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Organizations belonging to Life Science Zurich are physically spread out, including locations at the University of Zurich-Center (UZZ), the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ), University of Zurich at Irchel (UZI), ETH Center und ETH Hönggerberg. The numbers of employees and students at both institutions (separated by faculty or department, as well as by common competence centers) are presented in the following table.
University of Zurich
Faculty of Medicine
22 institutes
21 clinics
20 medical departments
4 centers
Number of employees
2095
Number of students
2382
(49,6% women)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
12 institutes
5 clinics
9 medical departments
Number of employees
509
Number of students
571
(75% women)
Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences
16 institutes
Number of employees
580
Number of students
2152
(43.4% women)
Total
3184 5105*
* In the winter semester 2001-02 the University of Zurich reported a total of 21 316 students (51,7% women).
ETH Zurich
Department of Biology
11 institutes
Number of employees
456
Number of students*
935
Department Chemistry
2 divisions with their own groups
Number of employees
80
Number of students*
Department of Environmental Sciences
3 institutes
5 independent professorships
Number of employees
330
Number of students*
701
Department of Agrarian and Food Sciences
4 institutes Number of employees
462
Number of students*
Department of Applied Biosciences
2 institutes Number of employees
146
Number of students*
Department of Physics
1 institute Number of employees
20
Number of students*
720
Total
4678 -
* In the year 2000 the life sciences Biology (935), Physics (720) und Environmental Sciences (701) recorded the most students (ETHZ total in 2000: 11 596). In the life sciences area, the percentage of women was the highest in the Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacy, with 80,0% women (Total percentage of women at ETHZ in 2000: 26,8%). More detailed information about the composition of the student body at ETHZ is available at www.imc.ethz.ch.
Competence Center in the Life Sciences at UNIZH/ETHZ
Plant Sciences
Number of employees
approx. 500
Center for Neurosciences
Number of employees
approx. 280
Functional Genomics Center Zurich
Number of employees
In progress
Total
approx. 930
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