About the Department

The Mayor's Department provides a wide range of services.

Residents

The Residents' Office is responsible for registering, overseeing and managing personal data, the registration of changes in civil status as well as the organization of dignified funerals of deceased from various cultural backgrounds.

Cultural Affairs

The City of Zürich offers an extremely varied cultural program.

Urban Development

City and Neighborhood Development

With its analyses, strategies and neighborhood-specific projects, the Office for City and Neighborhood Development is actively involved in implementing the economically, socially and ecologically sustainable development of the city and its neighborhoods.

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The administration of the city excels in its role of modern service provider for residents, private individuals and companies alike.

Foreign Affairs

Cross-Cultural Issues

The City of Zürich's Office for Cross-Cultural Issues is responsible for and coordinates issues relating to integration and migration and is the first contact point for newcomers to the city.

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Gender Equality

The City of Zürich's Office for Gender Equality is responsible for equal opportunities.

Statistics Office

Zürich's Statistic Office collects and publishes statistical information from all areas of life including demographics, the economy, construction, residency and politics.

City Archives

Zürich's Archives Office looks after the archives of the City of Zürich.

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Science

A hub of knowledge and research

In Zurich, public and private research has a long-standing tradition and also a major role to play in the future, with the research sector is being expanded and the transfer of technology between colleges and industry being intensified.

Newsweek magazine consolidated the most important ratings for further education institutions around the world into one single rankings list, and the Swiss Federal Technical Institute (ETH) of Zurich, where no fewer than 21 Nobel Prize winners have already taught, gained a higher classification than all the other colleges in Continental Europe. The University of Zurich is also very high on the list.

Well established transfer of technology

Top research is not carried out solely at the ETH, the university and the technical colleges – the entire economic area is like a gradually developed, densely networked science park. In addition to public institutions, private research centres such as the IBM Rüschlikon Research Laboratory which has won several Nobel Prizes, the Google European Research Centre and the Microsoft Development Centre have also established themselves in Zurich. The transfer of technology is well established – the economy and research work closely together, while innumerable high-tech organisations provide additional impetus for the innovation process.

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