Previous presidents of the University of Zurich
S = Summer semester; W = Winter semester; F = Spring semester; H = Autumn semester
| Name | Faculty | Inauguration | End of term | |
| 1 | Oken, Lorenz | Faculty of Science | S 1833 | W 1834 |
| 2 | Rettig, Heinrich Christian Michael | Faculty of Theology | S 1835 | W 1835 |
| 3 | von Löw, Karl Ludwig | Faculty of Law | S 1836 | W 1837 |
| 4 | Arnold, Friedrich | Faculty of Medicine | S 1838 | W 1838 |
| 5 | von Pommer, Christoph Friedrich | Faculty of Medicine | S 1839 | W 1839 |
| 6 | Bobrik, Eduard | Faculty of Arts | S 1840 | W 1841 |
| 7 | Hitzig, Ferdinand | Faculty of Theology | S 1842 | W 1843 |
| 8 | Bluntschli, Johann Caspar | Faculty of Law | S 1844 | W 1845 |
| 9 | Hasse, Carl Ewald | Faculty of Medicine | S 1846 | W 1847 |
| 10 | Löwig, Carl Jakob | Faculty of Science | S 1848 | W 1849 |
| 11 | Schweizer, Alexander | Faculty of Theology | S 1850 | W 1851 |
| 12 | Osenbrüggen, Eduard | Faculty of Law | S 1852 | W 1853 |
| 13 | Frey, Heinrich | Faculty of Medicine | S 1854 | W 1855 |
| 14 | Köchly, Hermann | Faculty of Arts | S 1856 | W 1857 |
| 15 | Hitzig, Ferdinand | Faculty of Theology | S 1858 | W 1859 |
| 16 | Osenbrüggen, Eduard | Faculty of Law | S 1860 | W 1861 |
| 17 | von Meyer, Hermann | Faculty of Medicine | S 1862 | W 1863 |
| 18 | Büdinger, Max | Faculty of Arts | S 1864 | W 1865 |
| 19 | Fritzsche, Otto Fridolin | Faculty of Theology | S 1866 | W 1867 |
| 20 | Regelsberger, Ferdinand | Faculty of Law | S 1868 | W 1868 |
| 21 | Osenbrüggen, Eduard | Faculty of Law | W 1868 | W 1869 |
| 22 | Gusserow, Adolf | Faculty of Medicine | S 1870 | W 1871 |
| 23 | von Wyss, Georg | Faculty of Arts | S 1872 | W 1873 |
| 24 | Biedermann, Aloys Emanuel | Faculty of Theology | S 1874 | W 1875 |
| 25 | Vogt, Gustav | Faculty of Law | S 1876 | W 1877 |
| 26 | Hermann Ludimar | Faculty of Medicine | S 1878 | W 1879 |
| 27 | Hug, Arnold | Faculty of Arts | S 1880 | W 1881 |
| 28 | Steiner, Heinrich | Faculty of Theology | S 1882 | W 1883 |
| 29 | Fick, Heinrich | Faculty of Law | S 1884 | W 1885 |
| 30 | Krönlein, Ulrich | Faculty of Medicine | S 1886 | W 1887 |
| 31 | Blümner, Hugo | Faculty of Arts | S 1888 | W 1889 |
| 32 | Schneider, Albert | Faculty of Law | S 1890 | W 1891 |
| 33 | Kesselring, Heinrich | Faculty of Theology | S 1892 | W 1893 |
| 34 | Wyss, Oskar | Faculty of Medicine | S 1894 | W 1895 |
| 35 | Meyer von Knonau, Gerold | Faculty of Arts | S 1896 | W 1897 |
| 36 | Lang, Arnold | Faculty of Science | S 1898 | W 1899 |
| 37 | Christ, Paul | Faculty of Theology | S 1900 | W 1901 |
| 38 | Cohn, Georg | Faculty of Law | S 1902 | W 1903 |
| 39 | Haab, Otto | Faculty of Medicine | S 1904 | W 1905 |
| 40 | Hitzig, Hermann | Faculty of Arts | S 1906 | W 1907 |
| 41 | Kleiner, Alfred | Faculty of Science | S 1908 | W 1909 |
| 42 | Meyer, Arnold | Faculty of Theology | S 1910 | W 1911 |
| 43 | Egger, August | Faculty of Law | S 1912 | W 1913 |
| 44 | Cloetta, Max | Faculty of Medicine | S 1914 | W 1915 |
| 45 | Zschokke, Erwin | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | S 1916 | W 1917 |
| 46 | Vetter, Theodor | Faculty of Arts | S 1918 | W 1919 |
| 47 | Fueter, Rudolf | Faculty of Science | S 1920 | W 1921 |
| 48 | Hafter, Ernst | Faculty of Law | S 1922 | W 1923 |
| 49 | Bleuler, Eugen | Faculty of Medicine | S 1924 | W 1925 |
| 50 | Gauchat, Louis | Faculty of Arts | S 1926 | W 1927 |
| 51 | Ernst, Alfred | Faculty of Science | S 1928 | W 1929 |
| 52 | Köhler, Ludwig | Faculty of Theology | S 1930 | W 1931 |
| 53 | Fleiner, Fritz | Faculty of Law | S 1932 | W 1933 |
| 54 | von Meyenburg, Hanns | Faculty of Medicine | S 1934 | W 1935 |
| 55 | Bürgi, Oskar | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | S 1936 | W 1937 |
| 56 | Howald, Ernst | Faculty of Arts | S 1938 | W 1939 |
| 57 | Niggli, Paul | Faculty of Science | S 1940 | W 1941 |
| 58 | Brunner, Emil | Faculty of Theology | S 1942 | W 1943 |
| 59 | Grossmann, Eugen | Faculty of Economics | S 1944 | W 1945 |
| 60 | Anderes, Ernst | Faculty of Medicine | S 1946 | W 1947 |
| 61 | Spoerri, Theophil | Faculty of Arts | S 1948 | W 1949 |
| 62 | Karrer, Paul | Faculty of Science | S 1950 | W 1951 |
| 63 | Gut, Walter | Faculty of Theology | S 1952 | W 1953 |
| 64 | Giacometti, Zaccaria | Faculty of Law | S 1945 | W 1955 |
| 65 | Fischer, Hans | Faculty of Medicine | S 1956 | W 1957 |
| 66 | Andres, Josef | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | S 1958 | W 1959 |
| 67 | Straumann, Heinrich | Faculty of Arts | S 1960 | W 1961 |
| 68 | Hadorn, Ernst | Faculty of Science | S 1962 | W 1963 |
| 69 | Schweizer, Eduard | Faculty of Theology | S 1964 | W 1965 |
| 70 | Bickel, Wilhelm | Faculty of Economics | S 1966 | W 1967 |
| 71 | Töndury, Gian | Faculty of Medicine | S 1968 | W 1969 |
| 72 | Wehrli, Max | Faculty of Arts | S 1970 | W 1971 |
| 73 | Niggli, Alfred | Faculty of Science | S 1972 | W 1973 |
| 74 | Leuenberger, Robert | Faculty of Theology | S 1974 | W 1975 |
| 75 | Nef, Hans | Faculty of Law | S 1976 | W 1977 |
| 76 | Waser, Peter G. | Faculty of Medicine | S 1978 | W 1979 |
| 77 | Hilty, Gerold | Faculty of Arts | S 1980 | W 1981 |
| 78 | Meyer, Verena | Faculty of Science | S 1982 | W 1983 |
| 79 | Akert, Konrad | Faculty of Medicine | S 1984 | W 1987 |
| 80 | Schmid, Hans H. | Faculty of Theology | S 1988 | W 1999 |
| 81 | Weder, Hans | Faculty of Theology | S 2000 | F 2008 |
| 82 | Fischer, Andreas | Faculty of Arts | H 2008 |