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Modules and courses UZH

Research internships, iGEM, the museum internship and the curatorial internship at the Zoo are counted in "Wahlpflichtgruppe 2", but only in the Bachelor study programs.

Booking deadlines of modules

The module booking takes place online via the booking tool of the University of Zurich except of the block courses which have to be booked via a separate online booking tool.

The booking deadlines, as well as the cancellation period are listed in the course catalogue of the University of Zurich (VVZ) for each course under "Organization". In order to access the module booking page you need an UniAccess-ID and password which you will receive after the payment of the semester fees.

In module booking, a distinction is made between booking modules, inquiry modules, and application modules. Most biology modules are either booking modules (lectures, without limited capacity) or not directly bookable (e.g., all block courses, registration via the Biology Block Course Tool). Inquiry or application modules (with limited places) are identified as such in the "Wegleitung", and the current course catalog is decisive in each case.

What Booking Description
"Grundstudiumsmodule" At the latest 1 week prior semester start!

Module booking tool UZH

Important Informationen

Block courses 

Booking window of 2 weeks 

fall semester: end of July - beginning of August

spring semester: end of December - beginning of January

Current booking period:
21.07.2025-08.08.2025

Booking: 

The block courses UZH and ETHZ  have to be booked via a special booking Tool. Important: don't miss the deadlines!

Allocation: 
At the date mentioned in the tool, you will find the final allocation of your block courses in the block course booking tool (you will receive no notification!).

Absence or block course cancellation:
Detailed information

Biology-block courses ETHZ Closing date for registration is the end of the second week of the lecture period. 

Further information

Students, who have reserved ETHZ biology block courses via the common UZH/ETHZ system, have to register themselves at the ETHZ too and to book the respective courses online. The ETHZ registration is free for UZH students.
Further modules UZH For detailed information consult the VVZ select the  course of interest and check the information under "Organization". Module booking tool UZH
Forschungspraktika / Research Internships Research Internships cannot be booked.

Internal Research Internships have to be agreed by a Research leader as well as by the module leader of the specific Research Internship. 

More information

ETHZ learning units   If you like to book learning units at ETHZ then you have to register as "Fachstudierende" (http://www.mystudies.ethz.ch). The registration is valuable for one semester at a time and free of charge. Afterwards, you will receive the access data for the ETHZ-System and will be able to book learning units and to register for the exam.

Booking of UZH modules by ETHZ students or other SWISS Universities.

Application deadline

Students of the ETHZ, who book modules of the curriculum in biology have to register at the latest on Friday prior to semester start for a "hochschulübergreifendes Studium". Students from other SWISS Universities have to register earlier (31 July for fall semester and 31 January for spring semester)

Mobility within Switzerland – Incoming: Information

Very important information on block courses UZH

General information The biology block courses focus on a research based teaching and learning in small groups. The complex organisation and preparation of these courses asks for special rules in order to ensure a fair allocation of the restricted study places. The attendance and active participation in the allocated biology block courses of the University of Zurich is compulsory. A swap or change of the courses after the allocation is not possible due to the scheduling and organisation. Therefore, the attendance of the allocated courses is the prerequisite of assessing the acacemic achievement. Furthermore, full attendance throughout the course is mandatory.
Application for block courses
The application period of the block courses starts at the end of July for the fall semester and at the middle of December for the spring semester. The application window is two weeks. One week prior semester start the students can check their final course allocation via the block course application. There will be no automated messaging!  

Block course application and allocation for the fall semester 2025:

Application deadline: 21.07.2025 - 08.08.2025block course application

The final allocation is available from 03.09.2025 under "Allocation"  block course allocation

Booking other courses Booking of all the other lectures, courses and modules via the  booking tool.
Cancelation of  block courses Cancellation is only possible from unavoidable reasons (e.g. illness, with a medical certificate). If you are unable to participate in a course for which you have been assigned a place, it is highly important that you inform the module coordinator of the respective course  immediately. Otherwise, the course will be registered as failed in your academic record.
Block course assignment To be admitted to a block course, students must have successfully completed all the compulsory modules of the basic studies curriculum. For certain courses there are specific requirements requested which are specified in the course catalogue of the University of Zurich. Please always check if you fulfill all requirements prior to your registration. If you miss prerequisites for an already allocated course and for this reason are not allowed to participate in the course, the course is listed as "failed" in your transcript. The module coordinator of a Block course (UZH) in accordance with the Academic support office is responsible for the allocation of the students. There is no guarantee to be assigned to a block course. Priority is given to Master’s students who have the course listed in their confirmed learning agreement, and to Bachelor students who have not yet completed the necessary number of courses for their Bachelor's degree. Further, applicants are prioritized according to achievement in the mandatory basic studies curriculum modules and completion of other academic work and modules to specifically qualify for the course. Students who presumably will have completed the basic studies curriculum prior to course start will be assigned a place dependent on availabilities. On courses of the UZH, students from the ETHZ will be granted 10% of the available places. The same arrangement applies vice versa for ETHZ courses.

 

Spring Block courses UZH "Wahlpflichtgruppe" 2

Core elective modules

 

Schedule of the spring semester block courses
Courses run from 1 p.m. Tuesday through to 5 p.m. Friday. You will find the content, time, venue, type of learning outcome examination, and the participating lecturers for the individual block courses in the annotated course catalogue. 

Block courses spring semester
Online registration – registration time frame FS 2026:

xx. December 2025– xx. January 2026

The final allocation will be available from xx February 2026 under "Allocation"  block course allocation

Person to contact with questions about the block courses: kresimir.rados@biol.uzh.ch (Academic support office)

Last update June 4th, 2025
Semester week (calendar week 8-22)

4 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

4 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

4 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

4 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

1. quarter 2. quarter 3.quarter 4. quarter

BIO 328 Neurobiology

EEE 317

Ecological Research Project on Species Interactions

EEE 311
Remotely Sensing the Basis of Biodiversity

EEE 313
What is working in conservation?

EEE 323
Field Methods in Wildlife Management & Research

EEE 327
Animal Behaviour Field Studies

BIO 248
Functional assessment of human spinal cord injury

EEE 315
Flowers and Pollinators

BIO 202

Comparative Communication and Cognition

EEE 333
Conservation Science of Swiss Amphibians

BIO 262
Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates
EEE 321
Ecological Networks

BIO 255

Finding and Solving Interesting Problems in Molecular Life Sciences

BIO 334
Practical Bioinformatics
BIO 292
Human and Veterinary Medical Bacteriology
BIO 254
Cell Signalling

BIO 287

Plant Cell Wall Development

BIO 413
Genome Modification in Mammals
BIO 330
Modelling in Biology
BIO 247
Cellular Response to Genotoxic Stress

BIO 326

Animal Development, Evolution and Disease

BIO 442
Evol. Medicine: Health & Disease in Mod. Humans

BIO 407

Advanced Microscopy

BIO 256
Precision Oncology

BIO 392

Bioinformatics of Molecular Seq. Variation

BME 306
Experimental Human Studies
BME 353
Human Brain Activity and the Mind
BIO 296
Microbial Bioinformatics

BME 302

Systems Neurobiology

BME 331
Tissue Imaging

BME 357
Diseases at the Human Animal Interface

 

BIO 374
Virology: Biology of Virus Infection and Evolution
BME 326
Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens
BME 354
Forensic Toxicology

BME 361
Randomised Trials

BIO 431
Cell Death, Inflammation and Immunity
BME 329
Developing New Medicines – Introduction
BME 356
Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism

BME 363

Gene Therapy from Bench to Bedside

BME 305

Methods in Exp. and Clinical Pharmacology

BME 348

Journey into Medical Research

BCH 308
Experimental Biochemistry

 

BME 332
Metabolic Medicine
BME 351
Biomedical Data Mining
 

 

BME 366
Medical Immunology

BME 352
Auditory Biomechanics

 

 

BCH 309
Experimental Biochem.

 

 

 

                                             

Block courses during the lecture free time:

EEE 329 Flora der Schweiz (Juni 2026)

BIO 341 Field Course in Evolutionary Biology of Marine Mammals (summer 2027)

BIO 380 Kalahari Field Course – Become a Field Biologist! (summer 2026)

 

1) every second year (even years), 2) every second year (odd years)

 

Fall Block courses UZH "Wahlpflichtgruppe" 2

Core elective modules


You will find the content, time, venue, type of learning outcome examination, and the participating lecturers for the individual block courses in the annotated course catalog. 

 

Block courses fall semester (optional core modules)
Online registration between 21 July and 8 August 2025.

The final allocation will be available from 03. September 2025 under "Allocation" block course allocation

Person to contact with questions about the block courses: studienkoordination@biol.uzh.ch (Academic support office)

Last update June 26th, 2025

3.5 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

3.5 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

3.5 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

3.5 weeks
(Tue. 1 pm until Fri. 5 pm)

1. quarter 2. quarter 3.quarter 4. quarter

EEE 318

Aquatic Ecology

BIO 323

Modern Genetics and Genomics

EEE 334

Biodiversity from Species to Landscape Scale – Concepts and Methods in Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing

EEE 316

Tropical Plant Families: identification, ethnobotany, and chemistry

EEE 312

The Species Problem: Species Concepts, Species Delimitation, and Taxonomy

EEE 310

Current Conflicts in Biodiversity

EEE 338

Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics

EEE 320

Sociobiology in Animals

EEE 324

Project Development in Biogeography and Biodiversity

EEE 330

Population Ecology

BIO258

Cancer, Immunotherapy, and Inflammation Research

EEE 328

Experimental Invertebrate Biology

EEE 326

Principles of Evolution: Theory and Applications

EEE 336

Measuring and Monitoring Genetic Diversity for Conservation

BIO 299

Parasites - from genes to systems

EEE 340

From Values to Arguments: Ethics in Environmental and Animal Rights Discourse

BIO 203

Great Ape Behaviour 

BIO 204

Human Evolutionary Eco-Physiology

BIO 314

Plant epigenetics

BIO 208

Current Debates in Evolutionary Biology and Human Evolution

BIO 230

Cancer stem/propagating cells and their microenvironment

BIO 286

Plant Sensing

BIO 317

Advanced methods in genomic and cellular manipulation

BIO 250

Drug efficacy and pathway assessment in pediatric brain cancer models

BIO 253

Research cycle in genomics

 

BIO 321

Modern Microscopy in Life Science Research

BIO 261 

Molecular biology methods and good laboratory practice

BIO 284

Systemic Microbiology

BIO 320

Sleep and wake regulation

BME 307

Microbiomes in health and disease

BIO 267

Paleobiology and Evolution of Vertebrates

BIO 285

Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Plant Development

BIO 409

Veterinary Medicine: comparative physiology, pathophysiology and research

BME 310

Research methods for studies on human health and disease

BIO 282

Methods in Molecular Plant Biology

BIO 319

Cell motility control in invasive brain tumors

BIO 430

Immunology

BME 313

Cardiac and Vascular Pathophysiology

BIO 322

Cell Biology of Viral Infections

BIO 372

Virology: Methods in Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Human Viruses

BIO 434

Electrophysiological Recording Techniques

BME 314

Inflammation and Immune Response

BIO 325

Systems dynamics in cell and developmental biology

BIO 440

Evolutionary Medicine: Morphological changes and pathologies

BIO 445

Quantitative Life Sciences: from Infectious Diseases to Ecosystems

BME 323

Brain Disorders

BME 304

Vital Functions: Measurements on the Human Body

BME 312

Epigenetics and Disease

BME 308

Human Molecular Genetics

BME 334

Applied statistics for biomedicine and biology: advanced linear models

BME 345

Biomaterials and Applied Technologies in Dentistry

BME 315

Diseases of Autonomous Systems - Metabolism and Cellular Adaptation

BME 319

Prospects of molecular diagnostics in pediatrics

BME 336

Muscle and Bone Bioengineering

BME 346

Tissue Engineering of the Skin

BME 330

Quantitative Biomedicine

BME 350

From stem cell to full tissue analysis

BME 342

Deep Learning in Biomedicine

BME 349

Immune disorders and assessment

BME 364

Mechanisms of allergic disease

BME 368

Translational Medicine in Neuroscience and Infection

BME 358

Animal disease models in modern biomedical research

BME 355

Pain - Mechanisms and clinical presentations

BME 365

Cellular Modelling of Neuropsychiatry

 

BME 362

Rare Genetic Pediatric Disorders

 

 

 

IDB401 und IDB402 see Research internships 
BIO260 Molecular Biology and Medicine (19.01.- 06.02.2026)

Complete list of modules in "Wahlpflichtgruppe" 2 and 3

Last update June 426th, 2025

Abbreviations:

FS = Spring Semester
WP = Elective Group
BK = Block Course
SE = Seminar

HS = Fall Semester
VL = Lecture
PR = Practical
UE = Exercises

BIO 137

Concepts in Virology, 1 ECTS, Seminar

findet nicht statt

BIO 138

Praktikum Mikrobiologie, Immunologie, Virologie, 1 ECTS, PR

HS, 4 Di oder Mi-Nachmittage im Oktober, WP 1b&3, nur BSc

BIO 148

Einführung in die Paläontologie, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

FS Di 10-12, WP 1b & 3

BIO 149

Introduction to Scientific Writing, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

FS Do 15-17, WP 1b & 3

BIO 201

Primate Evolutionary Biology, 3 ECTS, VL

HS, Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 202

Comparative Communication and Cognition, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2, nächstes Mal FS 2026

BIO 203

Great Ape Behaviour, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 204

Human Evolutionary EcoPhysiology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 207

Comparative Systematics and Evolution of Primates, 3 ECTS, VL

FS, Di 10-12, WP 3

BIO 208

Current Debates in Evolutionary Biology and Human Evolution, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 210

Human Behavioural Ecology and Cultural Evolution, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2 (next time 2026)

BIO 211

Primate Behaviour and Cognition: Concepts, Methods and Tools, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2 (next time 2026)

BIO 212

Language Evolution: Insights from Animal Communication, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 214

Von Affenmenschen und Menschenaffen, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 216

Primate Origins of Human Sociality, Cognition, & Mind, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 218

Ethische Aspekte der biol. Forschung am Menschen, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 12-14, WP 3

BIO 219

Evolution of the Human Brain, Cognition, & Language, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 12-14, WP 3

BIO 223

Orchideen- und blütenbiologische Exkursion, 1 ECTS, EXK

FS 1 Samstag im Mai, WP 3

BIO 228

Evolutionary Medicine, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Do 10-12, WP 1b & 3

BIO 230

Cancer Stem/Propagating Cells and their Micro-environment, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 236

Botanische Halbtagsexkursionen im FS, 1 ECTS, EXK

FS 4 Halbtage, WP 1b & 3

BIO 237

Botanische Exkursionen im WS, 1 ECTS, EXK

HS 4 Halbtage, WP 1b & 3

BIO 239

Organisms of the Tidal Coast: Algae & Invertebrates, 4 ECTS, EXK

2 Wochen, Juni, WP 3

BIO 242

Translational Cancer Research: New Technologies, Mouse Models and Clinical Approaches, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 13-15, WP 3

BIO 243

Epigenetics, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 15-17, WP 3

BIO 245

Cell Signalling, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 246

Genome Instability & Mol. Cancer Research, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2
next time HS 2025

BIO 247

Cellular Response to Genotoxic Stress, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 248

Functional Assess. of Human Spinal Cord Injury, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 249

Research Internship in Quant. & Systems Biol., 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 250

Drug Efficacy and Pathway Assessment in Pediatric Brain Cancer Models, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 251

Cancer and the Immune System, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 10-11, WP 3

BIO 253

Research Cycle in Genomics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 254

Functional Genomics, 3 ECTS, VL (Buchung an der ETHZ)

FS Mo 16-18, WP 3

BIO 255

Finding and Solving Interesting Problems in Molecular Life Sciences, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 256

Precision Oncology and Functional Tumor Pathology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel ,WP 2

BIO 257

DNA Metabolism and Cancer, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 258

Cancer, Immunotherapy and Inflammation Research, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 259

Research Internship in Mol. & Cell. Biol., 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 260

Molecular Biology Course for Biology and Medicine, 6 ECTS, BK

Januar, WP 2

BIO 261

Molecular Biology Methods and Good Laboratory Practice,  6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 262

Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 265

Evolution and Paelobiology of Plants, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 266

Fieldwork in Swiss Palaeontology and Natural History Museums: Ice Age, 2 ECTS, BK

FS, 1 week in June, WP 3

BIO 267

Paleobiology and Evolution of Vertebrates, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 268

Paleontological Field Work, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 269

Research Internship in Paleontology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

 n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 270

Dinosaur Paleobiology, 1 ECTS, VL

FS, Mo 13-14, WP 3

BIO 271

Illustrations in Natural History, 1 ECTS, VL&UE

HS Mo 16-17, WP 3

BIO 272

Evolution and Paleobiology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 13-14, WP 3, ungerade Jahre

BIO 273

Evolution and Paleobiology of Cephalopods, 1 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 16-17, WP 3

BIO 274

Mass Extinctions, Macroevolution and Macroeceology through the Phanerozoic, 1 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 16-17, WP 3, gerade Jahre

BIO 279

Paläontologische Exkursionen, 1 ECTS, EXK

2 Tage, WP 3

BIO 280

Animal Domestication, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 10-12, WP 3

BIO 282

Methods in Molecular Plant Biology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 284

Systemic Microbiology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 285

Genetic & Epigen. Control of Plant Develop., 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 286

Plant Sensing, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 287

Plant Cell Wall Development, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 292

Human and Veterinary Medical Bacteriology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 294

Bioinformatics for Comp. & Evol. Genomics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 296

Microbial Bioinformatics: Sequencing Technologies to Pathogen Analysis, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 297

Social Behaviour of Bacteria, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 16-18, WP 3

BIO 299

Parasites – from Genes to Systems, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 313

Exkursion Zürichsee: Trinkwasser, Fischzucht und Abwasserbehandlung, 1 ECTS, EXK

2.5 Tage, Januar, WP 3

BIO 314

Plant Epigenetics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 315

Research Internship in Plant Sciences, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 316

Research Internship in Microbiology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 317

Adv. Methods in Genomic & Cellular Manipulation, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 319

Cell Motility Control in Invasive Brain Tumors, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 320

Sleep and Wake Regulation, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 321

Modern Microscopy in Life Science Research, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 322

Cell Biology of Viral Infections, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 323

Modern Genetics und Genomics, 12 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Hälfte, WP 2

BIO 325

Systems Dynamics in Cell and Dev. Biology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 328

Neurobiology, 12 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Hälfte, WP 2

BIO 330

Modelling in Biology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 331

Frontiers in Animal Behaviour, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 333

Comparative Physiology and Pharmacology of Sleep, 1 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 12-13, WP 3

BIO 334

Practical Bioinformatics, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 336

From DNA to Diversity: the Evolution of Multicellular Organisms, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 338

Introduction to Scientific Writing, 0 ECTS, VL

HS&FS 1 Tag, Sept and Feb, nur MSc

BIO 340

Biology, Evolution and Ecology of Marine Mammals, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 10-12, WP 3 

BIO 341

Field Course in Evolutionary Biology of Marine Mammals, Shark Bay, Western Australia, 6 ECTS, BK

3 Wochen im Juli/August, alle 2 Jahre, WP 2

BIO 342

Comparative Behavioural Neuroscience, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Di 8-10, WP 3

BIO 344

Development of the Nervous System, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 8-10, WP 3

BIO 347

Concepts in Developmental Biology: From Cells to Animals, 3 ECTS, VL and Seminar

FS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 348

Concepts in Modern Genetics, 6 ECTS, VL (Buchung an der ETHZ)

HS Mo 13:45-15:30, Di 7:45-9:30, WP 3

BIO 354

Zoo Biology, 2 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 8-10, WP 3

BIO 355

Praktikum Zoobiologie, 2 ECTS, PR

FS, 5 Tage im Juni, WP 3

BIO 356

Research Internship in Developmental Biology and Genetics, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 357

Research Internship in Ecology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 358

Research Internship in Animal Behaviour, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 368

Scientific Information Literacy, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

FS Mo 15-17, WP 3

BIO 372

Virology: Pathogenesis and Control of Human Viruses, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 374

Virology: Biology of Virus Infection & Evolution, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 378

Research Internship in Evolutionary Biology and Systematics, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 381

Research Internship in Immunology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 382

Research Internship in Virology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 383

Research Internship in Neurobiology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 386

Sociobiology of Communication, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 8-10, WP 3

BIO 388

Human Genetics, 2 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 390 

Introduction to Bioinformatics, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 8-10, WP 1 & 3

BIO 392 

Bioinformatics of Mol. Sequence Variations, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 394

Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Computational Biology, 4 ECTS, VL&UE

FS, Mo 10-13, WP 3

BIO 395

Concepts in Evolutionary Biology, 1 ECTS, VL&UE

2 Tage, März, WP 3,
nur MSc und PhD

BIO 398

The Ethics of Human Enhancement, 3 ECTS, SE

HS, Mo 10-12, WP 3

BIO 400

Research Project in Synthetic Biology – iGEM Competition, 12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 402 

Philosophy of Science with a Focus on Biology, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 403

Superbugs - The Global Crisis of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans, Animals, and the Environment, 3 ECTS, VL

FS, Di 10-12, WP 3

BIO 407

Advanced Microscopy: from Preparation to Data and Visualization, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 409

Veterinary Medicine: Comparative Morphology and Pathophysiology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 412

Introd. Course in Laboratory Animal Science, 2 ECTS, PR

HS Januar, WP 3, nur MSc

BIO 413

Genome Modification in Mammals, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 416

Microscopy, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 10-12, WP 3

BIO 430

Immunology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 431

Cell Death, Inflammation and Immunity, 6 ECTS, BK

FS, 2. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 433

Biology of Cancer Treatment: Old and Novel Therapeutic Strategies, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 14-16, WP 3

BIO 434

Electrophysiological Recording Techniques, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 437

Human Adaptation, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 10-12, WP 3

BIO 438

Methods in Human Bioarcheology, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

HS Di 8-10, WP 3

BIO 440

Evolutionary Medicine: Morphological Changes and Pathologies, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 442

Evolutionary Medicine: Health and Disease in Modern Humans, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 444

Quantitative Biosciences, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

HS Mo 10-12, WP 1a und 3

BIO 445

Quantitative Life Sciences: from Infectious Diseases to Ecosystems, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BIO 550

Research Internship in Anthropology, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 556

Scientific Writing for Organismal Biologists, 3 ECTS, SE

HS Fr 10-12, WP 3, nur MSc

BIO 557

Scientific Writing and Experimental Design for the Life Sciences, 2 ECTS, SE

HS und FS Mo 8-10 alle 2 Wochen, WP 3, nur MSc

BIO 609

Introd. to UNIX/Linux and Bash Scripting, 1 ECTS, PR

HS 1 Tag, WP 3, nur MSc und PhD

BIO 610

Next-Generation Sequencing for Model and Non-Model Species, 1 ECTS, PR

HS 2 Tage, WP 3,
nur MSc und PhD

BIO 615

Virology: Principles of Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Human Viruses, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 8-10, WP 3

BIO 617

Principles of Biosafety in Medical and Biological Research, 1 ECTS, PR

2 Tage, Januar und Juli, WP 3, nur MSc und PhD

BIO 621

Training in Neuroscience Lab. Research, 12 ECTS, BK

n.V., WP 2, nur MSc

BIO 624

Human Genetic, Demographic & Cultural Diversity, 1 ECTS, VL & SE

3 days in October, WP 3, nur MSc und PhD

BIO 629

Advanced Course in Flow Cytometry, 1 ECTS, PR

4 Tage, WP 3

BIO 630

Ethics in Scientific Practice, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

FS Mo 17-19, WP 3

BIO 632

Introductory Course in Flow Cytometry, 1 ECTS, PR

4 Tage, WP 3

BIO 634

Next-Generation Sequencing 2 – Continuation Course, 1 ECTS, PR

HS 2 Tage, WP 3,
nur MSc und PhD

BIO 636

Cutting Edge Topics: Immunology & Infection Biology, 2 ECTS, SE

HS&FS Tu 17:00-18:00, WP 3, nur MSc und PhD

BIO 637

Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics – from theory to practice, 2 ECTS, PR

HS&FS, 4 days, WP 3, nur MSc und PhD

BIO 638

NGS applied to Metagenomics, 2 ECTS, PR

HS, 5 days, WP 3, nur MSc and PhD

BIO 641

Introduction to Proteomics Analysis and Beyond, 1 ECTS, PR

FS and HS, 3 days, WP 3, nur MSc and PhD

BIO 708

Gene Therapy from Bench to Bedside - Theory, 2 ECTS, VL

4 Tage, Februar, WP 3

BIO 714

Key Literature in Plant Evolution, 2 ECTS, SE

HS&FS, Th 14-15, WP 3,
nur MSc und PhD

BIO 761

Research Internship in Syst. Botany, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 780

Museum Internship, 4-12 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BIO 783

Curatorial Internship in the Zurich Zoo, 10 ECTS, PR

3 Monate n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BME 247

Einführung in die Histologie, 3 ECTS, UE

FS Do 8-10, WP 1b und 3

BME 248

Basics in Immunology, 4 ECTS, VL

FS Mi 10-12, WP 1b und 3 

BME 300

Research Internship in Biomedicine, 6 ECTS, PR

n.V., WP 2, nur BSc

BME 302

Systems Neurobiology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 304

Vital Functions: Measurements on the Human Body, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 305

Methods in Exp. and Clinical Pharmacology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 306

Experimental Human Studies in Pharmacology and Physiology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 307

Microbiomes in Health and Disease, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 308

Human Molecular Genetics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 310

Research Methodology for Studies on Human Health and Disease, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 311

Animal Experimentation and Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research, 3 ECTS, VL

HS, Di 17-19, WP 3, nur MSc

BME 312

Epigenetics and Disease, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 313

Cardiac and Vascular Pathophysiology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 314

Inflammation and Immune Response, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 315

Diseases of Autonomous Systems – Metabolism and Cellular Adaptation, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 316

Glycosylation, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 13-15, WP 3

BME 317

Metabolism and Nutrition, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 15-17, WP 3

BME 318

Clinical Epidemiology and Quantitative Research in Health Care, 2 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 13-15, WP 3

BME 319

Prospects of Mol. Diagnostics in Pediatrics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 320

Forensic Genetics, 1 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 9-10, WP 3

BME 322

Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 13-15, WP 3

BME 323

Brain Disorders, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 324

Basics in Human Toxicology, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 15-17, WP 3

BME 326

Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 327

Current Approaches in Single Cell Analysis, 2 ECTS, VL

FS Di 10-12, WP 3

BME 329

Developing New Medicines – an Introduction, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 330

Quantitative Biomedicine, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 331

Tissue Imaging, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 332

Metabolic Medicine, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 333

From Bench to Bedside – Examples from Immunology and Beyond, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 10-12, WP 3

BME 334

Applied Statistics for Biomedicine and Biology: Advanced Linear Models, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 335

Regenerative Medicine & Applied Tissue Engineering, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Mo 8-10, WP 3

BME 336

Muscle and Bone Bioengineering, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 337

Introduction to Digital Health, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Di 8-10, WP 3

BME 338

Introduction to Machine Learning (ML) in Biomedicine, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

HS, Di 10-12, WP 3

BME 339

Biomedical Informatics, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Di 8-10, WP 3

BME 342

Deep Learning in Biomedicine, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 345

Biomaterials and Applied Technologies in Dentistry, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 346

Tissue Engineering of the Skin, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 348

Journey into Medical Research, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 349

Immune Disorders and Assessment, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 350

From Stem Cell to Full Tissue Analysis, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 351

Biomedical Data Mining, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 352

Auditory Biomechanics, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 353

Human Brain Activity and the Mind, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 354

Forensic Toxicology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 355

Pain - Mechanisms and Clinical Presentations, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 356

Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BME 357

Diseases at the Human Animal Interface, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 358

Animal Disease Models in Modern Biomed. Research, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 361

Randomized Trials, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 362

Rare Genetic Pediatric Disorders, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 363

Gene Therapy from Bench to Bedside, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

BME 364

Mechanisms of Allergic Disease, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 365

Cellular Modelling of Neuropsychiatry, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

BME 366

Medical Immunology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

BME 368

Translational Medicine in Neuroscience and Infection, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BCH 252

RNA and proteins: post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, 3 ECTS, VL

FS Di 10-12, WP 3

BCH 308

Experimentelle Biochemie, 6 ECTS, BK (alternativ zu BCH 309)

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

BCH 309

Experimentelle Biochemie, 6 ECTS, BK (alternativ zu BCH 308)

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2

CHE 324

Chemistry of Metals in Life Processes, 4 ECTS, VL

FS, Mo 13-15, Tu 12-13, We 12-13, WP 3

CHE 717

Perspektiven in forensischen Wissenschaften, 2 ECTS, VL

HS, Th 16-17:30, WP 3

EEE 220

Practical Population Ecology: Studying Snow Voles in the Alps, 1 ECTS, EXK

In june or october, WP 3

EEE 223

Artenkenntnis: Heuschrecken in der Schweiz, 2 ECTS, Kurs

FS, 4 Tage im Juli/August, WP 3

EEE 240

The Physics of Life, 3 ECTS, VL&UE

HS, Mo 10-12, WP 1a und 3

EEE 241

Bestimmung und Vielfalt von Invertebraten, 4 ECTS, PR

FS, Do 13-17, WP 1b und 3

EEE 242

Animal Eco-Physiology, 3 ECTS, VL

HS, Mo 16-18, WP 3

EEE 262

Umweltpolitik der Schweiz, 3 ECTS, VL

HS, Di 10-12, WP 3

EEE 264

Environmental Policy of the EU, 3 ECTS, VL

next time FS 26, WP 3

EEE 266

Ethik und Umwelt, 3 ECTS, VL

HS, Fr 12-14, WP 3

EEE 267

Science Communication in Zoos, 4 ECTS, Kurs

FS, nächstes Mal FS 2026, diverse Termine, WP 1b&3

EEE 268

Biodiversität im Kontext von Planung und Baurecht, 2 ECTS, VL

HS, Mo 14-16, WP 3

EEE 310

Current Conflicts in Biodiversity Policy, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4.Viertel, WP 2

EEE 311

Remotely Sensing the Basis of Biodiversity, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 312

The Species Problem: Species Concepts, Species Delimitation, and Taxonomy, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 313

What is Working in Conservation?, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 1. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 315

Flowers and Pollinators, 6 ECTS, BK

FS, 2. Viertel, Wp 2

EEE 316

Tropical Plant Families – Identification, Ethnobotany, and Chemistry, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 317

Ecological Research Project on Species Interactions, 12 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Hälfte, WP 2

EEE 318

Aquatic Ecology, 12 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Hälfte, WP 2

EEE 319

Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2. Viertel, WP 2
next time FS 2027

EEE 320

Sociobiology in Animals, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 321

Ecological Networks, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 2 Viertel, WP 2

EEE 323

Field Methods and Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife Management and Research, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 3. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 324

Project Development in Biogeography and Biodiversity, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 326

Principles of Evolution: Theory and Applications, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 3. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 327

Animal Behaviour Field Studies, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 328

Experimental Invertebrate Biology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 329

Flora der Schweiz, 6 ECTS, BK

FS, 3 Wochen im Juni, WP 2

EEE 330

Population Ecology, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 4. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 331

Kalahari Field Course: Becoming a Field Biologist, 6 ECTS, BK

FS, 3 Wochen im Sommer, WP 2

EEE 333

Conservation Science and Practice of Swiss Amphibians, 6 ECTS, BK

FS 4. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 334

Biodiversity from Species to Landscape Scale – Concepts and Methods in Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 336

Measuring and Monitoring Genetic Diversity for Conservation, 6 ECTS, BK

HS, 4. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 338

Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 1. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 340

From Values to Arguments: Ethics in Environmental and Animal Rights Discourse, 6 ECTS, BK

HS 2. Viertel, WP 2

EEE 351

Conservation Biology, 3 ECTS, VL

FS, Mo 10-12, WP 3

EEE 352

Contemporary Analysis for Ecology, 4 ECTS, VL&UE

HS, Mo 13-15, Di 10-12, WP 3

EEE 353

Field Course in Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring, 2 ECTS, Kurs

FS, 17.-22.8.2025, WP 3

EEE 354

Biodiversitätsmonitoring Programm Schweiz, 2 ECTS, Kurs

FS, 1.-4.9.2025, WP 3

EEE 355

Littérature, écologie et éthique environnementale : fondements et perspectives d’un dialogue durable, 1 ECTS, Seminar

FS, Mo 12-14, WP 3

EEE 356

Microbial Ecology of Alpine Freshwater Ecosystems, 3 ECTS, Kurs

HS, 3.-8.8.2025, WP 3

EEE 357

Agroecology, Food Security and Sustainable Production, 3 ECTS, VL 

FS, Di 8-10, WP 3

EEE 358

Introduction to Limnology, 3 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 10-12, WP 3

EEE 359

Systematik der Blütenpflanzen, 2 ECTS, Kurs (Teil von EEE 329)

FS, 1 Woche im Juni, WP 3

EEE 360

Ornithology, 2 ECTS, VL

HS, Mo 8-10, WP 3 alle zwei Jahre, HS 2025

EEE 361

Gefässpflanzen des Mittellandes, 2 ECTS, Kurs (Teil von EEE 329)

FS, 1 Woche im Juni, WP 3

EEE 363

Field class: Biodiversity of Insects, 3 ECTS, Kurs

FS, 14.-21.7.2025, WP 3

EEE 364

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 2 ECTS, VL

HS Mo 8-10, WP 3 alle zwei Jahre, HS 2026

EEE 368

Methods Seminar: Social Science Research Design and Methods for Environmental Topics, 3 ECTS, SE

HS, Mo 12-14, WP 3

360m130

Biodiversitätsnarrative in Wissenschaft und Literatur, 3 ECTS, Sem

FS, Di 8-10, WP 3

227-0971

Computational Psychiatry, 3 ECTS, PR (Buchung an der ETHZ)

6 days in September, WP 3

551-0317

Immunology I, 3 ECTS, VL (Buchung an der ETHZ)

HS, Di 8-10, WP 3

 

 

 

551-0318

Immunology II, 3 ECTS, VL (Buchung an der ETHZ)

FS, Mo 8-10, WP 3

551-1130

Selected Topics in Mycology, 4 ECTS, VL (Buchung an der ETHZ)

FS, Di 10-12, WP 3
(nur Masterstud.)

 

 

Modules and courses ETHZ

HS and FS Block courses ETHZ "Wahlpflichtgruppe" 2

Core elective modules

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Please consult the course catalogue of the ETH Zurich:

Fall semester

Spring semester

 

HS and FS Concept courses ETHZ "Wahlpflichtgruppe" 3

Please see information Concept Courses ETHZ