Talk:University of Zurich/Archive 1

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Is Albert Einstein an alum?[edit]

I thought Einstein studied at ETH Zürich. Is ETH part of the University of Zürich, or is it a separate entity? Rglovejoy (talk) 02:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The ETH is a separate university, although they are just next to each other in Zurich and do cooperate. According to www.albert-einstein.org and other sources, Albert Einstein was an Associate Professor at the university.

David WC2 (talk) 08:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Albert Einstein got his diploma from ETH Zurich and submitted his PhD thesis to the University of Zurich. Additionally, Einstein was Associate Professor at the University and Full Professor at ETH.

192.129.2.104 (talk) 00:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


To-do list[edit]

In my writing class we compiled a to-do list for this article. I post it here for convenience and for reference for the students in the class.

To-do list

  • The lead section
    • Let the facts speak for themselves: put in student numbers
    • Wide range of subjects: figures
    • ? Information on history of faculties is maybe too specific for lead
  • Overall division of points

** Relevance / suitability of section on 'future' questionable

    • Other sections that could be added
      • Facilities /campus
      • Cost of studying
      • Exchange programmes
      • Student life
  • Content of individual sections
    • History section needs updating to include post 1918
    • Faculties needs more objective coverage

** Languages: Standard rather than High German; language courses are taught in the respective language

    • Einstein claim needs clarifying
  • Style points
    • Terminology re. faculties needs clarifying

** Move clause re. Karl Moser to middle of sentence ** Peacock terms : the famous ETH, Einstein

    • Avoid repetitive wording
    • Precise date in sections rather than vice versa
  • Formatting points
    • Better picture of main building in cityscape

* Language points: wording / grammar errors, style (again), spelling etc.

    • Naturally, the a -> a
    • Situated in the city of Zurich
    • This university was …
    • Attend not listen in on

David WC2 (talk) 08:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Future[edit]

The section on the future is speculation and should be removed, or at least renamed (and refocused) to cover the ongoing development of the university.


David WC2 (talk) 08:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted David WC2 (talk) 08:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Linus Pauling[edit]

The article states that Pauling was a former faculty member. The Pauling article, and the German version of the University of Zurich article do not back this statement up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.60.44.105 (talk) 12:13, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Linus Pauling was at the University as a Guggenheim Fellow working with Erwin Schroedinger.


He spent July and part of August of 1927 as a visiting researcher. This does not make him faculty.

Marketing - apparently the one field the University of Zurich lags behind competition[edit]

While I personally appreciate the modest factsheet about the university here on Wikipedia, the university's worst competitor, HSG, is doing a terrific job in promoting their little school referring to every single graduate that made it to CEO-post, setting up Alumni networks all over the world and letting them hold conferences in the name of the university. While the reputation may be based more on word of mouth than academic production, it certainly proves their skill in marketing. The university of Zurich should keep up. —comment added by 130.60.68.45 (talk) 22:05, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Faculty[edit]

The heading says notable faculty, but the list includes only nobel prize winners. This is highly misleading. Either the headline should be changed or the list should be edited to include other notable factulty/alumni at uzh that did not win a nobel prize.

Albert einstein education[edit]

I want to get it Sarswati chand (talk) 11:53, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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