Also funny, that the orginal Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule now ETH Zürich during Einstein's student time was probably much closer, as a european Polytech

Also funny, that the orginal Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule now ETH Zürich during Einstein's student time was probably much closer, as a european Polytechnicum in the (not-neo-yet-) liberal french tradition, to an agricultural school (with forestry being one of the six faculties at the time) than OP is aware of.