Welcome to the Zurich University of Teacher Education

Welcome to the Zurich University of Teacher Education – the leading national university providing services to education

With approximately 4000 students and more than 12,000 continuing professional development participants a year, the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zurich) is one of Switzerland's largest teacher education institutions and a leading centre of expertise for schools, teachers and educational authorities.

The services of the PH Zurich include education, training, research and additional services such as consulting and international development projects.

International Projects in Education

Video Campaign Culture of Democracy

The Culture of Democracy video campaign features voices from education experts across Europe. They explain what it means to strengthen democratic culture. more

Coronavirus: Questions and answers

Covid certificate requirement at PH Zurich, ongoing requirement to wear a mask on campus, updated safety guidelines. The FAQs provide all the latest information on arrangements at the university. more

Democracy Education in South Korea

Rolf Gollob has written a paper on civic education for the National Election Commission in South Korea. more

Campaign for our Living-Democracy website

Over 100 schools participated in the first workshop in Greece introducing the teaching materials on the Living-Democracy website. more

HLT teaching material translated into Tamil

The series of teaching and learning materials for Heritage Language Teaching is now available for Tamil Heritage Language teachers. more

Corinne Pernet is new Head of the Department IPE

Corinne Penet has been appointed head of the Department of International Projects in Education as of 1 October. We warmly welcome her. more

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