# Employment Instructors

**Source**: https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors.html
**Parent**: https://www.internationals.uzh.ch/en/work.html

**Get an overview of the main legal principles and the regulations governing your employment as a member of the teaching staff at the University of Zurich.**

## Grid containing content elements

### [Legal Foundations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/legal-foundations.html)

[More about Legal Foundations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/legal-foundations.html)

External instructors are usually employed under private law.

### [Habilitations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/habilitations.html)

[More about Habilitations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/habilitations.html)

When the habilitation is obtained, researchers with a proven academic track record are appointed as privatdozents and receive an authorization to teach (Venia Legendi).

### [Administrative Information for Instructors](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/administrative-information-instructors.html)

[More about Administrative Information for Instructors](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/administrative-information-instructors.html)

Information on administrative topics such as identity account or UZH short name.

## Additional Information

### Contact

If you cannot find the answer to your question here, please contact HR Teaching Staff.

- [HR Teaching Staff](https://www.pa.uzh.ch/en/about/contact-persons/hr-teaching-staff.html "HR Teaching Staff")

### Index

- [Index](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/index.html "Index")

## Quicklinks and available languages

### Subpages of Employment Instructors

- [Legal Foundations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/legal-foundations.html)
- [Habilitations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/habilitations.html)
- [Administrative Information for Instructors](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/administrative-information-instructors.html)

- [Legal Foundations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/legal-foundations.html)
- [Habilitations](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/habilitations.html)
- [Administrative Information for Instructors](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/administrative-information-instructors.html)