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    Truth and Lies

    Truth and lies shape our relationship with knowledge and reality. Distinguishing between them has taken on new urgency today and is thus increasingly becoming a focus of various disciplines.

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Shaping the Future

Seven faculties, over 150 departments and more than 200 study programs: benefit from the interdisciplinary and pioneering spirit of Switzerland’s largest university.
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Education at the Cutting-Edge

The teaching at UZH is varied, dynamic and high quality, designed to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society with innovation and creativity.
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Research Excellence

Imagination, daring, patience and determination are vital to shed light on scientific unknowns and make breakthrough discoveries. For this, freedom and space to reflect and question are required.
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Exhilarating Variety

UZH encompasses a huge breadth of differing but mutually stimulating perspectives, ways of thinking and academic milieus. Our knowledge and findings are made to be shared: let yourself be inspired.
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Public Events

Lectures, guided tours, panel discussions – find out what our researchers are working on in our public events.
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Fall Market

“Kronprinz Rudolf,” “Enterprise,” or the Zurich variety “Nicolin”: Discover the diversity of fruits and wild berries at the University of Zurich's Botanical Garden.
Saturday, 17 October, 11:00am to 5:00pm
Jacques Pitteloud

Die Schweiz in Zeiten geopolitischer Umwälzungen

Klima­verän­derung, demo­grafische Revolution und eine rasante Techno­logie­entwicklung: Was bedeutet dies für die Schweiz und welche Heraus­forde­rungen müssen jetzt ange­gangen werden? Vortrag von Jacques Pitteloud, CH-Bot­schafter in Belgien, am EIZ.
Tuesday, 20 October, 6:30pm
Paola Cerrito

Understanding Human Beings

What makes us human? Researchers have been grappling with this question for centuries. In the latest issue of the UZH Magazin, researchers from different fields across the university offer their answers.
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Public Lecture Series

“Judaism and Islam”, “Language and Power”, or “Fake Science”: You are invited to the “Ringvorlesungen” of the fall semester. Free of charge, no registration required. Until 17 December.
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UZH Weekly

In our Friday newsletter UZH Weekly we send you a round-up of the best university stories of the week, as well as a selection of upcoming events and links to media coverage featuring UZH experts.
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Events

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    12:30 Uhr
    Verborgene Schätze: Essbare Knollen und Wurzeln
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  • Today
    14:15 Uhr
    «1525 – die Anfänge der höheren Bildung in Zürich» Senior:innen-Universität Zürich
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  • Today
    18:15 Uhr
    Nowhere and Nothing: The Entangled Lives of Migrants and Locals in Boston, Lincolnshire
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  • Today
    18:15 Uhr
    Philosophy of Scientific Malpractice / No Research Integrity without True Scientific Spirit
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  • Wed, 14.10.
    12:15 Uhr
    Dos and Don’ts im Jobinterview
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  • Wed, 14.10.
    18:00 Uhr
    Führung: Langsames Chaos
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  • Wed, 14.10.
    18:15 Uhr
    Daniel Spoerri oder Helmut Rostbüchse? Wahrheit, Lüge und alles dazwischen in der sowjetischen Satire über westliche abstrakte Kunst / Trusting the Noble Lie? Idealized Fictions of Political Morality
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Planning to Join Us from Abroad?

The University of Zurich is home to students and staff from over 120 countries. Find out more about our diverse and inspiring learning, research and working environment.
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