Welcome to the very first blog post on UZH Tutor! You may be curious about the team bringing this platform to life, so we’re excited to introduce ourselves and share the story behind UZH Tutor.
We are a team of five students from the University of Zurich, each with unique academic backgrounds, including business, management, economics, politics, and communication. We even have an exchange student from Germany in our group! What brought us together was a course at the University of Zurich called Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, where our task was to create, launch, and promote a digital project. In our search for ideas, we focused on a real problem that UZH students face and how we could solve it.
Like many students, we have experienced challenging courses, especially during the assessment, and wished we could find a qualified tutor who had actually taken and succeeded in the same class. However, locating student tutors was nearly impossible without a centralized system. The tutors available were usually professionals, often expensive, and unfamiliar with UZH-specific course content.
On the other hand, we also noticed that many students wanted to earn extra income by tutoring in subjects they excelled in, but there was no structured “study support network” to help them connect with those in need. This gap sparked our idea to create UZH Tutor—a peer-to-peer platform specifically for UZH students that matches those in need of tutoring with qualified students who have successfully completed the same courses.
After weeks of development, UZH Tutor was born! Our platform is designed with you in mind, making it easy for students in need of tutoring to find support from fellow students who’ve been through the exact same classes. It also simplifies finding jobs as a tutor, allowing students to earn money while helping others succeed. We hope you love the platform as much as we do! We’re committed to constantly improving, so if you have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us through the contact form on our site.
Thank you for joining us on this journey—together, we’re making UZH Tutor a valuable resource for every student!
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