Founded in 1833, the University of Zurich (UZH) was the first university in Europe to be established by a democratic government rather than a monarch or the church. Now the largest university in ...

(Photo: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella) ETH Zurich in the university quarter. (Photo: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella) Construction of the polyterrace is underway in 1972. (Photo: ETH Library ...