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UZH Students

Shaping the Future

Seven faculties, over 150 departments and more than 200 study programs: benefit from the interdisciplinary and pioneering spirit of Switzerland’s largest university.
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Education at the Cutting-Edge

The teaching at UZH is varied, dynamic and high quality, designed to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society with innovation and creativity.
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Research Excellence

Imagination, daring, patience and determination are vital to shed light on scientific unknowns and make breakthrough discoveries. For this, freedom and space to reflect and question are required.
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Exhilarating Variety

UZH encompasses a huge breadth of differing but mutually stimulating perspectives, ways of thinking and academic milieus. Our knowledge and findings are made to be shared: let yourself be inspired.
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Current Events

Lectures, guided tours, panel discussions – find out what our researchers are working on in our public events.
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News

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Alain Berset

European unity in a time of war and rupture

Eighty years after Churchill’s historic Zurich speech, Europe faces war, democratic backsliding and a profound crisis of the post-war legal order. Public lecture by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, at UZH's Europa Institut.
Wednesday, 16 September, 6:00pm (Live Stream)
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Public Lecture Series

“Labor Migration”, “Fake Science” or “Judaism and Islam”: You are invited to the “Ringvorlesungen” of the fall semester. Free of charge, no registration required. Until 17 December.
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Public Inaugural Lectures

Newly appointed professors and privatdozents present their field of research. Come along and experience some of the wide variety of teaching and research on offer. Mondays, on site or via live stream.
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Events

  • Today
    12:15 Uhr
    Breathwork für Mitarbeitende und Studierende der UZH – für entspanntes Studieren, Arbeiten und Miteinander
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  • Today
    18:00 Uhr
    Die Symbolik der Pflanzen in Mythologien weltweit
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  • Today
    18:00 Uhr
    Klostertradition und Klostergärten
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  • Today
    18:00 Uhr
    Wissen to go - abends im Museum: Science Comedy Show, Random Facts Exchange (in English)
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  • Sat, 19.9.
    06:00 Uhr
    ASVZ Sports Week 2026
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  • Sat, 19.9.
    14:00 Uhr
    Familienführung: Was macht uns zu Menschen?
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  • Sun, 20.9.
    11:30 Uhr
    Sonntagsführung: Tiere Australiens
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Planning to Join Us from Abroad?

The University of Zurich is home to students and staff from over 120 countries. Find out more about our diverse and inspiring learning, research and working environment.
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