Die Rektoren der Universität Basel wechselten sich anfangs zweimal pro Jahr ab, seit 1565 jährlich und heute alle vier Jahre.
| Name des Rektors | Jahr(e) des Rektorats |
|---|---|
| Georg von Andlau | 1460 |
| Kaspar zu Rhein | 1460 |
| Peter zum Luft | 1461 |
| Johann Kreuzer | 1461 |
| Gerhardus In-Curia | 1462 |
| Werner Wölflin | 1462 |
| Wilhelmus Textoris | 1463 |
| Johann Helmich | 1463 |
| Johann Blicherod | 1464 |
| Arnold Truchses von Wolhusen | 1464 |
| Niklaus Betzlin | 1465 |
| Johannes Grütsch | 1466 |
| Stephanus Mistralis | 1466 |
| Peter zum Luft | 1467 |
| Wilhelmus Textoris | 1467 |
| Georius Bernolt | 1468 |
| Jodocus von Bruchsal | 1468 |
| Gerhardus von Eremberg | 1469 |
| Petrus Testoris | 1469 |
| Peter Brunnstein | 1470 |
| Johannes Siber | 1470 |
| Hiltbrandus Brandenburg | 1471 |
| Peter von Andlau | 1471 |
| Otto Klingen | 1472 |
| Jacobus Lapidis | 1472 |
| Georg Fuchs | 1473 |
| Christoph von Utenheim | 1473 |
| Johannes von Berwangen | 1474 |
| Adam Brun | 1474 |
| Johannes Institoris | 1475 |
| Wilhelm Dremborn | 1475 |
| Ulrich Wild | 1476 |
| Jakob Lauber | 1476 |
| Johannes Lauber | 1477 |
| Jakobus Hugonis | 1477 |
| Arnold Reich von Reichenstein | 1478 |
| Bernhard Oeglin | 1478 |
| Bernhardus Molitoris | 1479 |
| Johannes Sporer | 1479 |
| Jakob von Liebenstein | 1480 |
| Hieronimus von Weiblingen | 1480 |
| Johannes Mathie von Gengenbach | 1481 |
| Bernhard Oeglin | 1481 |
| Johannes Siber | 1482 |
| Johann Ulrich Surgant | 1482 |
| Johannes Herborn | 1483 |
| Adam Brun | 1483 |
| Heinrich Vischer alias Currificis | 1484 |
| Andreas Oudorp | 1484 |
| Hieronimus von Weiblingen | 1485 |
| Georius Bernolt | 1485 |
| Ludwig Odertzheim | 1486 |
| Thammo Loser | 1486 |
| Johann Ulrich Surgant | 1487 |
| Johannes Siber | 1487 |
| Johannes Parva Petra et de Rupe | 1488 |
| Bernhard Oeglin | 1488 |
| Michael Wildeck | 1489 |
| Johannes Sigrist | 1489 |
| Johannes Marolf | 1490 |
| Heinrich Vogt | 1490 |
| Andreas Oudorp | 1491 |
| Jacob Zimmermann (Carpentarius) | 1491 |
| Johannes Schenk von Limburg | 1492 |
| Erhard Battmann von Neuenburg | 1492 |
| Wilhelm Grieb | 1493 |
| Johannes Institoris | 1493 |
| Johannes Stump | 1494 |
| Johann Ulrich Surgant | 1494 |
| Michael Wildeck | 1495 |
| Ulrich Krafft | 1495 |
| Melchior von Baden | 1496 |
| Michael Oeglin | 1496 |
| Johann von Tunsel (Silberberg) | 1497 |
| Matheus Bubenhofer | 1497 |
| Heinrich Fischer | 1498 |
| Johannes Herborn | 1498 |
| Leonhard Marschalk | 1499 |
| Hieronimus von Weiblingen | 1499 |
| Arnold zum Luft | 1500 |
| Ulrich Krafft | 1500 |
| Johann Ulrich Surgant | 1501 |
| Georius Bernolt | 1501 |
| Johannes Wentz | 1502 |
| Johann von Tunsel (Silberberg) | 1502 |
| Theobald Westhofer | 1503 |
| Adam von Müllenberg | 1503 |
| Ladislaus Ulricher | 1504 |
| Wilhelm Grieb | 1504 |
| Hieronymus Brilinger | 1505 |
| Johannes Sattler | 1505 |
| Theobald Westhofer | 1506 |
| Werner Schlierbach | 1506 |
| Johannes Gebwiler | 1507 |
| Christian Strub | 1507 |
| Johannes Wysshar | 1508 |
| Arnold zum Luft | 1508 |
| Adam von Müllenberg | 1509 |
| Niklaus Justinger | 1509 |
| Jacob Göttisheim | 1510 |
| Augustin Lutenwang | 1510 |
| Georius Graf von Tengen | 1511 |
| Niklaus Briefer | 1511 |
| Martin Schiner | 1512 |
| Johannes Wentz | 1512 |
| Johannes Sattler | 1513 |
| Mathias Hölderlin (Sambucellus) | 1513 |
| Ludwig Bär | 1514 |
| Heinrich Rink | 1514 |
| Peter Wenck | 1515 |
| Johannes Gebwiler | 1515 |
| Werner Schlierbach | 1516 |
| Johannes Suter | 1516 |
| Wolfgang Fabricius Capito | 1517 |
| Augustin Lutenwang | 1517 |
| Johannes Sattler | 1518 |
| Werner Schlierbach | 1518 |
| Johannes Romanus Wonnecker | 1519 |
| Claudius Cantiuncula | 1519 |
| Ludwig Bär | 1520 |
| Niklaus Briefer | 1520 |
| Peter Wenck | 1521 |
| Johannes Sattler | 1521 |
| Johannes Gebwiler | 1522 |
| Johannes Romanus Wonnecker | 1522 |
| Petrus Fabrinus | 1523 |
| Niklaus Briefer | 1523 |
| Peter Wenck | 1524 |
| Werner Schlierbach | 1524 |
| Johannes Vischer (Currificis) | 1525 |
| Heinrich Rink | 1525 |
| Bonifazius Amerbach | 1526 |
| Leonhard Rebhan | 1526 |
| Hieronimus Blotzheim | 1527 |
| Nicolaus Dumanus (Gaillard) | 1527 |
| Sebastian Müller (Molitoris) | 1528 |
| Oswald Bär | 1532 |
| Paulus Constantinus Phrygio | 1533 |
| Paulus Constantinus Phrygio | 1534 |
| Bonifazius Amerbach | 1535 |
| Wolfgang Wissenburg | 1536 |
| Andreas Bodenstein (Karlstadt) | 1537 |
| Hieronymus Artolphus | 1538 |
| Niklaus Briefer | 1539 |
| Bonifazius Amerbach | 1540 |
| Simon Grynaeus | 1541 |
| Albanus Torinus | 1542 |
| Johannes Huber | 1543 |
| Oswald Bär | 1544 |
| Johannes Sphyractes (Jeuchdenhammer) | 1545 |
| Martin Borrhaus | 1546 |
| Sebastian Münster | 1547 |
| Ulrich Iselin | 1548 |
| Wolfgang Wissenburg | 1549 |
| Oswald Bär | 1550 |
| Bonifazius Amerbach | 1551 |
| Simon Sulzer | 1552 |
| Martin Borrhaus | 1553 |
| Ulrich Iselin | 1554 |
| Johannes Huber | 1555 |
| Bonifazius Amerbach | 1556 |
| Wolfgang Wissenburg | 1557 |
| Johannes Sphyractes (Jeuchdenhammer) | 1558 |
| Isaak Keller | 1559 |
| Ulrich Iselin | 1560 |
| Basilius Amerbach | 1561 |
| Simon Sulzer | 1562 |
| Ulrich Coccius | 1563 |
| Marcus Hopper | 1564 |
| Ulrich Coccius | 1564 |
| Theodor Zwinger | 1565 |
| Basilius Amerbach | 1566 |
| Johannes Huber | 1567 |
| Simon Sulzer | 1568 |
| Isaak Keller | 1569 |
| Felix Platter | 1570 |
| Ulrich Coccius | 1571 |
| Theodor Zwinger | 1572 |
| Basilius Amerbach | 1573 |
| Samuel Grynaeus | 1574 |
| Simon Sulzer | 1575 |
| Felix Platter | 1576 |
| Christian Wurstisen | 1577 |
| Nicolaus Stupanus | 1578 |
| Ulrich Coccius | 1579 |
| Basilius Amerbach | 1580 |
| Theodor Zwinger | 1581 |
| Felix Platter | 1582 |
| Christian Wurstisen | 1583 |
| Christian Wurstisen | 1584 |
| Heinrich Pantaleon | 1585 |
| Basilius Amerbach | 1586 |
| Johannes Brandmüller | 1587 |
| Felix Platter | 1588 |
| Samuel Grynaeus | 1589 |
| Johann Jacob Grynaeus | 1590 |
| Johannes Gut | 1591 |
| Caspar Bauhin | 1592 |
| Samuel Grynaeus | 1593 |
| Johannes Brandmüller | 1594 |
| Felix Platter | 1595 |
| Johann Jacob Grynaeus | 1596 |
| Ludwig Iselin | 1597 |
| Caspar Bauhin | 1598 |
| Heinrich Justus | 1599 |
| Amandus Polanus von Polansdorf | 1600 |
| Johannes Gut | 1601 |
| Thomas Coccius | 1602 |
| Johann Jacob Grynaeus | 1603 |
| Johannes Jacob Fäsch | 1604 |
| Felix Platter | 1605 |
| Jacob Zwinger | 1606 |
| Ludwig Iselin | 1607 |
| Peter Ryff | 1608 |
| Amandus Polanus von Polansdorf | 1609 |
| Johannes Gut | 1610 |
| Caspar Bauhin | 1611 |
| Johannes Jacob Fäsch | 1612 |
| Martin Chmieleck | 1613 |
| Johannes Buxtorf | 1614 |
| Johannes Gut | 1615 |
| Peter Ryff | 1616 |
| Sebastian Beck | 1617 |
| Johannes Jacob Fäsch | 1618 |
| Caspar Bauhin | 1619 |
| Johann Rudolf Burckhardt | 1620 |
| Johannes Wolleb | 1621 |
| Johannes Gut | 1622 |
| Thomas Platter | 1623 |
| Ludwig Lucius | 1624 |
| Sebastian Beck | 1625 |
| Johannes Jacob Fäsch | 1626 |
| Martin Chmieleck | 1627 |
| Johann Rudolf Burckhardt | 1628 |
| Martin Chmieleck | 1629 |
| Johannes Jacob Fäsch | 1630 |
| Emanuel Stupanus | 1631 |
| Jacob Burckhardt | 1632 |
| Sebastian Beck | 1633 |
| Johann Jakob von Brunn | 1634 |
| German Obermeyer | 1635 |
| Theodor II. Zwinger | 1636 |
| Remigius Faesch | 1637 |
| Johann Caspar I. Bauhin | 1638 |
| Johannes II. Buxtorf | 1639 |
| Sebastian Beck | 1640 |
| Johann Jacob I. Hoffmann | 1641 |
| Emanuel Stupanus | 1642 |
| Jacob Hagenbach | 1643 |
| Theodor II. Zwinger | 1644 |
| Johann Jakob I. Faesch | 1645 |
| Johann Jakob von Brunn | 1646 |
| Jacob Burckhardt | 1647 |
| Sebastian Beck | 1648 |
| Remigius Faesch | 1649 |
| Johann Caspar I. Bauhin | 1650 |
| Felix Platter | 1651 |
| Johannes II. Buxtorf | 1652 |
| Lukas Burckhardt | 1653 |
| Emanuel Stupanus | 1654 |
| Peter Falckeisen | 1655 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Wettstein | 1656 |
| Jakob Brandmüller | 1657 |
| Johann Jakob von Brunn | 1658 |
| Lukas Gernler | 1659 |
| Remigius Faesch | 1660 |
| Johann Caspar I. Bauhin | 1661 |
| Johannes II. Buxtorf | 1662 |
| Lukas Burckhardt | 1663 |
| Johann Caspar I. Bauhin | 1664 |
| Johann Friedrich Buckhardt | 1665 |
| Johannes Zwinger | 1666 |
| Johann Rudolf I. Burckhardt | 1667 |
| Simon Battier | 1668 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Wettstein | 1669 |
| Jakob Brandmüller | 1670 |
| Johann Heinrich Glaser | 1671 |
| Christoph Faesch | 1672 |
| Lukas Gernler | 1673 |
| Nikolaus Passavant | 1674 |
| Johann Caspar I. Bauhin | 1675 |
| Jakob Rüdin | 1676 |
| Peter Werenfels | 1677 |
| Lukas Burckhardt | 1678 |
| Johann Rudolf I. Burckhardt | 1679 |
| Johann Jakob Buxtorf | 1680 |
| Johannes Zwinger | 1681 |
| Nikolaus Passavant | 1682 |
| Jakob Roth | 1683 |
| Johann Jakob Harder | 1684 |
| Peter Werenfels | 1685 |
| Sebastian Faesch | 1686 |
| Nikolaus Eglinger | 1687 |
| Bonifacius Faesch | 1688 |
| Johann Rudolf III. Wettstein | 1689 |
| Lukas Burckhardt | 1690 |
| Jakob Roth | 1691 |
| Johannes Wettstein | 1692 |
| Johannes Zwinger | 1693 |
| Sebastian Faesch | 1694 |
| Johann Jakob Harder | 1695 |
| Johann Jakob Buxtorf | 1696 |
| Peter Werenfels | 1697 |
| Jakob Burckhardt | 1698 |
| Nikolaus Eglinger | 1699 |
| Jakob I Bernoulli | 1700 |
| Johann Rudolf III. Wettstein | 1701 |
| Bonifacius Faesch | 1702 |
| Johann Jakob Harder | 1703 |
| Theodor III. Zwinger | 1704 |
| Samuel Werenfels | 1705 |
| Jakob Burckhardt | 1706 |
| Nikolaus Eglinger | 1707 |
| Johann Jakob Battier | 1708 |
| Johann Rudolf III. Wettstein | 1709 |
| Bonifacius Faesch | 1710 |
| Theodor III. Zwinger | 1711 |
| Emanuel Zaeslin | 1712 |
| Hieronymus Burckhardt | 1713 |
| Johann Jakob Battier | 1714 |
| Johann Rudolf Beck | 1715 |
| Johannes I. Bernoulli | 1716 |
| Jacob Christoph Iselin | 1717 |
| Johann Jakob Battier | 1718 |
| Johann Heinrich Staehelin | 1719 |
| Johannes III. Buxtorf | 1720 |
| Nikolaus Harscher | 1721 |
| Samuel Werenfels | 1722 |
| Samuel Battier | 1723 |
| Johann Rudolf Beck | 1724 |
| Hieronymus Burckhardt | 1725 |
| Emanuel Zaeslin | 1726 |
| Johann Rudolf von Waldkirch | 1727 |
| Johann Rudolf Mieg | 1728 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Zwinger | 1729 |
| Hieronymus Burckhardt | 1730 |
| Johannes II. Tonjola | 1731 |
| Christoph Eglinger | 1732 |
| Nikolaus Harscher | 1733 |
| Emanuel II. König | 1734 |
| Jacob Christoph Iselin | 1735 |
| Benedict Staehelin | 1736 |
| Peter Ryhiner | 1737 |
| Nikolaus I Bernoulli | 1738 |
| Nikolaus I Bernoulli | 1739 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Zwinger | 1740 |
| Johannes I. Bernoulli | 1741 |
| Johannes Grynaeus | 1742 |
| Nikolaus I Bernoulli | 1743 |
| Daniel Bernoulli | 1744 |
| Andreas Weiss | 1745 |
| Johann Balthasar Burckhardt | 1746 |
| Nikolaus I Bernoulli | 1747 |
| Emanuel II. König | 1748 |
| Jeremias Raillard | 1749 |
| Jakob Christoph Beck | 1750 |
| Johann Rudolf Thurneysen | 1751 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Zwinger | 1752 |
| Peter Ryhiner | 1753 |
| Johann Balthasar Burckhardt | 1754 |
| Nikolaus I Bernoulli | 1755 |
| Daniel Bernoulli | 1756 |
| Jeremias Raillard | 1757 |
| Jakob Christoph Beck | 1758 |
| Johann Rudolf Thurneysen | 1759 |
| Friedrich Zwinger | 1760 |
| Jakob Christoph Ramspeck | 1761 |
| Emanuel Ryhiner | 1762 |
| Johann Rudolf Iselin | 1763 |
| Johann Rudolf Staehelin | 1764 |
| Johannes II. Bernoulli | 1765 |
| Jakob Christoph Beck | 1766 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1767 |
| Friedrich Zwinger | 1768 |
| Jakob Basler | 1769 |
| Johann Wernhard Herzog | 1770 |
| Johann Rudolf Thurneysen | 1771 |
| Johann Rudolf Staehelin | 1772 |
| Johann Heinrich Ryhiner | |
| Johann Balthasar Burckhardt | 1774 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1775 |
| Jakob Meyer | 1776 |
| Jakob Christoph Beck | 1777 |
| Johann Heinrich David | 1778 |
| Johann Rudolf Staehelin | 1779 |
| Johann Heinrich Ryhiner | 1780 |
| Johann Wernhard Herzog | 1781 |
| Johann Jakob d`Annone | 1782 |
| Wernhard de Lachenal | 1783 |
| Jakob Meyer | 1784 |
| Johann Wernhard Herzog | 1785 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1786 |
| Achilles Mieg | 1787 |
| Johann Rudolf Buxtorf | 1788 |
| Jakob Meyer | 1789 |
| Johann Heinrich David | 1790 |
| Johann Rudolf Staehelin | 1791 |
| Johann Heinrich Ryhiner | 1792 |
| Johann Wernhard Herzog | 1793 |
| Johann Jakob d`Annone | 1794 |
| Wernhard de Lachenal | 1795 |
| Johann Jakob II. Thurneysen | 1796 |
| Jakob Meyer | 1797 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1798 |
| Achilles Mieg | 1799 |
| Daniel Wolleb | 1800 |
| Johann Rudolf Buxtorf | 1801 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1802 |
| Johann Jakob Stückelberger | 1803 |
| Daniel Huber | 1804 |
| Johann Wernhard Herzog | 1805 |
| Johann Rudolf Faesch | 1806 |
| Carl Friedrich Hagenbach | 1807 |
| Christoph Legrand | 1808 |
| Jakob Meyer | 1809 |
| Johann Heinrich Falckner | 1810 |
| Johann Rudolf II. Burckhardt | 1811 |
| Hieronymus Koenig | 1812 |
| Johann Rudolf Buxtorf | 1813 |
| Johann Rudolf Faesch | 1814 |
| Johann Jakob Stückelberger | 1815 |
| Friedrich de Lachenal | 1816 |
| Johann Rudolf Buxtorf | 1817 |
| Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette | 1835 |
| Friedrich Brömmel | 1836 |
| Franz Dorotheus Gerlach | 1837 |
| Friedrich Fischer | 1838 |
| Karl Friedrich Meissner | 1839 |
| Karl Rudolf Hagenbach | 1840 |
| Wilhelm Wackernagel | 1841 |
| Johann Georg Müller | 1842 |
| Friedrich Miescher | 1843 |
| Christian Friedrich Schönbein | 1844 |
| Wilhelm Vischer | 1845 |
| Johann Jacob Stähelin | 1846 |
| Wilhelm Vischer | 1846 |
| Franz Dorotheus Gerlach | 1847 |
| Franz Dorotheus Gerlach | 1848 |
| Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette | 1849 |
| Karl Rudolf Hagenbach | 1849 |
| Karl Rudolf Hagenbach | 1850 |
| Johannes Schnell | 1851 |
| Johannes Schnell | 1852 |
| Friedrich Miescher | 1853 |
| Christoph Johannes Riggenbach | 1854 |
| Wilhelm Wackernagel | 1855 |
| Roderich von Stintzing | 1856 |
| Wilhelm Vischer | 1857 |
| Johann Georg Müller | 1858 |
| Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann | 1859 |
| Peter Merian | 1860 |
| Karl Friedrich Meissner | 1861 |
| Karl Steffensen | 1862 |
| Franz Dorotheus Gerlach | 1863 |
| Karl Steffensen | 1864 |
| Ludwig Rütimeyer | 1865 |
| Wilhelm Wackernagel | 1866 |
| Andreas Heusler | 1867 |
| Hermann Schultz | 1868 |
| Wilhelm His | 1869 |
| Eduard Hagenbach | 1870 |
| Andreas Heusler-Sarasin | 1871 |
| Hermann von der Goltz | 1872 |
| Simon Schwendener | 1873 |
| Moritz Heyne | 1874 |
| Carl Ernst Emil Hoffmann | 1875 |
| Friedrich von Wyss | 1876 |
| Franz Overbeck | 1876 |
| Wilhelm Vischer | 1877 |
| Friedrich Schulin | 1878 |
| Emil Kautzsch | 1879 |
| Hermann Immermann | 1880 |
| August von Miaskowski | 1881 |
| Hermann Siebeck | 1882 |
| Rudolf Stähelin | 1883 |
| Albert Teichmann | 1884 |
| Moritz Roth | 1885 |
| Jakob Mähly | 1886 |
| Paul Wilhelm Schmidt | 1887 |
| Eugen Huber | 1888 |
| Julius Kollmann | 1888 |
| Gustav Soldan | 1889 |
| Jakob Wackernagel | 1890 |
| Hermann Fehling | 1891 |
| Conrad von Orelli | 1892 |
| Georg Klebs | 1893 |
| Ludwig Rudolf von Salis | 1894 |
| Karl von der Mühll | 1895 |
| Bernhard Duhm | 1896 |
| Rudolf Massini | 1897 |
| Rudolf Kögel | 1898 |
| Ernst Bumm | 1899 |
| Friedrich Zschokke | 1900 |
| Friedrich Fleiner | 1901 |
| Adolf Baumgartner | 1902 |
| Adolf Bolliger | 1903 |
| Carl Christoph Burckhardt | 1904 |
| Albrecht Burckhardt | 1905 |
| Carl Schmidt | 1906 |
| John Meier | 1907 |
| Paul Mezger | 1908 |
| Carl Wieland | 1909 |
| Karl von der Mühll | 1910 |
| Rudolf Metzner | 1911 |
| Eberhard Vischer | 1912 |
| Karl Joel | 1913 |
| Otto Eger | 1914 |
| Hans Rupe | 1915 |
| Paul Wernle | 1916 |
| Ernst Hedinger | 1917 |
| Jakob Wackernagel | 1918 |
| Jakob Wackernagel | 1919 |
| Gustav Senn (Botaniker) | 1920 |
| Gustav Senn | 1921 |
| August Simonius | 1922 |
| August Simonius | 1923 |
| Rudolf Staehelin | 1924 |
| Ernst Tappolet | 1925 |
| August Hagenbach | 1926 |
| Gerhard Heinzelmann | 1927 |
| Erwin Ruck | 1928 |
| Erwin Ruck | 1929 |
| Hermann Bächtold | 1930 |
| Robert Doerr | 1931 |
| Friedrich Fichter | 1932 |
| Ernst Staehelin | 1933 |
| Alfred Labhardt | 1934 |
| Paul Häberlin | 1935 |
| Robert Haab | 1936 |
| Fritz Mangold | 1937 |
| Fritz Mangold | 1938 |
| Ernst Staehelin | 1939 |
| August Buxtorf | 1940 |
| Eugen Ludwig | 1941 |
| Peter von der Mühll | 1942 |
| Max Reinhard | 1943 |
| Carl Henschen | 1944–1945 |
| Edgar Bonjour | 1946 |
| Adolf Portmann | 1947 |
| John Staehelin | 1948 |
| Walter Muschg | 1949 |
| Andreas Speiser | 1950 |
| Alfred Gigon | 1951 |
| Carl Ludwig | 1952 |
| Walther Eichrodt | 1953 |
| Joseph Gantner | 1954 |
| Werner Kuhn | 1955 |
| Jacob Wackernagel | 1956 |
| Andreas Werthemann | 1957 |
| Paul Huber | 1958 |
| Andreas Werthemann | 1959 |
| Ernst Staehelin | 1960 |
| Edgar Salin | 1961 |
| Rudolf Geigy | 1962 |
| Max Imboden | 1963–1964 |
| Gerhard Wolf-Heidegger | 1965–1966 |
| Bernhard Wyss | 1967 |
| Oscar Cullmann | 1968 |
| Kurt Eichenberger | 1969 |
| Eduard Wenk | 1970 |
| Friedrich Rintelen | 1971 |
| Gottfried Bombach | 1972–1973 |
| Hans Ullrich Zollinger | 1974–1975 |
| Carl Theodor Gossen | 1976 |
| Christoph Tamm | 1977–1978 |
| Frank Vischer | 1979–1980 |
| Jan Milic Lochman | 1981–1982 |
| Paul Kielholz | 1983 |
| Wilhelm Hill | 1984–1985 |
| Werner Arber | 1986–1987 |
| Carl-Rudolf Pfaltz | 1988–1989 |
| Karl Pestalozzi | 1990–1991 |
| Luzius Wildhaber | 1992–1993 |
| Hans-Joachim Güntherodt | 1994–1995 |
| René L. Frey | 1996–1997 |
| Ulrich Gäbler | 1998–2006 |
| Antonio Loprieno | 2006–2015 |
| Andrea Schenker-Wicki | seit 2015 |