The University of Zurich (UZH) with its 28,000 enrolled students is Switzerland’s largest university. Founded in the year 1833, UZH was Europe’s first university to be established by a democratic political system; today, UZH is one of the foremost universities in the German-speaking world.
Made up of seven faculties covering some 100 different subject areas, the University offers a wide variety of Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programs. In addition, UZH’s continuing education programs offer excellent learning opportunities.
Exceptional
As a member of the “League of European Research Universities” (LERU), the University of Zurich belongs to Europe’s most prestigious research institutions. Numerous distinctions highlight the University’s international renown in the fields of clinical medicine, immunology, neuroscience and structural biology as well as in economics. To date, the Nobel Prize has been conferred on twelve UZH scholars.
Attractive employer
The University of Zurich offers a range of roles in this inspiring environment of cutting-edge research and top-class education. In addition to teaching and research staff, more than one-third of our 10,000-strong workforce is employed in technical and administrative professions. We currently have 100 apprenticeship positions in 13 different professions.
Sharing knowledge
The academic excellence of the University of Zurich brings benefits to both the public and the private sectors not only in the Canton of Zurich, but throughout Switzerland. Knowledge is shared in a variety of ways: in addition to granting the general public access to its twelve museums and many of its libraries, the University makes findings from cutting-edge research available to the public in accessible and engaging lecture series and panels.
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Our employees are the hands, heart, head and soul of our hospital. Thanks to their daily work, the University Hospital Zurich is one of the most important hospitals in Switzerland.
Das USZ ist international bekannt für seine Leistungen in universitärer Medizin, Pflege, Forschung und Lehre. Mehr als 42’000 stationäre Patientinnen und Patienten und über 600’000 ambulante Konsultationen pro Jahr zeugen vom grossen Vertrauen in das USZ und seine rund 8400 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter. Dank der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit der über 40 Kliniken und Institute sowie der Nähe zu Universität und ETH Zürich bietet das Universitäts-spital Zürich seinen Patientinnen und Patienten die breite Erfahrung seiner Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten und aktuelle Therapien an.
The Hirslanden Hospital Group consists of 16 hospitals – many of which have an outpatient surgical centre and an A&E department – and runs 17 radiology centres and five radiotherapy centres. This makes it the largest medical network in Switzerland.
Hirslanden's 16 hospitals cover almost every medical discipline. Orthopaedics, gynaecology/obstetrics, cardiology and internal medicine are the strongest specialities.
Quality leadership
Hirslanden offers first-class medical services; the highest priorities here are quality leadership and quality assurance.
Technical equipment
Hirslanden clinics continually adjust their medical and technical equipment according to current developments. Every clinic is fully equipped with diagnostic instruments. Interventional radiology, computertomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MRI) are standard.
Affiliated doctors
The system of affiliated doctors allows for a broad spectrum of specialised medical care. Patients can make their personal choice from 2'100 fully qualified doctors.
System providers
The Hirslanden Private Hospital Group is distinguished on the market as a system provider with its own institutes and departments. As a system provider Hirslanden guarantees that all integral medical services are available for the patients at all times. Thus, interdisciplinary co-operation between the centres of expertise staffed by medical specialists provide the ideal conditions for managing highly complicated cases.
Qualified personnel
With their highly qualified personnel, the hospitals offer individual care in pleasant surroundings.
The private hospital group was formed in 1990 out of the merger of a number of private hospitals, and became part of the South African hospital group Mediclinic International Limited in 1990.