University Of Zurich – Institute Of Biomedical Ethics And History Of Medicine (Ibme)

The Chair for Biomedical Ethics was established at the University of Zurich in 2005 in response to the growing need for education, research and consultancy in the area of medical ethics and bioethics. The Institute of Biomedical Ethics (IBME) was founded in 2007. It belongs to the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich and forms part of the Centre for Ethics, a well-established interdepartmental institution that plays a prominent role in the Swiss discourse on ethical issues. In 2009 the IBME was designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre. In 2014 the Chair for History of Medicine was integrated into the Institute, which is now named Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine. Through its history department, the IBME is represented in the Center for the History of Knowledge, an inter-university collaboration between UZH and ETHZ.