The University of Zurich (UZH, German: Universität Zürich), located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 26,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy. Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Theology, and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the broadest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution. Since 2017 the University of Zurich has a Citizen Science Competence Center that aims at engaging academic scientists and the public in next-generation citizen science projects.
