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, vetinary medicine, economics, and law. Events January 3, Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ... The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Events January 3, Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ... Faculty is the scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Law (a loanword from Danish- Norwegian lov), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... Philosophy (from the Greek words philos and sophia meaning love of wisdom) is understood in different ways historically and by different philosophers. ...

History

The University was founded in 1833 with existing colleges of theology, 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 admitted the first female doctoral student in 1866. The Faculty of Vetinary 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.

Notable graduates include a number of Nobel prize winners The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ...

• Albert Einstein
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
• Carl Spitteler

Professors at the University who won the Nobel Prize Portrait of Albert Einstein taken by Yousuf Karsh on February 11, 1948 Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. ... Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of Würzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are now known as x-rays. ... Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (April 24, 1845 _ 1924) was a Swiss poet of visionary imagination and the author of pessimistic yet heroic verse. ...

• 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)

Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of Würzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are now known as x-rays. ... Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 - 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar and historian, generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. ... Alfred Werner (December 12, 1866 _ November 15, 1919) was a German Nobel prize-winning chemist. ... Max von Laue (October 9, 1879 - April 24, 1960) was a German physicist, who studied under Max Planck. ... Portrait of Albert Einstein taken by Yousuf Karsh on February 11, 1948 Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. ... Erwin Schrödinger, as depicted on the former Austrian 1000 Schilling bank note. ... Peter Joseph William Debye (March 24, 1884 - November 2, 1966) (born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije) was a Dutch physical chemist. ... Paul Karrer (April 21, 1889-June 18, 1971) was a Swiss biochemist best known for his work on vitamins. ... Walter Rudolf Hess (March 17, 1881 - August 12, 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. ...

External links

• Official homepage (http://www.unizh.ch/index.en.html)
• About the university (http://www.unizh.ch/info/universitaet/index.html) (in German)