University of Zurich

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University of Zurich
Universität Zürich
Latin: Universitas Turicensis
Established	1833 (1525)
Type	Public University
Rector	Prof. Dr. Hans Weder
Faculty	ca 2,700
Students	23,421
Location	Zurich, Switzerland
Campus	Urban
Website	www.unizh.ch

The University of Zurich (in German: Universität Zürich) is the largest university of Switzerland, in the city of Zurich. It was founded on April 29, 1833 with faculties of theology, law, medicine and philosophy. Currently, the University has faculties of theology, arts, science, medicine, veterinary medicine, economics, and law.

1 History
2 Nobel Prize Winners
- 2.1 Graduates of the University
- 2.2 Professors of the University
3 Museum
4 External links

[edit] History

The University was founded in 1833 with existing colleges of theology (founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1525), law and medicine merged together with a new faculty of Philosophy to form the University of Zurich. This was the first University in Europe to be founded by the state rather than a monarch or church. The university allowed women to listen in on philosophy lectures from 1847, and it admitted the first female doctoral student in 1866. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was added in 1901, the oldest such faculty in the world. In 1914, The University moved to new premises on Rämistrasse 71, designed by the architect Karl Moser.

[edit] Nobel Prize Winners

[edit] Graduates of the University

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[edit] Professors of the University

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics, 1901)
Theodor Mommsen (Literature, 1902)
Alfred Werner (Chemistry 1913)
Leopold Stefan Ruzicka (Chemistry 1913)
Max von Laue (Physics 1914)
Albert Einstein (Physics 1921)
Erwin Schrödinger (Physics 1933)
Peter Debye (Chemistry 1936)
Paul Karrer (Chemistry 1937)
Walter Rudolf Hess (Medicine 1949)
Karl Alex Müller (Physics 1987)
Rolf M. Zinkernagel (Medicine 1996)

[edit] Museum

History of Medicine History of Medicine

[edit] External links

Official homepage
Official homepage in English
About the university (in German)
About the University (in English)
Union of students' associations of the University of Zurich

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