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The Senate is the largest board at the University of Zurich and currently has around 850 voting members. It is composed as follows:
President Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman
The professors
23 delegates (3% of the number of professors)
distributed among the faculties according to their size
23 delegates (3% of the number of professors)
distributed among the faculties according to their size
23 delegates (3% of the number of professors)
distributed among the faculties according to their size
23 delegates (3% of the number of professors)
Retired professors attend meetings in an advisory capacity.
The Senate applies to the Board of the University for the election and dismissal of the President and Vice Presidents. It can issue statements on matters relating to any area of the university.
(University Act § 30; in German)
Since 1 April 2025, the Senate has had organization regulations (OrgR Senate) with a management and new rights: Organisationsreglement des Senats der Universität Zürich (OrgR Senat; in German)
In addition to the President, the representative and deputy representative of the professorial staff hold an ex-officio seat on the Board of the University. The Secretary General is a member in an advisory capacity. The Senate may appoint up to two further voting members of the Senate to the Management. The Management prepares the business and meetings of the Senate. In particular, it is vested with the authority to add items to the agenda beyond those submitted to it.
The management is currently composed as follows:
The new organization regulations and the revised University Statutes provide the Senate with the right to task the Executive Board of the University (UL) or the Extended Executive Board of the University (EUL) with examining certain measures and reporting back to it (postulate). Additionally, if requested by voting members of the Senate whose number corresponds to at least 5% of the number of professors, it may request binding information from the UL or the EUL about specific aspects of their activities. This also applies to requests to add business to the agenda of future Senate meetings (University Statutes § 50 and § 51a; in German).
