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If you are not employed at UZH for individual semesters and are therefore not considered a UZH employee, you will be charged the price for external participants on a pro rata basis for these semesters.
No, the Teaching Skills program is explicitly aimed at members of UZH who work in undergraduate teaching (Bachelor’s/Master’s level). Employees of other universities are not admitted. Instructors from other universities can attend the CAS UZH in Higher Education.
No. The Teaching Skills program is free of charge for UZH employees, which is why the regulations do not provide for any further reduction.
According to the UZH classification guidelines, assistant, senior assistant, doctoral and postdoc positions are considered qualification positions.
To successfully participate in the programs, you must be able to carry out the tasks required in the various modules (e.g. peer observation) as part of your teaching activities. For this, it is not necessary for you to teach every semester. However, you must ensure that you complete the teaching duties to the required extent by the end of the training program.
Participants in the Teaching Skills program must complete all the required teaching duties in undergraduate teaching (Bachelor's/Master's level) at UZH.
External participants in the CAS UZH in Higher Education can have teaching completed at other universities recognized as teaching duties.
Internal participants in the CAS UZH in Higher Education must complete half of the required teaching duties in undergraduate teaching (Bachelor's/Master's level) at UZH in order to benefit from reduced course fees.
Participants in the Teaching Skills program must complete all required teaching work in undergraduate teaching at UZH.
External participants in the CAS UZH in Higher Education can complete the required teaching duties outside of undergraduate teaching.
Internal participants in the CAS UZH in Higher Education must complete half of the required teaching duties in undergraduate teaching (Bachelor's/Master's level) at UZH in order to benefit from reduced course fees.
In principle, all courses in which you are active yourself are fully credited. If the course is split, you will receive credit for the lessons that you teach yourself.
Starting in Fall 2025, the CAS UZH in Higher Education is also offered in English. The program language switches annually between German and English.
The Teaching Skills program in general takes place in German from the start of the spring semester and in English from the start of the fall semester.
Unless otherwise stated, intermediate-level language skills in the stated course language with regard to understanding, speaking, and reading are required to participate in the program. Contributions and course assessments may be submitted in both German and/or English.
The CAS UZH in Higher Education is suitable for all university instructors who wish to reflect on their didactic skills in a systematic and theory-based way. The basics of university teaching are taught, and various subject areas of university didactics are explored in greater depth.
Teaching Skills is a basic program aimed in particular at assistants and senior assistants who want to systematically expand their teaching skills and deal with the basics of university didactics.
Yes, Teaching Skills is recognized as the first part of the CAS UZH in Higher Education. This corresponds to modules Basics of Course Planning, Competent Teaching Practice in Complex Teaching Settings, Elective Module, Activities in the Teaching Community and the Teaching-Learning Portfolio. Please register for the CAS UZH in Higher Education and enclose a copy of your Teaching Skills attestation.
No. Individual university didactics courses can be found in the didactica program and on our website under Lehre KOMPAKT.
When registering, please make sure that you will be able to attend the entire course on the specified dates. Absences of up to 20% of the attendance time of a module are accepted. In individual cases, individual arrangements must be made with the respective program management.
The kihz Foundation provides short-term childcare for UZH employees while they are attending courses as part of the continuing education program. This service is also available to external participants of the CAS UZH in Higher Education. You can find more information at kihz Flex.
