Die Liste der Rektoren der Universität Zürich verzeichnet die Rektoren der 1833 gegründeten Universität Zürich.
| Amtsantritt | Amtsende | Name | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1833 | W 1834 | Lorenz Oken | |
| S 1835 | W 1835 | Heinrich Christian Michael Rettig | |
| S 1836 | W 1837 | Karl Ludwig von Löw | |
| S 1838 | W 1838 | Friedrich Arnold | |
| S 1839 | W 1839 | Christoph Friedrich von Pommer | |
| S 1840 | W 1841 | Eduard Bobrik | |
| S 1842 | W 1843 | Ferdinand Hitzig | |
| S 1844 | W 1845 | Johann Caspar Bluntschli | |
| S 1846 | W 1847 | Karl Ewald Hasse | |
| S 1848 | W 1849 | Carl Löwig | |
| S 1850 | W 1851 | Alexander Schweizer | |
| S 1852 | W 1853 | Eduard Osenbrüggen | |
| S 1854 | W 1855 | Heinrich Frey | |
| S 1856 | W 1857 | Hermann Köchly | |
| S 1858 | W 1859 | Ferdinand Hitzig | |
| S 1860 | W 1861 | Eduard Osenbrüggen | |
| S 1862 | W 1863 | Georg Hermann von Meyer | |
| S 1864 | W 1865 | Max Büdinger | |
| S 1866 | W 1867 | Otto Fridolin Fritzsche | |
| S 1868 | W 1868 | Ferdinand Regelsberger | |
| W 1868 | W 1869 | Eduard Osenbrüggen | |
| S 1870 | W 1871 | Adolf Gusserow | |
| S 1872 | W 1873 | Georg von Wyss | |
| S 1874 | W 1875 | Alois Emanuel Biedermann | |
| S 1876 | W 1877 | Gustav Vogt | |
| S 1878 | W 1879 | Ludimar Hermann | |
| S 1880 | W 1881 | Arnold Hug | |
| S 1882 | W 1883 | Heinrich Steiner | |
| S 1884 | W 1885 | Heinrich Fick | |
| S 1886 | W 1887 | Rudolf Ulrich Krönlein | |
| S 1888 | W 1889 | Hugo Blümner | |
| S 1890 | W 1891 | Albert Schneider | |
| S 1892 | W 1893 | Heinrich Kesselring | |
| S 1894 | W 1895 | Oskar Wyss | |
| S 1896 | W 1897 | Gerold Meyer von Knonau | |
| S 1898 | W 1899 | Arnold Lang | |
| S 1900 | W 1901 | Paul Christ | |
| S 1902 | W 1903 | Georg Cohn | |
| S 1904 | W 1905 | Otto Haab | |
| S 1906 | W 1907 | Hermann Hitzig | |
| S 1908 | W 1909 | Alfred Kleiner | |
| S 1910 | W 1911 | Arnold Meyer | |
| S 1912 | W 1913 | August Egger | |
| S 1914 | W 1915 | Max Cloëtta | |
| S 1916 | W 1917 | Erwin Zschokke | |
| S 1918 | W 1919 | Theodor Vetter | |
| S 1920 | W 1921 | Rudolf Fueter | |
| S 1922 | W 1923 | Ernst Hafter | |
| S 1924 | W 1925 | Eugen Bleuler | |
| S 1926 | W 1927 | Louis Gauchat | |
| S 1928 | W 1929 | Alfred Ernst | |
| S 1930 | W 1931 | Ludwig Köhler | |
| S 1932 | W 1933 | Fritz Fleiner | |
| S 1934 | W 1935 | Hans von Meyenburg | |
| S 1936 | W 1937 | Oskar Bürgi | |
| S 1938 | W 1939 | Ernst Howald | |
| S 1940 | W 1941 | Paul Niggli | |
| S 1942 | W 1943 | Emil Brunner | |
| S 1944 | W 1945 | Eugen Grossmann | |
| S 1946 | W 1947 | Ernst Anderes | |
| S 1948 | W 1949 | Theophil Spoerri | |
| S 1950 | W 1951 | Paul Karrer | |
| S 1952 | W 1953 | Walter Gut | |
| S 1954 | W 1955 | Zaccaria Giacometti | |
| S 1956 | W 1957 | Hans Fischer | |
| S 1958 | W 1959 | Joseph Andres | |
| S 1960 | W 1961 | Heinrich Straumann | |
| S 1962 | W 1963 | Ernst Hadorn | |
| S 1964 | W 1965 | Eduard Schweizer | |
| S 1966 | W 1967 | Wilhelm Bickel | |
| S 1968 | W 1969 | Gian Töndury | |
| S 1970 | W 1971 | Max Wehrli | |
| S 1972 | W 1973 | Alfred Niggli | |
| S 1974 | W 1975 | Robert Leuenberger | |
| S 1976 | W 1977 | Hans Nef | |
| S 1978 | W 1979 | Peter G. Waser | |
| S 1980 | W 1981 | Gerold Hilty | |
| S 1982 | W 1983 | Verena Meyer | |
| S 1984 | W 1987 | Konrad Akert | |
| S 1988 | W 1999 | Hans H. Schmid | |
| S 2000 | F 2008 | Hans Weder | |
| H 2008 | H 2013 | Andreas Fischer | |
| H 2013 | F 2014 | Otfried Jarren (Rektor ad interim) | |
| F 2014 | H 2019 | Michael Hengartner | |
| F 2020 | F 2020 | Gabriele Siegert (Rektorin ad interim) | |
| H 2020 | Michael Schaepman |