8^th International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment August 01-02, 2022 Zurich, Switzerland

In German, the name of the city is written Zürich, and pronounced in Swiss Standard German and in German Standard German. In the local Swiss German dialect, Zürich German, the name is pronounced without the final consonant, as Züri although the adjective remains Zürcher. The city is called Zurich in French and Zurigo in Italian. In Romansh, the name of the city is Turitg in Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran and Rumantsch Grischun, and Turich in Vallader and Putèr.

The name is traditionally written in English as Zurich, without the umlaut. It is pronounced ZURE-ik.

The earliest known form of the city's name is Turicum, attested on a tombstone of the late 2nd century AD in the form STATURICEN.The name is interpreted as a derivation from a given name, possibly the Gaulish personal name TÅ«ros, for a reconstructed native form of the toponym of *TurÄ«con. The Latin stress on the long vowel of the Gaulish name, [tʊˈriːkõː], was lost in Standard German [ˈtsʏrɪç, ˈtsyːʁ-] and Swiss German [ˈtsyri] but is preserved in Italian [tsuˈriːɡo, dzu-] and in Romansh [tuˈritÉ•, tuˈʁ-]. The first development towards its later Germanic forms is attested as early as the 6th century with the form Ziurichi. From the 9th century onward, the name is established in an Old High German form Zuri(c)h (857 in villa Zurih, 924 in Zurich curtem, 1416 Zürich Stadt). In the early modern period, the name became associated with the name of the Tigurini, and the name Tigurum rather than the historical Turicum is sometimes encountered in Modern Latin contexts.

Education and research:

About 70,000 people study at the 20 universities, colleges and institutions of higher education in Zürich in 2019. Two of Switzerland's most distinguished universities are located in the city: the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), which is controlled by the federal government, and the University of Zurich, under direction of the canton of Zürich. Both universities were listed in the top 50 world universities rated in 2007, while the ETH has consistently remained in the top 10 universities worldwide since 2016.

ETH was founded in 1854 by the Swiss Confederation and opened its doors in 1855 as a polytechnic institute. ETH achieved its reputation particularly in the fields of chemistry, mathematics and physics and there are 21 Nobel Laureates who are associated with the institution. ETH is usually ranked the top university in continental Europe.The institution consists of two campuses, the main building in the heart of the city and the new campus on the outskirts of the city.