Orig­i­nally founded as Poly­tech­nikum in 1855, ETH Zurich today is one of the world’s leading insti­tu­tions, espe­cially in the field of archi­tec­ture. Including 16 depart­ments, one of them, Depart­ment of Health Sciences and Tech­nology, offers Food science as a study program because global nutri­tion is crucial to discus­sions about sustain­ability.