News
News 2026
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More about DIZH Project-Call: Funded projects
DIZH Project-Call: Funded projects
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New Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Starting in the Fall Semester 2026/27 students can supplement their master's degree with the new minor.
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Entrepreneurial Facts by Innovation Hub
Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich? Three facts from Eva Maria Håkanson, Deputy Head Innovation.
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Collaborate and develop solutions across disciplinary boundaries
To inspire innovation and entrepreneurship, the Innovation Hub develops attractive offerings for students and researchers at UZH
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CUTISS completes successful Series C financing round
UZH Spin-off secured funding and signed an agreement with leading EU burn center
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Seven UZH Life Sciences Spin-offs shine in the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Ranking
UZH spin-offs have made it into the TOP 100 Swiss Startups ranking
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Reconnect Labs has successfully emerged from stealth mode
UZH Spin-off secures 22 million Swiss francs and emerged from stealth mode
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A role model for translational medicine acceleration: Apricot BIO
The Google Maps of cell analysis.
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AskEarth receives 2.26 million CHF for scale-up
The UZH spin-off makes satellite and geodata accessible to companies.
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Future trends from research into the market
At the Startup Days 2025, our panelists shared valuable insights on translating research into practice.
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TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2025
The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Ranking showcases the 100 Swiss startups with the greatest potential. Take a look at the success of UZH Spin-offs.
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DIZH Project-Call: Funded projects
16 Projects are being funded in the 4th Project-Call of the DIZH Innovationsprogramms, 10 of them with University Zurich teams
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metaLead funded by the UZH Life Science Fund
The UZH Life Science Fund awards CHF 1 million for metaLead
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Patent Index 2024: Switzerland leads patent applications per capita
Switzerland demonstrates its innovative prowess, ranking fist in Europe for patents per capita, according to the Patent Index 2024 from
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New Spin-Offs with Innovative Technology
Six new spin-offs were founded last year, in which research results of UZH have been incorporated
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1st Swiss Academic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
To promote innovation and entrepreneurship at Swiss Academic Institutions participants from all over Switzerland gathered
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University of Zurich Spin-off revolutionizes translation industry with AI
Following its merger with University of Zurich spin-off TextShuttle, Zurich-based Supertext has launched a new AI-powered
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New @UZH: GET-a-MATCH
Co-founder or projectsupporter needed? Get a match by publishing an ad on GET-a-MATCH!
UZH News shed light on the critical issues of our time with research that contributes to forward-looking solutions for our society – below the UZH news focusing on innovation:
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New Skin for Burn Victims
Researchers at UZH have been working on bio-engineered skin grafts for over 15 years, leading to the founding of spin-off Cutiss that produces living skin tissue from the patients’ own cells.
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“Innovations need to make it into the clinic”
The Wyss Zurich Translational Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The platform provides support to help first-class research projects make the step to clinical trials and progress to the founding of a startup company.
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Back to the Big Bang
UZH physicist Ben Kilminster designs the most precise parts of the enormous CERN detectors to look for flaws in the physical models used to explain the beginnings of the universe.
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Sleepless in Dübendorf
Students spent 30 hours working meticulously on business ideas for space. The Starlab Space Mission Hackathon shows the level of networking that goes into UZH’s commitment to supporting cooperation between research and industry in the aerospace sector.
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Strengthening Supply Chain Management with AI and Mathematical Insight
Funded by a BRIDGE Discovery Grant, UZH physicist Nicola Serra and ETH mathematician Alessio Figalli plan to pair optimal transport theory with AI to fortify supply-chain weak spots.
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Pulling Together
If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to be able to collaborate and develop solutions across disciplinary boundaries. This is a skill that can be learned. More than 150 students have already participated in a UZH Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.
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UZH Device Searches for Light Dark Matter
Superconducting sensors can detect single low-energy photons. Researchers have now used this capability to search for light dark matter particles.
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Back in European Business
Two ERC Starting Grants were awarded to UZH scientists, as researchers based in Switzerland are once again eligible for Horizon Europe funding.
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Think Big
How can Switzerland continue to grow as a leading hub for science-based innovation? High-profile leaders from the economy, science and politics gathered at an event organized by the Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation at UZH to discuss this challenge.
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When AI Meets Ancient Rome
Researchers in classical studies have developed a tool that creates AI images of antiquity that are grounded in history, offering fresh perspectives.