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Stories of Change: The University of Zurich, Switzerland

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The University of Zurich (UZH) is the largest university with the broadest range of courses in Switzerland. The number of students in the Autumn Semester 2008 was 24,788, out of which, 56% students were women. They were studying at the Faculty of Theology (246), the Faculty of Law (3,519), the Faculty of Economy (3,055), the Faculty of Medicine (2,397), the Vetsuisse-Faculty (veterinary medicine, 650), the Faculty of Arts (12,015), and the Faculty of Science (2,906). The staff consists of 463 professors, 2,559 assistants and senior scientists, and 1,696 administrative and technical staff. They work in 160 institutes, seminars, and clinics in and around the city of Zurich, most of them concentrated on three main campuses.

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Schiedt, E.S. (2010). Stories of Change: The University of Zurich, Switzerland. In: Ehlers, UD., Schneckenberg, D. (eds) Changing Cultures in Higher Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03582-1_6

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