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Bachelor's Study Programs

Bachelor's Study Programs

Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Allgemeine Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Altertumswissenschaften
Angewandte Mathematik und Machine Learning
Angewandte Wahrscheinlichkeit und Statistik
Antike Religionsgeschichte
Archäologien
Astronomie und Astrobiologie
Astronomie und Astrophysik
Astrophysik
Bachelor in Sustainabilty (BASUS)
Banking and Finance
Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Bibelwissenschaft
Biochemie
Biodiversität
Bioinformatics
Biologie
Biomedizin
Chemie
Chiropraktische Medizin
Christentumsgeschichte
Crystallography
Computational Science
Comparative Linguistics
Computerlinguistik und Sprachtechnologie
Deutsche Sprach- & Literaturwissenschaft
Digital Humanities und Text Mining
English Literature and Linguistics
Erdsystemwissenschaften
Erziehungswissenschaft
Ethik
Ethik und Gesellschaft
Fachwissenschaft Pädagogik und Psychologie
Filmwissenschaft
Französische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Geographie
Geschichte
Geschichte der Neuzeit
Geschichte, Gesellschaft, Politik
Griechische Philologie
Hebräische Sprache und Literatur
Hermeneutik
Humanmedizin
Iberoromanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Indologie
Informatik
Informatik mit Naturwissenschaften
Interdisziplinäre Archäologische Wissenschaften
Islamwissenschaft
Italienische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Japanologie
Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung
Kulturelle Kontexte
Kunstgeschichte
Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens
Lateinische Philologie
Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen
Lehrer:innen Sekundarstufe I
Mathematik
Mensch und Computer
Musikwissenschaft
Neuroinformatik
Osteuropastudien
Philosophie
Physik
Politikwissenschaft
Populäre Kulturen
Psychologie
Rätoromanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Rechtswissenschaft
Religionswissenschaft
Religious Studies and Theology
Sinologie
Skandinavistik
Slavische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Softwaresysteme
Soziologie
Systematisch-Praktische Theologie
Theologie
Umweltwissenschaften
Vergleichende Germanische Sprachwissenschaft
Vergleichende Romanische Sprachwissenschaft
Veterinärmedizin
Volkswirtschaftslehre
Wirtschaftschemie
Wirtschaftsinformatik
Zahnmedizin

Master's Study Programs

Master's Study Programs

Accounting and Finance
Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Alte Geschichte
Altertumswissenschaften
Angewandte Wahrscheinlichkeit und Statistik
Antike Religionsgeschichte
Antikes Judentum (Specialized Master)
Archäologien
Artificial Intelligence
Astronomie und Astrobiologie
Banking
Banking and Finance
Behavioral Economics
Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik
Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Bibelwissenschaft
Bildung im Lebenslauf

Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biology
BioMed Entrepreneurship
Biomedicine
Biostatistics
Chemical and Molecular Sciences (Specialized Master)
Chemistry
Chemistry and Business Studies
Chiropraktische Medizin
Christentum in der Gesellschaft (Specialized Master)
Christentumsgeschichte
Communication Science and Media Research
Crystallography
Comparative and International Studies (MACIS)
Comparative Linguistics
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational Linguistics and Language Technology
Computational Science

Corporate Finance
Data Science
Deutsche Literatur: Theorie – Analyse – Vermittlung

Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft/Literaturwissenschaft
Development and Economic Policy
Digital Linguistics
Digital Skills
Earth System Science
East Asian Art History
Economics / Volkswirtschaftslehre
Empirische Kulturwissenschaft
English Literature / Linguistics
Erziehungswissenschaft
Ethnologie
Evolutionary Language Science (Specialized Master of Science)
Fachwissenschaft Pädagogik und Psychologie
Filmwissenschaft

Filmwissenschaft Netzwerk Cinema CH
Financial Economics
Französische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
Gender Studies
Geography
Geschichte
Geschichte des Mittelalters
Geschichte der Neuzeit
Gesundheit im Kontext von Ethik, Spiritualität und Religionen
Global Futures: Development, Sustainability, Social Justice
Griechische Philologie

Grundlagen der Moralphilosophie
Hebräische Sprache und Literatur
Hermeneutik
History of the Contemporary World / Zeitgeschichte
Humanmedizin
Iberoromanische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
Indologie
Informatics
Information Systems
Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
Interdisziplinäre Archäologische Wissenschaften
International and Comparative Law
International and Comparative Law (Double Degree)
Internationale Osteuropastudien
Internet & Society
Islamwissenschaft
Italienische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
Japanologie
Joint Medical Master Universität Luzern
Joint Medical Master Universität St.Gallen
Kulturanalyse
Kunstgeschichte
Art History in a Global Context
Lateinische Philologie
Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen
Linguistics
Literary Studies / Literaturwissenschaft
Management and Economics
Managing Education
Marketing

Mathematik
Mediävistik
Medical Biology (Specialized Master)
Methods – Data – Society
Mittellateinische Philologie
Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Musikwissenschaft
Neural Systems and Computation
Neuroinformatics
Osteuropäische Geschichte
People-Oriented Computing
Philosophie
Philosophie in Asien und der islamischen Welt
Physics
Politikwissenschaft
Politikwissenschaftliche Studien
Politische Kommunikation & Governance
Psychologie
Quantitative Environmental Sciences (Specialized Master)

Quantitative Finance (Specialized Master)
Quantitative Finance
Rätoromanische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
Rechtswissenschaft
Rechtswissenschaft (Double Degree)
Rechtswissenschaft (Joint Degree UZH UNIL)
Religion – Wirtschaft – Politik
Religionen, Kulturen, Gesellschaft
Religionsphilosophie/Religion and Science
Religionswissenschaft
Sinologie
Skandinavistik
Slavonic Literatures/Linguistics
Software Systems
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie
Sports Management

Strategische Kommunikation & Management
Studi Italiani
Sustainable Finance
Systematisch-Praktische Theologie
Theologie
Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Vergleichende germanische Sprachwissenschaft
Vergleichende Romanische Sprachwissenschaft
Veterinärmedizin
Economic History / Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Zahnmedizin
Biodiversity
Archäologische Kulturwissenschaften

Interdisciplinary Courses
Doctoral Programs
Glossary
University Program for Upper Secondary School Students

University Program for Upper Secondary School Students

Course Catalog HS25
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Lectures for Auditors

Lectures for Auditors

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Continuing Education
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Choosing Your Studies

Choosing Your Studies

Guide to Choosing What to Study
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Planning Your Studies

Planning Your Studies

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Studying with a Disability or Impairment
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Application and Admission

Application and Admission

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

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Master's Degree

Master's Degree

Admission with a Degree from a University of Applied Sciences or Teacher Education
Non-Fulfillment of Conditions and Additional Requirements for a Master’s Program

Studying Medicine

Studying Medicine

Bachelor's Degree Program in Medicine – First Year
Master's Degree Program
Supplementary Program Chiropractic Medicine

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Admission to Doctoral Studies – Faculties

Teaching Diploma
Language Requirements
International Students – Entry and Residence

International Students – Entry and Residence

Guidelines for Students with Visa Requirements
After Entering Switzerland

Mobility within Switzerland – Incoming
Mobility within Switzerland – Outgoing
Application Deadlines
Online Application and Application Procedure

Online Application and Application Procedure

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Legal Basis

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Legal Action

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Dates and Addresses

Dates and Addresses

Semester Dates
Starting Time of Lectures
Important Addresses

Important Addresses

Contact Form

Teaching

Overview PageTeaching

Basic Principles

Basic Principles

Quality Standards for Teaching
Digital Teaching and Learning
International Networks

Interdisciplinarity
Promoting Teaching and Innovation

Promoting Teaching and Innovation

UZH Teaching Fund
Teaching Innovation Stories

Teaching Innovation Stories

Across Europe in Three Years
Teaching Turned Upside Down
Ready for the World of Work?
From Learners to Co-Creators
A New Era in Medical Training
Ready for E-Learning
Share Your Mountain Landscapes
From Lab Bench to Sofa
Pitch Perfect
Programming and Reflecting
Sustainability Now!
Taking the Plunge into Research
Game-Changing Teaching Approaches

Teaching Community

Teaching Community

Shaping the Future of Teaching Together
Tag der Lehre

UZH Teaching Award

UZH Teaching Award

2025 Teaching Award: Florian Altermatt
2024 Teaching Award: Marc Thommen
2023 Teaching Award: Caroline Maake
2022 Teaching Award: Christoph Riedweg
2021 Teaching Award: Guido Gefter
2020 Teaching Award: Carina Klein
2019 Teaching Award: Chatchavan Wacharamanotham
2018 Teaching Award: Silja Häusermann
2017 Teaching Award: Greta Patzke
2016 Teaching Award: Conrad Meyer
2015 Teaching Award: Rolf Sethe
2014 Teaching Award: Heiko Hausendorf
2013 Teaching Award: Dennis Schoeneborn
2012 Teaching Award: Martin Meyer
2011 Teaching Award: Christian Utzinger
2010 Teaching Award: Michael O. Hengartner
2009 Teaching Award: Brigitte Tag
2008 Teaching Award: Marc-Joachim Wasmer
2007 Teaching Award: Lutz Jäncke

Research

Overview PageResearch

Research News

Research News

Research Spotlight (Videos)
News by Faculty

News by Faculty

Theology and Religions
Law and Legislation
Economics and Informatics
Medicine and Dentistry
Veterinary Medicine
Arts and Social Sciences
Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Ethics and Integrity

Ethics and Integrity

Transparency

Transparency

Third-Party Funded Projects

Third-Party Funded Projects

List of Third-Party Funded Projects

Endowed Professorships

Endowed Professorships

List of Endowed Professorships

Open Science
Research Integrity
Research involving Human Beings
Research Involving Animals and Animal Welfare

Research Involving Animals and Animal Welfare

UZH Position
Policy on Research Involving Animals
Animal Welfare
Animal Research in Numbers

Animal Research in Numbers

Archive: Animal Research in Numbers 2022
Archive: Animal Research in Numbers 2021
Archive: Animal Research in Numbers 2020

3Rs Principle: Replace, Reduce, Refine

3Rs Principle: Replace, Reduce, Refine

Breeding fewer animals
Operating on rodents in the best possible way
A New Life After Leaving the Lab

Ongoing Research Projects

Ongoing Research Projects

Zebrafish
Mäuse
Sheep
Following Canine Health for Life

Primates

Primates

Current Study
Training and Procedures
The Macaques

Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity

National Centers of Competence in Research
University Research Priority Programs

University Research Priority Programs

Development and Learning
Digital Religion(s)
Equality of Opportunity
Human Reproduction
Rare Diseases
Earlier URPP

Earlier URPP

Dynamics of Healthy Aging
Evolution in Action
Financial Market Regulation
Global Change and Biodiversity
Language and Space
Artificial Photosynthesis
Social Networks
Translational Cancer Research

Centers of Competence

Centers of Competence

Ancient World Studies
Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine
Blockchain
Citizen Science
Crisis Competence
Developmental Science
Higher Education and Science
Human Immunology
Human Rights
IT, Society and Law
Kidney and Nephrology
Language and Medicine
Latin America Center
Medicine – Ethics – Law
Neuroscience
Plant Sciences
Reproducible Science
Sleep and Health
Sports Management
Sustainability
Youth Development

Innovative Research Structures

Research Funding

Research Funding

Career and Personal Development
Research Priorities and Networks
Innovation and Technology

Technologies and Knowledge Transfer

Technologies and Knowledge Transfer

Technology Platforms
Technology Transfer
UZH Innovation Hub

Excellence

Excellence

Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prizes

Peter Debye
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Einstein's Dissertation
Exhibition «Einstein & Co.»

Walter Rudolf Hess
Paul Karrer
Theodor Mommsen
K. Alex Müller
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Leopold Ruzicka
Erwin Schrödinger
Max von Laue
Alfred Werner
Rolf Zinkernagel

Research Awards

Research Awards

Research Awards 2024
Research Awards 2023
Research Awards 2022
Research Awards 2021
Research Awards 2020
Research Awards 1999 to 2019 (Search)

Grants and Fellowships

Supporting Research

Explore

Overview PageExplore

Profile

Profile

At a Glance
Figures
Excellence

Excellence

Rankings

Rankings

UZH in International Rankings

UZH in International Rankings

ARWU Ranking
QS Rankings
THE Rankings

Grading

Global Engagement
Annual Report

Annual Report

Previous Annual Reports

UZH Awards

UZH Awards

UZH Honors
Annual Awards
Semester Awards
Team Effort Award

Dies academicus

Dies academicus

About the Dies academicus

History in Brief

History in Brief

Previous Presidents

Policies

Policies

Values and Ethics
Quality Development

Quality Development

Quality Strategy
QAD Education and Teaching
QAD Research and Academic Career Development
QAD Services
Management Processes
Evaluations
University Operations

Sustainability
UZH Leadership and Management Principles
Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

Diversity
Gender Equality
Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Protection Against Sexual Harassment

Protection Against Sexual Harassment

National Day Against Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
Activity Reports

Strategic Principles
Global Strategy 2030
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Background Information
Recommendations
Events

Mission Statement
Partnerships
House Regulations

Organization

Organization

Board of the University

Board of the University

Silvia Steiner
Peter Bodmer
Franziska Widmer Müller
Beat Hotz-Hart
Daniela Decurtins
Antonio Loprieno
Petra S. Hüppi
Urs Oberholzer

President
Executive Board

Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman (President)
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert (Deputy President and Vice President Education and Student Affairs)
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark (Vice President Research)
Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger (Vice President Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information)
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Beck Schimmer (Vice President Medicine)
M.A. HSG Daniel Hug (Vice President Finances)
Dipl. Bauing. MAS REM François Chapuis (Vice President Real Estate and Facility Management)
Delegates at the University of Zurich

Delegates at the University of Zurich

Strategic Projects
Museen und Sammlungen

Extended Executive Board
Senate
Central Services
Professorships

Professorships

Professorial Appointments

Professorial Appointments

Professorial Appointments 2024

Professorial Appointments 2024

Appointments of 10 July 2025
Appointments of 16 June 2025
Appointments of 19 Mai 2025
Appointments of 10 April 2025
Appointments of 24 February 2025
Appointments of 27 January 2025

Professorial Appointments 2024

Professorial Appointments 2024

Appointments of 12 December 2024
Appointments of 4 November 2024
Appointments of 3 October 2024
Appointments of 26 August 2024
Appointments of 4 July 2024
Appointments of 3 June 2024
Appointments of 16 May 2024
Appointments of 25 March 2024
Appointments of 26 February 2024
Appointments of 29 January 2024

Professorial Appointments 2023
Professorial Appointments 2022
Professorial Appointments 2021
Professorial Appointments 2020

In Memoriam (in German)

Representative Bodies

Representative Bodies

Organization of the Representative Bodies
The Four Representative Bodies at UZH
Allocation to a Representative Body
Change of Membership
Election of Delegates

Committees (in German)
Independent Bodies
Organization Charts

Dates and Addresses

Dates and Addresses

Semester Dates
Opening Hours

Opening Hours

Opening Hours on Holidays
University Library Opening Hours

Campuses

Campuses

City Campus

City Campus

Welcome Desk

Irchel Campus
Oerlikon Campus
Schlieren Campus

Faculties and Institutes

Faculties and Institutes

Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
Faculty of Medicine
Vetsuisse Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Science
PhD Conferrals (in German)

Museums and Collections

Museums and Collections

Opening Hours
Special Exhibitions
Guided Tours
Anatomical Collection
Anthropology Collection
Archaeological Collection
Botanical Garden
Botanical Collection
Ethnographic Museum
Natural History Museum
Paleontological Collection
Science Pavilion
Veterinary Anatomy Collection
Museum of Veterinary History
Museum of Wax Moulages
Zurich Herbaria

Hospitals and Clinics

Hospitals and Clinics

University Hospital Zurich
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Balgrist University Hospital
University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich
Center for Dental Medicine
Travel Clinic
University Animal Hospital

Extraordinary Affairs

Extraordinary Affairs

UZH on Recent Events in the Middle East
Solidarity with Ukraine

Solidarity with Ukraine

For Refugees and People Affected

For Refugees and People Affected

Studying at UZH
Researching at UZH

For UZH Members
Helping
Statements
Contact

Working at UZH

Working at UZH

Jobs
Work-Life Balance
Learning and Development
Discounts and Offers
Conditions of Employment
International Services
“I work at UZH”

Events

Overview PageEvents

Current Events
Dialograum UZH

Dialograum UZH

“Who gets to speak?”

“Who gets to speak?”

Cancel Culture and Academic Freedom

Ringvorlesungen

Ringvorlesungen

#MeToo, Now What?
From Zwingli to Einstein
Sympathy – Antipathy
Uncertainty
Sustainability Now!
Newsletter Ringvorlesungen
Past Ringvorlesungen

Past Ringvorlesungen

Fall 2024

Fall 2024

Gaming Literature (Podcasts)
Anti-Semitism
Disinformation (Podcasts)
Cultural Analysis Now!
Love and Hate
Archaeological Cultural Studies
To Write Is to Endure

Spring 2024

Spring 2024

Digital Religion(s) (Podcasts)
Reproduction (Podcasts)
(In)stability
Phenomenology
Sustainability Now!

Fall 2023

Fall 2023

The "New" (Podcasts)
Challenging Powers
Cultural Analysis Now!
Sustainability and Efficiency
The Catholic Church and Abuse
The Last Survivors of the Shoah
The First Word
Crises in the Middle Ages

Spring 2023

Spring 2023

Seeing the World Differently (Podcasts)
The Mystery of Humans (Podcasts)
Sustainability Now!
What is Theology?
What lies ahead?

Fall 2022

Fall 2022

Authority and Its Criticism (Podcasts)
Language(s) and Spaces (Podcasts)
Documenting War (Podcasts)
James Joyce
Suicide Prevention
Animals and Tumors
Hope, Fight!
universitas – Universality
Cultural Analysis Now!
Discrimination

Spring 2022

Spring 2022

Alpinism (Podcasts)
Perspectives of Politeness (Podcasts)
European Antiquity (Podcasts)
Before the Golden Peaches
Sustainability Now!
The Future of Work

Fall 2021

Fall 2021

“What is the Human?” – Anthropological Perspectives
Architecture and Language (Podcasts)
Inside Belarus (Podcasts)
Heteronomy and Autonomy
Ireland in the World
Relevance? Relevance! Humanities Perspectives

Deviance and Heresy – Differences in Judaism
Senses in the Middle Ages – Diversity, Hierarchies, Reflections
Cultural Analysis Now!
Books, Data, Rooms – The University Library in the 21st Century
Merit – Society – Justice
Biology and Diseases of Wild Animals
Self-Care Despite Dementia?!

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

100 Years of Dürrenmatt (Podcasts)
50 Years of Women's Suffrage (Podcasts)
Sustainability Now!
Society on the Move: The Digital Transformation of Mobility
Natural Disasters, Epidemics, Plagues – and What They Do to Us

Fall 2020

Fall 2020

Being Human: Science and Faith (Podcasts)
Pestalozzi and the Robots (Podcasts)
Health in a Digital Society (Podcasts)
Gender in the Middle Ages. Constructs, Images, Discourses
Cultural Analysis Now!

Spring 2020

Spring 2020

Covid-19: The Responsibility of Universities in Times of Global Turmoil (Podcasts)
Equal Opportunities in the Education System? (Podcasts)
Democracy, Demagogy and Populism in Antiquity and Today (Podcasts)
Legal and Economic Consequences of the Coronavirus Crisis (Podcasts)
Regarding Violence. Perspectives in Literature, History and Law (Podcasts)
Gender Studies
The Philosophy of Philosophy

Fall 2019

Fall 2019

The Church Space in Flux
"One Health"
Digital Democracy
Cultural Analysis Now!
Politics and Religion in Judaism
Citizen Science
Regional Languages in Europe
Transfer in the Middle Ages
1989: Impulses, Upheavals
Old Age in Fairy Tales

Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Spring 2018
Fall 2017
Spring 2017
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
Fall 2015
Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013

Inaugural Lectures
UBS Center Events
SIAF Lectures
Europa Institut Lectures
Children's University
Guided Tours
Senior Citizen's University
UZH Science Lab
Life Science Learning Center
Scientifica

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