Golden Owl
What is the Golden Owl?
The Golden Owl honours excellent teachers. The Owl is awarded by VSETH, ETH Zurich’s student association. All ETH members with a teaching assignment can be nominated for the Golden Owl. One lecturer per department is selected for this honour. Opening mid-May, an anonymous online survey created by VSETH is sent to all students asking them to rate the teaching of their lecturers in the past two semesters. The results are given to the respective student associations. They look at a further list of criteria to choose the winner of their department. The winners receive their award from the president of VSETH in November during the ETH Day ceremony.
What is the Award for Best Teaching?
The Award for Best Teaching rewards particularly innovative and dedicated teaching. Every lecturer who has won a Golden Owl or who will win one in the same year is eligible. The Award for Best Teaching is granted to one lecturer every year. Each student association can nominate someone from their department. Then, the VSETH board selects the winner according to several criteria. The award is given to the lecturer during the ETH Day ceremony.
