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ETH Zürich - Homepage | ETH Zürich
ETH Zürich is a Swiss research university offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 16 departments spanning architecture, engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences. It serves students, researchers, and faculty pursuing advanced education and research in technical and scientific fields.
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Safety evidence
Retained threat-feed result (recorded about 19 days ago); name-similarity check available (recorded about 5 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 5 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
What ethz.ch said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
ETH Zürich. Der Name ist Programm: Die Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ist eine technisch-naturwissenschaftliche Universität mit ausgezeichnetem Forschungsausweis. Sie liegt in der grössten Stadt der Schweiz, mitten in Europa.
Now
ETH Zürich is a Swiss research university offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 16 departments spanning architecture, engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences. It serves students, researchers, and faculty pursuing advanced education and research in technical and scientific fields.
AboutUs summary of the current website, Sep 30, 2026.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 20, 2006); profile edited 4 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Ethz.ch is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich”
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AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageAboutUs wiki pageJun 20, 2006 – Nov 6, 2013An AboutUs wiki page described ethz.ch from Jun 20, 2006 to Nov 6, 2013 (4 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006“ETH Zürich. Der Name ist Programm: Die Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ist eine technisch-naturwissenschaftliche Universität mit ausgezeichnetem Forschungsausweis. Sie liegt in der grössten Stadt der Schweiz…”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006Current AboutUs record
Registrar
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Registrant
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Zone file
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Certificate
DigiCert IncDigiCert IncOct 2, 2025 – Nov 13, 2026DigiCert Inc issued 79 certificates for ethz.ch from Oct 2, 2025, the latest valid until May 16, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
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Every dated fact on this lifeline (7)
Jun 20, 2006 – Nov 6, 2013AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described ethz.ch from Jun 20, 2006 to Nov 6, 2013 (4 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “ETH Zürich. Der Name ist Programm: Die Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ist eine technisch-naturwissenschaftliche Universität mit ausgezeichnetem Forschungsausweis. Sie liegt in der grössten Stadt der Schweiz…”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Oct 2, 2025 – Nov 13, 2026Certificate: DigiCert Inc issued 79 certificates for ethz.ch from Oct 2, 2025, the latest valid until May 16, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Jun 21, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Nov 8, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Aug 28, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026Certificate: Google Trust Services issued 17 certificates for ethz.ch from Aug 28, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 28, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026Let's Encrypt issued 903 certificates for ethz.ch from Oct 23, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 29, 2027. Seen in use on Nov 5, 2026.
Current AboutUs recordJun 21, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Nov 8, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Google Trust Services
Aug 28, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026
Google Trust Services issued 17 certificates for ethz.ch from Aug 28, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 28, 2027.
Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Let's EncryptOct 23, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 (latest)Let's Encrypt issued 903 certificates for ethz.ch from Oct 23, 2026, the latest valid until Jan 29, 2027. Seen in use on Nov 5, 2026.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Nov 5, 2026
AmazonOct 29, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026Amazon issued 1 certificate for ethz.ch from Oct 29, 2026, the latest valid until May 14, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)
Certificate:
Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Nov 5, 2026
Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026Certificate: Amazon issued 1 certificate for ethz.ch from Oct 29, 2026, the latest valid until May 14, 2027.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader)