An a.c. bridge thermostat, using two thermistors mounted in two opposite arms as temperature sensing elements, is described. The unbalanced bridge voltage is rectified, after a previous amplification, by a phase sensitive detector, and it is applied to the input of the final stage which controls the heater. The thermostat can be used to maintain the temperature of a liquid bath with a 0.0005°C precision and can be easily reset to different temperatures in the operational range of the thermistors.