🏆 UZH Science Alumni
our platinum sponsor
UZH alumni science was founded in 2007 by the dean of the science faculty at the UZH. The goals of the association include:
To connect alumnis of the science faculty
To improve the conditions for teaching and research at the science faculty
To spread the good name of the science faculty throughout the public.
The association is also invested in getting students from the science faculty ahead. Since 2019 they are offering scholarships to science faculty students for a semester abroad.
Furthermore they financially support the annual Biology Undergraduate Summer School (BUSS) at the UZH, an opportunity for swiss and international students to perform summer research internships in a research group at the UZH.
Alexander, our team captain, joined this programme in 2018 which truly sparked his interest for research and ultimately led him to initiate our iGEM team.
He described the BUSS in a review for the programme coordinator as follows:
"I learned an enormous amount of things in this summer and recommend BUSS to every undergraduate who wants to spend an unforgettable summer at the UZH."
This is the perfect example for the success of the BUSS and this is made possible with uzh alumni science.
Now the uzh alumni science has stepped forward as our second and biggest sponsor. We are incredibly grateful for their trust in us.
Without them we wouldn't have been able to go to Boston for the giant jamboree which surely will be an incredibly useful and rewarding event. The iGEM team UZurich thanks them for that.