ESTIEM Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills
The annual ESTIEM Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills (TIMES) competition is the largest pan-European case study competition for Industrial Engineering and Management students. More than 200 student teams compete each year.
Impact HUB
Summerpreneurship
Each summer, the external pageImpact Hub Zurich brings early stage, impact-driven start-ups together with talented students who are looking for an exciting summer internship. This way, students have the unique opportunity to get to know the social entrepreneurship sector and, at the same time, social entrepreneurs get valuable support to drive their ventures.
Project Firefly
Project Firefly is an annual Emerging Leaders Essay Competition offering the opportunity to be a participant at high-level investment conferences. Competition entries are evaluated by world-renowned professors and the competition is open to BSc, MSc, MBA and PhD students (submission deadline: February).
W.A. de Vigier Foundation
Entrepreneurship Prize
The Swiss based W.A. de Vigier Foundation sponsors innovative and future-looking business ideas with a development award of CHF 100,000. In addition, the winner also gains access to valuable contacts, has the opportunity to exchange experiences at alumni events and receives media exposure.
Global Essay Competition
Compete in our Global Essay Competition and qualify for participation as a Leader of Tomorrow in the world’s premier opportunity for cross-generational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium.
Meet 300 of society’s brightest young minds. Present and debate your ideas with 600 senior leaders. Win prize money of CHF 20,000 split amongst the three winners.
external pageWebsite St. Gallen Symposium: Global Essay Competition