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11.04.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 6: International

Across Europe in Three Years

The Una Europa joint Bachelor’s degree program in European studies enables students to study at up to three universities in Europe. UZH will take part in this unique study program starting in 2025.

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21.03.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 5: Research-Based

Teaching Turned Upside Down

In the “City without Papers” project, students collaboratively investigate undocumented migrants’ precarious living conditions. This new type of teaching format is devoted to addressing current questions in urban studies research and in the process challenges traditional roles in science and teaching.

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28.02.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 4: Transdisciplinary

Ready for the World of Work?

In the new Master’s minor program in Digital Skills, launching at UZH in fall 2024, students will not only acquire technical affinity, but will also work with researchers on pressing questions surrounding the digital transformation. This new concept prepares students – and the university itself – to meet the challenges of the future.

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14.02.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 3: Engaging

From Learners to Co-Creators

Teaching staff at UZH are developing an online tool that prompts students to come up with possible exam questions based on their teaching materials. This helps students consolidate what they have learned and also supports teaching staff in creating their exams.

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18.01.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 2: Goal-Oriented

A New Era in Medical Training

The medical program at UZH is being given a fundamental overhaul: the development of clinical thinking and practical skills is to be prioritized over top-down teaching of theory.

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21.12.2023 Innovative Teaching

Shaping the Future of Teaching Together

The world is changing, and so is university teaching and learning. In a six-part series, we shine a spotlight on how instructors at UZH are working together to propel teaching to new heights.

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21.12.2023 Innovative Teaching – Part 1: Individualized Teaching

Ready for E-Learning

In digital self-study areas, students can learn at their own pace, taking into account what they already know. An online training course developed at UZH supports teaching staff in setting up their own e-learning hubs.

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30.03.2023 UZH Teaching Fund – Part 4: Individualized Teaching

From Lab Bench to Sofa

The MyMi.mobile 2.0 app enables medical students to use their computers or smartphones to conduct microscope examinations of pathology tissue samples. This helps them understand the connections between cell structure and organ dysfunction.

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22.03.2023 UZH Teaching Fund – Part 3: Engaged Teaching

Pitch Perfect

How do interdisciplinary teams develop ideas that are in touch with the world outside of university? In various innovation courses at UZH, students learn how they can translate their ideas into business solutions – including a reality check by industry experts.

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15.03.2023 UZH Teaching Fund – Part 3: Goal-Oriented Teaching

Programming and Reflecting

A cross-faculty lecture series addresses the basic principles, applications and implications of machine learning. Students are introduced to the use of algorithms in the world of work and in research, and gain awareness of the risks of digitalization and the accompanying ethical issues.

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