Governance

Executive Bodies

The Executive Board of the University and the Extended Executive Board of the University are the university’s main management bodies. In addition to the members of the Executive Board, the Extended Executive Board also includes the deans as well as representatives of the university’s bodies. It is the highest governing body in academic matters.

Executive Board of the University

Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman

President

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert

Deputy President and Vice President
Education and Student Affairs

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark

Vice President
Research

Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger

Vice President
Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information

Prof. Dr. Beatrice Beck Schimmer

Vice President
Medicine

M.A. HSG Daniel Hug

Vice President
Finance

Dipl. Bauing. MAS REM François Chapuis

Vice President
Real Estate and Facility Management

Dr. Rita Stöckli

Secretary General

Extended Executive Board of the University – Deans

Prof. Dr. Dorothea Lüddeckens

Dean
Faculty of Theology

Prof. Dr. Thomas Gächter

Dean
Faculty of Law

Prof. Dr. Harald Gall

Dean
Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology

Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Frank Rühli

Dean
Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Roger Stephan

Dean
Vetsuisse Faculty, Zurich

Prof. Dr. Katharina Michaelowa

Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Roland Sigel

Dean
Faculty of Science

Extended Executive Board of the University – University Body Representative

Laura Galli

Representative
Body of Students

Isaias Moser

Representative
Body of Students

MSc Lisa Rieble

Representative
Body of Junior Researchers

Dr. Philip Zimmermann

Representative
Body of Junior Researchers

PD Dr. Valerie Treyer

Representative
Body of Senior Researchers and Teaching Staff

Prof. Dr. Marco Giesselmann

Representative
Body of Senior Researchers and Teaching Staff

Ruth Hunkeler-Wittleder

Representative
Body of Administrative and Technical Staff (ATP)

Dr. Katayoun Safi

Representative
Body of Administrative and Technical Staff (ATP)

Board of the University

Dr. Silvia Steiner, President
Head of the Directorate of Education of the Canton of Zurich

Peter E. Bodmer
lic. oec. publ., Executive MBA, IMD, Chairman and CEO of BEKA Group

Daniela Decurtins
lic. phil. I, Executive MBA HSG, Director Swiss Gas Industry Association

Andreas Dudler
Dr. sc. Techn. ETH, former Director Foundation Switch

Prof. em. Beat Hotz-Hart
Expert at Swiss National Science Foundation

Prof. Dr. Petra S. Hüppi
Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences and Member of the Research Board of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Professor for Pediatrica at the University of Geneva

Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno
Former President of the University of Basel, President of the Board of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities

Dr. Franziska Widmer Müller
Member of the Matura Commission of the Canton of Zurich, Member of the Board of the Swiss Study Foundation

Short profiles of the members of the Board of the University

Organizational charts

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