The University of Basel is regularly listed in the world's top 100 higher education institutions in various global rankings. As a distinguished comprehensive university, that is regionally anchored and internationally networked, she sustains seven faculties together with which she manages to create optimal research conditions. In a context of growing international competition, the University of Basel strives to create a dynamic research environment and sees increasingly fierce competition as an incentive to continually improve and position itself both nationally and internationally. Its strength in research and innovation is essentially based on the achievements of its researchers, some of whom are presented below.