Academic Publications from UZH

Our Mandate

Since 2019, dissertations have only been indexed from the following faculties:

• Faculty of Law (RWF): print and digital
• Faculty of Economics (WWF): print and digital
• Faculty of Medicine (MEF): digital with Dr. sc. med./print with Dr. med.
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine / Vetsuisse (VSF): digital only

We no longer accept dissertations from the

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• Habilitations are accepted from all faculties. 

Until 2019, the Zentralbibliothek Zürich also collected licentiate and master's theses from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Theology.

Delivery to the Zentralbibliothek Zürich

You can bring your deposit copies in person and hand them in at the information desk for the attention of the Departement Erwerbung und Datenmanagement (opening hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.) or send them by post to:

Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Erwerbung und Datenmanagement
Hochschulschriften UZH
Zähringerplatz 6
8001 Zürich

In both cases, please provide us with your current email address.

Please note the formal requirements / Instructions for the required deposit copies of PhD theses and habilitations. The thesis will be listed in the library catalogue once it has been definitively approved by the University of Zurich.

We do not accept master's theses; these must be submitted directly to the Dean's Office in accordance with the deadlines and requirements of the faculties.

Research and borrowing

Swisscovery is available for targeted searches for dissertations, postdoctoral theses and master's theses from the University of Zurich.

Licentiate and master's theses can only be borrowed in the reading room of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, and the most recent five years' theses can only be viewed with the written consent of the author. Please use this form for this purpose.

For e-dissertations in particular, we recommend ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive), which offers open and worldwide access to research results from the University of Zurich. The focus is on peer-reviewed scientific publications. ZORA is operated by the University Library Zurich and the Central IT Services of the UZH.