The University of Basel (

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: ''Universitas Basiliensis'',

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: ''Universität Basel'') is a

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universities. The university is traditionally counted among the leading institutions of higher learning in the country. The associated Basel University Library is the largest and among the most important libraries in Switzerland. The university hosts the faculties of

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, law,

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and

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, and

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, as well as numerous cross-disciplinary subjects and institutes, such as the Biozentrum for biomedical research and the Institute for European Global Studies. In 2020, the university had 13,139 students and 378 professors. International students accounted for 27 percent of the student body. In its over 500-year history, the university has been home to Erasmus of Rotterdam,

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He ...

Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli FRS (; – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mecha ...

Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler ( , ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries ...

Jacob Burckhardt Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Sigfri ...

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

, Tadeusz Reichstein,

Karl Jaspers Karl Theodor Jaspers (, ; 23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. After being trained in and practicing psychiatry, Jaspe ...

, Carl Gustav Jung,

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declar ...

, and

Jeanne Hersch Jeanne Hersch (13 July 1910 – 5 June 2000) was a Swiss philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom. She was the daughter of Liebman Hersch. Education and career Hersch was born in 1910 in Geneva, Sw ...

. The institution is associated with ten

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and two Presidents of the Swiss Confederation.

History

The University of Basel was founded in connection with the

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. It was during the years the catholic clergy resided in Basel, a temporary university was established between the years 1432 und 1448. After they left, the former lecturers urged for a regular university to be established. The deed of foundation given in the form of a Papal bull by

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on 12 November 1459 in

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and the official opening ceremony was held on 4 April 1460, the day of

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in the Minster of Basel. Originally the University of Basel was decreed to have four faculties—arts, medicine, theology, and jurisprudence. The faculty of arts served until 1818 as the foundation for the other three academic subjects. In the eighteenth century as Basel became more commercial, the university, one of the centres of learning in the Renaissance, slipped into insignificance. Enrollment which had been over a thousand around 1600, dropped to sixty in 1785 with eighteen professors. The professors themselves were mostly sons of the elite.Grossman, Lionel, ''Basel in the age of Burckhardt '' (Chicago, 2000) p. 35, and note 20; p. 118 Over the course of centuries as many scholars came to the city, Basel became an early centre of book printing and humanism. Around the same time as the university itself, the Basel University Library was founded. Today it has over three million books and writings and is the largest library in Switzerland. Located in what was once a politically volatile area, the university's fate often ebbed and flowed with regional political developments, including the Reformation, the Kantonstrennung (separation of the Canton of Basel City from Basel Land), and both World Wars. These factors affected student attendance, funding, university-government relations. In 1833 the Canton of Basel split in two with the Federal Diet requiring that the canton's assets, including the books at the university library, be divided—two-thirds going to the new half canton of Basel-Landschaft. The city,

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, had to buy back this share and the university became so impoverished that it drastically reduced its course offerings. Students were expected to continue their education after two years or so at a German university. Student enrollment surged after the university shed its medieval curriculum (including the elimination of Latin as the official language of the course catalog in 1822) and began to add more faculties, especially those in the humanities and sciences. Liberal Arts became a faculty in 1818, from which the Philosophy and History and Natural History faculties were derived in 1937.Georg Kreis, "550 Years of the University of Basel: Permanence and Change" (Basel, 2010) p. 26 The university subsequently established the Faculty of Science (1937), the Faculty of Business and Economics (1996), and the Faculty of Psychology (2003). During the 20th century, the university grew rapidly, from one thousand students in 1918 to eight thousand in 1994. The first woman who was admitted to the university, Emilie Frey, began her medical studies in 1890. After the seizure of power in the year 1933 by the

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in Germany, numerous renowned German professors decided to emigrate to Basel and started to work at the University of Basel. Several Swiss scholars also returned, inter alia the Law Professor Arthur Baumgarten (1933), the Theologians

(1935) and

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(1937) and after World War II the Philosopher

from

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(1948), as well as the surgeon Rudolf Nissen (1952). On January 1, 1996, the University of Basel became independent from the cantonal government and thus earned its right to self-government. In 2007, the Canton of Basel-Landschaft voted in favor to share the sponsorship of the university in parity with the Canton Basel-Stadt.

Seal

Since 1460, the seal of the University showed a

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surrounded with sun rays standing a crescent moon as mentioned in the

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.Wallraff, Martin; Stöcklin-Kaldewey, Sara (2010).p.30 Below the moon is the coat of arms of Basel. In her right hand, she holds a scepter, and on her left arm sits

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the child. The religious motive is described to denote the religious bond the university counted with at the beginning of its existence. The seal was also used after the

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and used continuously until 1992.

Reputation and rankings

Well-respected rankings attest to the University of Basel's international academic performance: * Times Higher Education World University Ranking (THE) (2021): 92 * CWTS Leiden Ranking (2019): 53 *

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(ARWU) (2019): 87

Organization

University administration

Since January 1, 1996, the University of Basel has been independent. The University Law of 1995 stipulates that, “The University of Basel is an institution established under public law. It has its own legal personality and right to self-government.” As the entity that formally receives the Performance Mandate (Leistungsauftrag) for the University from both supporting cantons, the University Council (Universitätsrat) is the supreme decision-making body of the university. The Council consists of eleven voting members and three non-voting members, including the President, the Executive Director, and the Secretary of the Council. Beneath the University Council are the Senate (Regenz) and the President's Board. The 80-member Senate consists of the senior members of the President's Board, faculty deans, professors, lecturers and research assistants, assistants, students, and administrative and technical employees. The President's Office is tasked with leading the overall university business. It consists of the President and her staff, a General Secretariat, an Administrative Directorate, the Communications and Marketing Office, and two respective Vice-Presidents for Research and Education.

Faculties and departments

File:Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Basel.jpg, Institute of Musicology File:Biozentrum Pharmazentrum Stehle 2007 University of Basel.png, Biozentrum and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences File:Universitat Basel, Juristische Fakultat.jpg, Faculty of Law File:Basel Bernoullianum 08-06-2008.jpg, Bernoullianum, Department of Environmental Sciences File:Bürgerspital, Basel.jpg, University Hospital of Basel The University of Basel currently houses seven faculties: * Theology * Law * Medicine *
Department of Biomedicine
(a joint venture among the University of Basel, the University Hospital, and the University Children's Hospital) *

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Department of Public Health
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Department of Clinical Research
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Department of Sport, Exercise and Health
* Humanities and Social Sciences (Phil I) *
Department of Ancient Civilizations
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Department of History
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Department of Social Sciences
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Department Arts, Media, Philosophy
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Department of Languages and Literatures
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Digital Humanities Lab
* Science (Phil II) ** Biozentrum *
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
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Department of Chemistry
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Department of Environmental Sciences
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Business and Economics * Psychology

Interdisciplinary institutions

* Institute for European Global Studies
Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS)

Institute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB)

Institute of Education

Associated institutes

* Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TP

* Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) * Basel Institute on Governanc

Swiss Centre for Rescue, Emergency and Disaster Medicine (SZRNK)

Swisspeace

Notable alumni and faculty

The University is counted among the country's leading institutions of higher learning and thus boasts a large number of politicians, scientists and thinkers as professors and alumni from all around the world alike: File:Paracelsus.jpg,

, physician and alchemist File:Jakob Bernoulli.jpg, Jacob Bernoulli, mathematician File:Leonhard Euler 2.jpg,

, mathematician and physicist File:Nietzsche1882 detail.jpg,

, philosopher File:Johann Friedrich Miescher. Photograph. Wellcome V0026860.jpg, Friedrich Miescher, physician File:Karl Gustav Jung.png,

Karl Gustav Jung Karl Gustav Jung (7 September 1795 in Mannheim – 12 June 1864 in Basel) was a German-Swiss medical doctor, political activist, professor of Medicine at the University of Basel, administrator and freemason. Life Karl Gustav Jung was th ...

, physician and surgeon File:ETH-BIB-Jung, Carl Gustav (1875-1961)-Portrait-Portr 14163 (cropped).tif, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist File:Karl Jaspers 1946.jpg,

, philosopher and psychiatrist File:Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg,

Tadeus Reichstein Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996) was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone. Early life Reichstein was born into a Po ...

, chemist and Nobel Prize laureate File:Werner Arber at Biozentrum, University of Basel.jpg, Werner Arber, microbiologist and Nobel Prize laureate File:Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard mg 4372 cropped.jpg, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, biologist and Nobel Prize laureate *

Emil Abderhalden Emil Abderhalden (9 March 1877 – 5 August 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. His main findings, though disputed already in the 1910s, were not finally rejected until the late 1990s. Whether his misleading findings were based on fr ...

(1877–1950), Swiss biochemist and physiologist * Bonifacius Amerbach (1495 – 1562) Swiss jurist *

Johann Konrad Ammann Johann Konrad Amman (1669 – 1724) was a Swiss physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons. Johann Konrad Amman was born at Schaffhausen, Switzerland. After graduating at Basel in 1687 he began to practise at Amsterdam, where he gained ...

(1669–1724, Swiss physicist and educator of deaf children) * Werner Arber (1929–), Swiss microbiologist and geneticist,

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in 1978 *

(1886–1968), Swiss Protestant theologian *

Caspar Bauhin Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin ( la, Casparus Bauhinus; 17 January 1560 – 5 December 1624), was a Swiss botanist whose ''Pinax theatri botanici'' (1623) described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to t ...

(1560–1624), Swiss botanist * Johann Bauhin (1541–1613), Swiss botanist *

(1700–1782), Swiss mathematician and physicist * Jacob Bernoulli (1655–1705), prominent Swiss mathematician, after whom Bernoulli numbers are named *

Johann Bernoulli Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean or John; – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Le ...

(1667–1748), Swiss mathematician * Johann Georg Birnstiel (1858–1927), Swiss writer and clergyman * James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000), American theologian and pastor *

(1818–1897), Swiss historian * Meehyun Chung (1963–) South Korean theologian, professor of

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* Jacques Dubochet (1942–), Swiss biophysicist,

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in 2017 * Nikolaus Eglinger (1645–1711), Swiss physician *

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(1932–2007), American business and financial writer *

(1707–1783), mathematician and physicist * Rudolf Eucken (1846–1926), philosopher,

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in 1908 *

Christoph Gerber Christoph Gerber is a titular professor at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland. Christoph Gerber is the co-inventor of the atomic force microscope. Born in Basel, Switzerland, on 15 May 1942, he was among the 250 most ci ...

professor at the Department of Physics, co-inventor of the atomic force microscope *

Albert Gobat Charles Albert Gobat (21 May 1843 – 16 March 1914) was a Swiss lawyer, educational administrator, and politician who jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with Élie Ducommun in 1902 for their leadership of the Permanent International Pe ...

(1848–1914), Swiss politician,

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in 1902 * Paul Herrling, professor of Drug Discovery Science *

(1910–2000), Swiss philosopher *

(1883–1969), German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher *

(1795–1864), German-Swiss physician and surgeon, Rector and professor of the University * Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist, and founder of Analytical Psychology * Eberhard Jüngel (1934–2021), German Lutheran theologian * Jack Dean Kingsbury (1931–), American New Testament theologian and professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary *

Michael Landmann Michael Landmann (16 December 1913 in Basel – 25 January 1984 in Haifa) was a Swiss-Jewish philosopher. Life Landmann was the son of economist Julius Landmann and philosopher Edith Landmann. Philologist Georg Peter Landmann is his brother. His ...

(1913–1984), Swiss-Israeli philosopher * Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903–1994), Israeli public intellectual and polymath * Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895), Swiss physician and biologist, first researcher to isolate

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* Alice Miller (1923–2010), Swiss psychologist and author *

David-François de Montmollin David-François de Montmollin (18 March 1721 – 17 December 1803) was a Canadian colonist from the Principality of Neuchâtel (then a Prussian principality and now part of Switzerland), landowner, and Anglican priest. He was the first French-spe ...

(1721-1803), Swiss colonist to Canada, Protestant minister, landowner * Paul Hermann Müller (1899–1965), Swiss chemist,

in 1948 *

(1844–1900,) German philosopher, held Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel at the age of 24 * Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942–), German biologist and biochemist,

in 1995 *

(1493–1541), Swiss philosopher, physician, botanist and astrologer *

(1897–1996), Polish-Swiss chemist,

in 1950 *

Otto Stich Otto Stich (10 January 1927 – 13 September 2012) was a Swiss politician. Born in Basel, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 7 December 1983 and handed over office on 31 October 1995. He was affiliated to the Social Democra ...

(1927–2012),

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Emmanuel Stupanus Emmanuel Stupanus (born Emmanuel Stuppan; December 13, 1587 – February 26, 1664) was a Switzerland, Swiss physician and professor in Basel. Life and work Emmanuel Stupanus was born in Basel, Switzerland. He was the son of Johann Nicolaus Stupa ...

(1587–1664), Swiss physician *

William Theilheimer William Theilheimer (1914 – 14 July 2005), who was born in Augsburg, Germany, played a significant role in the history of what is now known as chemoinformatics. Life He received his Ph.D in organic chemistry from Basel University, Switzerland ...

(1914–2005), German-American scientist *

Lilian Uchtenhagen Lilian Uchtenhagen (7 September 1928 – 6 September 2016) was a Swiss politician and economist. She was one of the ten first women elected to the National Council, the Swiss Parliament's house and first women to be a candidate to the Federal C ...

(1928–2016), Swiss politician and economist *

Peter Werenfels Peter Werenfels (May 20, 1627 – May 23, 1703) was a Swiss theologian, professor at the University of Basel and antistes of the Basel church. He served as the doctoral advisor of prominent mathematician Jacob Bernoulli Jacob Bernoulli (als ...

(1627–1703), Swiss theologian * Kurt Wüthrich (1938–), Swiss chemist,

in 2002 * Iona Yakir (1896–1937), Red Army commander *

Rolf Zinkernagel Rolf Martin Zinkernagel (born 6 January 1944) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-i ...

(1944–), Swiss physician,

in 1996 *

Hans Zingg Hans H. Zingg is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Wyeth-Ayerst Chair in Women's Health at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography He earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the U ...

(M.D.) — Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Wyeth-Ayerst Chair in Women's Health at

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Student life

The university hosts several formal institutions that are intended to serve the needs of its students. The Student Advice Center provides advice on academic degree programs and career opportunities. The Student Services provides information on applications, grants, mobility, exchanges, and disability services.

Student organizations

There are also a variety of organizations that cater to international students, such as local chapters of Toastmasters and AIESEC, and associations that perform community services (Beraber, for instance, provides remedial lessons to immigrant youth). There is a foreign affairs association (Foraus), a Model United Nations team, and various choirs and orchestras. There are also various religious groups. A number of other student groups exist out of formal venues. The most recognizable are the “Studentenverbindungen,” traditional student associations dating from the 19th century that organize social events, share common uniforms, and often focus on particular hobbies, such as sword fighting. Such associations include the Akademische Turnerschaft Alemannia zu Basel, AKW Raurica, Helvetia Basel, Jurassia Basiliensis, Schwizerhüsli, A.V. Froburger, and Zofingia. Membership in many is restricted to men, though A.V. Froburger also accepts women.

University sports

University Sports provides a gym, fitness classes, and sport and dance camps to students and employees of the university.

Student union

The Studentische Körperschaft der Universität Basel (skuba) speaks on behalf of the students and represents their needs and interests. It acts as an official student representative and has no political or religious affiliations.

Alumni association

The university has a general alumni association, AlumniBasel, as well as specific alumni associations for the Europainstitut, Medicine, Law, Business and Economics, Dentistry, and Nursing.

Notes and references

External links

Official Website of the university

History website of the university

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
– an associated institute of the university –

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and tropical medicine, international health, medical parasitology and the biology of infection, public health and epidemiology.
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