The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich invites applications for a Professorship and Chair of Neurosurgery.

The chair is based at the Department of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital Zurich and represents the subject in research, teaching and patient care. The professor will be appointed as head of the department.

We are looking for a dynamic, integrative personality with extensive clinical expertise and scientific experience in neurosurgery and corresponding international visibility. The future chair holder will have a convincing concept for the neurosurgical research of the future. Active cooperation with the Clinical Neuroscience Center is expected. Its focus areas include vascular diseases of the CNS, brain tumors, and functional neurology/neurosurgery. Teaching includes student teaching, specialist training in neurosurgery and continuous further training. The successful candidate will have a specialist title in neurosurgery (Facharzt für Neurochirurgie) as well as a habilitation or equivalent scientific qualification. As the future professor will take over the management of the Department of Neurosurgery, broad surgical experience combined with the management or deputy management of clinical unit at a university hospital is required. In addition, the successful candidate will have experience in the management of a re-search group and clinical trials, the acquisition of competitive third-party funding as well as in student teaching, the supervision of qualification theses and the promotion of young academics.

The University of Zurich is a highly attractive institution for cutting edge research with plenty of opportunities for collaborations across its faculties and with its university hospitals. The nearby Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is an additional asset. The successful candidate is expected to strengthen the existing as well as new collaborations within the hospital and with other research institutions. Specifically, a close clinical and scientific partnership with the Departments of Neurology as well as Neuroradiology is expected within the framework of the Clinical Neuroscience Center.

German language skills at level B2 of the common European framework of reference for languages should be available or must be acquired within a reasonable period of time.

The University of Zurich is an equal opportunities employer and in particular strives to increase the percent-age of women in leading positions. Therefore, qualified female researchers are encouraged to apply.

The University of Zurich sees researchers as modern leadership personalities who conduct excellent research - taking into account the Open Science principles - through their own research projects, promote excellent young researchers and who help to shape a forward-looking university with innovative research-based teaching.

Information on your application

Please submit your electronic application for this position by October 19th, 2025. Applications by mail or e-mail will not be considered. For more information on how to apply, please visit https://www.med.uzh.ch/de/Berufungen.html

For further information, please contact the president of the appointment committee, Prof. Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Tel. +41 44 634 10 74.