University of Basel

The University of Basel was established in 1460 as a foundation of Basel citizens and is thus the oldest university in Switzerland. From the very beginning, the foundation in Basel was established as a full university. Today, it has six faculties (theology, law, medicine, humanities, natural science and economics). These six faculties have a teaching staff of 1141, of whom about 197 are women, and more than 7600 students. In 1996, the canton was absolved of responsibility for administration of the university, which was now granted the right to self-administration.

University of Basel
Institute of Physics
Institute of Organic Chemistry
M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology
Research Group Physics in Medicine