Nobel Laureates
Karl Alex Müller
| 20 April 1927 | Born in Basel, Switzerland |
| 1962–1970 | Privatdozent at the University of Zurich |
| 1970–1987 | Adjunct Professor |
| 1987 |
Nobel Prize in Physics together with Georg Bednorz for discoveries |
| 1987–1994 | Professor of Solid State Physics at MNF |
Leopold Stefan Ruzicka
| 13 September 1887 | Born in Vukovar, (current day Croatia) |
| 1920–1925 | Privatdozent at UZH |
| 1939 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry for experiments on the hydrocarbon groups of polymethylenes and higher terpenes such as those used in the making of odorants |
| 26 September 1976 | Died in Mammern, Switzerland |
Paul Karrer
| 21 April 1889 | Born in Moscow, Russia |
| 1918–1958 | Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Zurich |
| 1937 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2 |
| 1950–51 | President of the University of Zurich |
| 18 June 1971 | Died in Zurich, Switzerland |
Peter Debye
| 24 March 1884 | Born in Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 1911-1912 | Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich |
| 1936 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structures through his investigations on dipole moments and the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases |
| 2 November 1966 | Died in Ithaca, USA |
Erwin Schrödinger
| 12 August 1887 | Born in Vienna |
| 1921-1927 | Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich |
| 1933 | Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
| 4 January 1961 | Died in Vienna |
Albert Einstein
| 14 March 1879 | Born in Ulm, Germany |
| 1909–1911 | Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich |
| 1921 | Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the laws of the photoelectric effect |
| 18 April 1955 | Died in Princeton, USA |
Max von Laue
| 9 October 1879 | Born in Ehrenbreitstein, Germany |
| 1912–1914 | Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich |
| 1914 | Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the diffraction of x-rays by crystals |
| 24 April 1960 | Died in Berlin, Germany |
Alfred Werner
| 12 December 1866 | Born in Mulhouse, France |
| 1893 | Privatdozent at the University of Zurich |
| 1893–1918 | Professor of Chemistry at the University of Zurich |
| 1913 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry |
| 15 November 1919 | Died in Zurich, Switzerland |
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
| 27 March 1845 | Born in Lennep, Germany |
| 1867 | Doctorate at the University of Zurich |
| 1901 | Inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of the discovery of the rays subsequently named after him |
| 10 February 1923 | Died in Munich, Germany |