Organization of the Department

The Department of Geography, University of Zürich, belongs to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. It is the largest Geography Department in Switzerland and offers a wide range of teaching and research facilities.

It is divided into three research fields and its ten research units, and the Geography Teacher Training i.e.:

Physical Geography 

Glaciology & Geomorphodynamics Group (3G)
Soil Science and Biogeography (2B)
Hydrology and Climate (H2K)
Geochronology

Human Geography

Human Geography (HGg)
Political Geography (PGg)
Economic Geography (WGg)

Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geographic Information Visualization & Analysis (GIVA)
Geographic Information Geocomputation (Geocomp)
Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL)

Geography Teacher Training

Geography Teacher Training (GTT)

Support

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