How much Einstein is there in ETH Zurich?

Albert Einstein was a student and a professor at ETH Zurich. This year marks the 100th anniversary of his Nobel Prize in Physics. But how much ETH was there really in Einstein? And how much Einstein is there in ETH?

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[anshumk]

Denied a Job as a Research Assistant at 21.
Returned as Professor at 33.

That's some SWAG there.

[marco-ezxb]

he graduated with the second worst grades of his class. In addition, many of his professors couldn't stand him because of his indipendence of judgment. So I would not identify him with ETH so much.

[AdamAdam-khwf]

According to my CERN professor of particle physics, " we need to wait around 200 years to have a physicist like Albert Einstein."

[fataakusumattaqiin]

Doing reseach in ETH Zurich is my wish

[-ev]

Anyone else watched just to figure out what the title meant?

[ramizr]

I'm still sad about a fact that his "Theory Of Relativity " didn't get Nobel Prize .

[Nero]

Einstein mastered calculus at the age of 15

[s.h]

0:17 All of these guys are incredibly handsome. Why they could possess both of attractiveness and intelligence

[donalain]

hmm. i studied at the univesity of zurich.. and remember i was told einstein was suspended from the ETH because of bad behaviour.. but dont find any reference to it anywhere..

[kunalkhaladkar]

My best friend studies there ! Love from India🇮🇳

[alvarezjulio]

ETH: YOU shouldn't speak the word EINSTEIN. !!! How much ETH Zurich is there in Einstein?

[sonamtobgay]

Around six years ago i was there visiting ETH. I was Very excited to be there but I couldn’t find any mention of Einstein anywhere. Could it be because of the very limited time I had to explore ETH?

[ShubhamAgarwal]

this piece of documentary fails to portray the incredible power of imagination that einstein had been developing since he was a child. he had been working hard, just that his professors did not understand that in college. Not that he was bad at college.

[danishaiman]

Do eth Zurich accept A levels?and do we need Some German qualification?

[sapir]

00:20 is he look in the middle of a deep thoughts, or is just me seeing it?

[aiseop]

I guess Einstein's 1 leg and 2 hands were in Zurich

[daviddurako]

Sheee it seems I'm a einstein in the making

[earnestkornaar]

I will re-visit this comment in October 2026, on the day I graduate with an MSc in Energy from ETH.

[pavan]

Want to be a swiss knife in computer science

[BlueSoulTiger]

Einstein may have had modest grades while an undergraduate, but he was hardly a "mediocre student". He was a voracious, ambitious, and creative researcher in his so-called "spare time". His results speak for themselves. Also, it says something more about his teachers, that he wasn't chosen as a research assistant, surely? Rather than claim him for your own, I would say he is an alumnus of the world.