UZH Expands Interdisciplinary Range of Courses

(CONNECT) Students at UZH can register for further interdisciplinary courses starting this fall semester. According to its press release, this is the university's response to the fact that challenges are becoming increasingly complex and specialist disciplines need to work ever more closely together in order to understand interrelationships and develop solutions.

To this end, UZH is offering four new interdisciplinary Bachelor's programs. Astronomy and Astrophysics is dedicated to fundamental questions and is based on physics, mathematics and computer technology. Applied Mathematics and Machine Learning teaches the ability to structure, analyze and make use of large amounts of data. A particular focus is on the responsible and reflective use of artificial intelligence (AI). Religious Studies and Theology offers a special focus on religious studies or theology, depending on your interests, and can be studied entirely virtually.

UZH is also launching the Una Europa Joint Bachelor in Sustainability together with seven European partner universities as part of the Una Europa university alliance. The program integrates subjects such as sociology, anthropology and ethics. It begins with a joint foundation year at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

UZH offers three new interdisciplinary programs at Master's level. Global Futures focuses on global challenges such as climate change, social inequality and migration. Evolutionary Language Science deals with the origins, development and change of language. Health in the Context of Ethics, Spirituality and Religions teaches skills in dealing with spiritual needs in healthcare.

All students can take three new modules at the School for Transdisciplinary Studies at UZH: Cyber Law - Data protection, AI, and Cybersecurity and Life worth living - What is a good life? as well as Start! AI Competences (for Teaching & Learning) for AI applications in university teaching.

UZH had already launched interdisciplinary study programs in areas such as biodiversity, biomedicine, biochemistry, earth system sciences, economic chemistry and digital skills. ce/mm