About us

Mission

Our mission is to push the limits of electric racing and inspire young minds to take on challenges in engineering and business. As a multidisciplinary team, we build on the foundation of our previous successes to once more establish ourselves as a world reference in formula student, and especially autonomous racing. Through learning and innovating together, we aim to serve the scientific and student community.

History

The Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) was founded in 2006 by students of ETH Zurich and has produced a prototype to compete in various «Formula Student» competitions in Europe every year since then. After having built three combustion powered cars, AMZ moved forward to developing fully electric racing cars in 2010. With the introduction of the Formula Student Driverless class in 2017, AMZ became a pioneer in developing autonomous race cars. Since then, AMZ engineers a new electric race car every season. On top of that, they build a driverless vehicle on the basis of a vehicle from previous years. The association offers students the opportunity to put their acquired theoretical knowledge into practice in a highly complex engineering environment. During this process they gather experience in the fields of leadership, innovation and quality management, cost analysis, project and product documentation as well as risk control. The association is financially independent and supported by numerous financial, manufacturing and parts sponsors as well as institutes of various Swiss universities. AMZ is the first Swiss team in Formula Student.

Organization

AMZ offers an active or passive membership. Active members design the race car for the upcoming Formula Student season, whereas the passive members mostly consist of so-called «veterans». Veterans are students that have participated in Formula Student for at least one year. They assist the core team with their knowledge and their experience. The association is listed in the commercial register of canton Zurich (CHE-114.814.216). Its executive board consists of president Ilija Teofilovic, vice president Shichao Zhang, accountant Federico Lo Curto and observer Dario Messerli.

Infrastructure

Besides the office located in the CLA building of ETH Zurich, AMZ also operates from a workshop at the Innovationspark Dübendorf. Both locations are available courtesy of ETH Zurich's Institute of Virtual Manufacturing.

Participation

AMZ Racing Team is always looking for enthusiastic young engineers! You are a student at a Swiss university, willing to learn, to be productive and fascinated by motorsports? If so, then come join the world's most successful Swiss Formula Student Electric team! Take the chance to gather valuable project experience which will – besides offering an enjoyable time – put you in a good position when it comes to job applications. Besides contributing as a volunteer you can join the team through the following programs:

ETH Zurich Join our electric team!

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Bachelor Mechanical Engineering

FOCUS PROJECT

Prof. Dr. Dirk Mohr, in the 5th and 6th semester:

14 credits

BACHELOR THESIS

Subject embedded in Focus Project, free choice of subject, supported by several professors of D-MAVT:

14 credits

Master Mechanical Engineering

SEMESTER THESIS

Subject embedded in Focus Project, free choice of subject, supported by several professors of D-ITET:

14 credits

MASTER THESIS

Subject embedded in Focus Project, free choice of subject, supported by several professors of D-ITET:

14 credits

Bachelor Electrical Engineering

PPS

in the 3rd and 4th semester:

0 credits

*According to Commitment

GROUP WORK

in the 5th and 6th semester:

14 credits

ETH Zurich Join our driverless team!

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Master Mechanical Engineering

SEMESTER THESIS

Choice of subject within the project scope, supported by several professors of D-MAVT:

8 credits

MASTER THESIS

Choice of subject within the project scope, supported by several professors of D-MAVT

30 credits

Master Electrical Engineering

SEMESTER THESIS

Choice of subject within the project scope, supported by several professors of D-ITET and affiliated professors of other departments:

12 credits

MASTER THESIS

Choice of subject within the project scope, supported by several professors of D-ITET:

30 credits

University of Applied Sciences Lucerne Join our electric team!

Bachelor Mechanical Engineering

INDUSTRIAL PROJECT/ BACHELOR THESIS

Subject embedded in Focus Project, free choice of subject, supported by several professors of D-MAVT:

18 credits

Prerequisites: at least 132 credits acquired before starting the Bachelor Thesis

Main Sponsors

The logo of BMW Group. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Computer Controls. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Maxon Group. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of RUAG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Sauter Bachmann. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of thyssenkrupp Presta AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.

Premium Sponsors

The logo of CNC Dynamix AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of distec ag. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Elektrisola Feindraht AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Feramic AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Julius Bär. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Speedgoat. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Vacuumschmelze. They are sponsor of amz racing.

Sponsors

The logo of ABB. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Amsler & Frey AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of ANB Boumi AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of autobau. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Axalta. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Bosch Car Service. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Cimform AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Curtiss-Wright. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of DOHNER AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of embotech. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Formbar. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Garrett. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of HLM. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of HUBER+SUHNER. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Kistler. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Leica Geosystem. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Lemo . They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of libs. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of LW. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Manser AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of MEGA AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Rau AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Sigla Wasserstrahl AG. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Sika. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of Switzerland Innovation. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of tecnopinz. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of verwo. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of vincotech. They are sponsor of amz racing.
The logo of wkk. They are sponsor of amz racing.