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Applications for the DSI Excellence Programme 2026 are now being accepted. Starting in September 2026, the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) will offer doctoral students a complementary doctoral programme with a focus on interdisciplinarity and digitalisation. The supplementary curriculum is aimed at students from all disciplines in doctoral programmes and specifically… Read More »DSI Excellence Programme 2026: Application window now open

The Spatial Abilities project developed a digital, game-based training environment that specifically promotes spatial awareness. The aim was to supplement existing analogue training formats with interactive, three-dimensional software and make spatial thinking systematically trainable. https://youtu.be/OH9YdFLYQkA?si=n4-r505H8S-sO9Ah The result is a video game with progressive exercises in five categories of spatial thinking.… Read More »Project closure: Spatial Abilities

Quantum computers will be way more powerful than the computers we have today. This often makes people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack encrypted data easily, making it unsecure. In this video, Christof Aegerter, a physicist and professor at the University of Zurich, explains why this worry… Read More »Quantum encryption

Reta Barfuss is researching the downsides of part-time work as part of her doctoral studies at UZH. In an interview with Katia Soland, she explains how unwanted part-time work arises in the building cleaning sector and what mechanisms enable these precarious working conditions. Many building cleaners work on minimum contracts… Read More »Low employment rates, long working days in the cleaning sector

The second Founder Call enables projects that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off, from the initial idea to proof of concept. Algorithm-based leukaemia diagnosis, digital memory boxes for people with dementia and EdTech certification demonstrate the breadth of the projects.  The second Founder Call in the innovation program supports… Read More »Eleven projects approved in the second Founder Call

Digital Health Zurich (DHZ) brings together expertise on a central platform. Digital Health Zurich provides extensive materials for professionals from research, clinics and industry on its resources page. The collection includes manuals, webinar materials, presentations and scientific publications on all aspects of digital transformation in healthcare. To the DHZ resource… Read More »DHZ Resources: Knowledge for digital health innovations

Since early 2025, Markus Weil, Head of the Department of University Didactics and Adult Education, has been coordinating the DIZH’s educational support programme at the PH Zurich (BiFö). The programme serves as an incubator for innovative teaching projects in digital transformation and promotes cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary collaboration.In a bottom-up process, three… Read More »Education Program at PH Zürich

Quantum computers will be as standard in the future as conventional computers are today. But what exactly are quantum computers? And what makes them so much better than the computers we have available today? Physicist and professor at the University of Zurich Marcelle Soares-Santos explains exactly that in this video.… Read More »Quantum computers explained in a nutshell