Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
University of Basel Alumni
International Students
24.7
% of international students in the university
3229
Total International Students in the university
A relaxed mix of historical thinkers, Nobel laureates, groundbreaking scientists, and cultural influencers:
Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
---|---|---|---|
Paracelsus |
Influential philosopher, physician, botanist (Renaissance era) |
N/A |
N/A |
Jacob Bernoulli |
Mathematician known for Bernoulli numbers |
N/A |
N/A |
Johann Bernoulli |
Mathematician, influential in calculus development |
N/A |
N/A |
Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician and physicist, foundational figure in many fields |
N/A |
N/A |
Friedrich Nietzsche |
Philosopher who held a chair at Basel at age 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
Carl Gustav Jung |
Founder of Analytical Psychology (psychiatrist) |
N/A |
N/A |
Karl Jaspers |
Philosopher and psychiatrist |
N/A |
N/A |
Rudolf Eucken |
Philosopher, Nobel Prize in Literature |
N/A |
N/A |
David Friedrich Struik** |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Friedrich Miescher |
Discoverer of nucleic acid (DNA precursor) |
N/A |
N/A |
Tadeus Reichstein |
Nobel Prize in Medicine (1950) for adrenal cortex hormones research |
N/A |
N/A |
Werner Arber |
Microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1978) for restriction enzymes |
N/A |
N/A |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Biologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1995) for genetic control of embryonic dev. |
N/A |
N/A |
Jacques Dubochet |
Biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017) for cryo-electron microscopy |
PhD |
N/A |
Kurt Wüthrich |
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2002) for NMR methods for biomolecules |
N/A |
N/A |
Rolf Zinkernagel |
Physician, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1996) for immune recognition |
N/A |
N/A |
Silvia Arber |
Neurobiologist, Brain Prize winner; Professor at Basel Biozentrum |
PhD (Bio) |
~1995 |
Charles Albert Gobat |
Nobel Peace Prize (1902) laureate; educated in law including at Basel |
Doctorate (Law) |
N/A |
Mirjana Spoljaric Egger |
Diplomat, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
N/A |
N/A |
Ernst Stueckelberg |
Mathematician and physicist, key contributions in quantum field theory |
N/A |
N/A |
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Profiles that got Into University of Basel
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