Students 25,732 Phone +41 44 634 11 11 President Michael Hengartner | Established 1833 Total enrollment 26,065 (2015) Founded 1833 | |
Budget 1.377 billion Swiss francs Academic staff 3,702 (Full-time equivalent) Administrative staff 2,051 (Full-time equivalent) Affiliation League of European Research Universities Undergraduate tuition and fees Domestic tuition: 720 CHF (2017), International tuition: 1,220 CHF (2017) Notable alumni Albert Einstein, Eduard Einstein, Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Mileva Marić Similar ETH Zurich, University of Geneva, University of Bern, University of Basel, University of St Gallen Profiles | ||
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The University of Zurich (UZH, German: Universität Zürich), located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 26,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy.
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- University of zurich universit t z rich uzh
- The university of zurich main building
- History
- Campus
- Museum
- Faculties
- Rankings
- Language policy
- Notable fellows of the university
- Student life
- Nobel Prize laureates
- Associated institutions
- References
Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Theology and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the widest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution.
The university of zurich main building
History
The University of Zurich was founded on April 29, 1833, when the existing colleges of theology, the Carolinum founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1525, law and medicine were merged with a new faculty of Philosophy. It was the first university in Europe to be founded by the state rather than a monarch or church.
In the University's early years, the 1839 appointment of the German theologian David Friedrich Strauss to its Chair of Theology caused a major controversy, since Strauss argued that the miracles in the Christian New Testament were mythical retellings of normal events as supernatural happenings. Eventually, the authorities offered Strauss a pension before he had a chance to start his duties.
The university allowed women to attend philosophy lectures from 1847, and admitted the first female doctoral student in 1866. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was added in 1901, the second-oldest such faculty in the world. In 1914, the university moved to new premises designed by the architect Karl Moser on Rämistrasse 71.
Campus
The university is scattered all over the city of Zurich. Members of the university can use several libraries, including the ETH-library, and the Zurich Central Library, with over 5 million volumes. In 1962, the faculty of science proposed to establish the Irchelpark campus on the Strickhofareal. The first stage the construction of the university buildings was begun in 1973, and the campus was inaugurated in 1979. The construction of the second stage lasted from 1978 to 1983. The campus also houses the anthropological museum Anthropologisches Museum, and the cantonal Staatsarchiv Zürich.
Museum
The Institute and Museum for the History of Medicine is part of the university.
Faculties
The University of Zurich as a whole also ranks in the top ten of Europe and in the top fifty worldwide. Notably in the fields of bioscience and finance, there is a close-knit collaboration between the University of Zurich and the ETH (Federal Institute for Technology, just across the road). Their faculty of chiropractic medicine is six years.
Rankings
According to Handelsblatt, the Department of Economics was ranked first (in 2009?) in the German-speaking area and in 2009 the faculty of Business Administration was ranked third in the German-speaking area.
Language policy
Bachelor courses are taught in Swiss Standard German ("Hochdeutsch"), but use of English is increasing in many faculties. The only bachelors program taught entirely in English is the "English Language and Literature" program. All Master courses at the Faculty of Science are held in English. In some highly competitive and international programs, such as the Master of Science in Quantitative Finance, all lectures are held in English.
Notable fellows of the university
Student life
The university's Academic Sports Association (ASVZ) offers a wide range of sports facilities to students of the university.
Nobel Prize laureates
Associated with the university are 12 Nobel Prize recipients, primarily in Physics and Chemistry.