Bützberger was educated in the schools of Langenthal and Burgdorf before entering at ETH Zürich in 1880.
Simultaneously he studied for his doctorate that was awarded him by the university of Bern in 1888 under the advice of Ludwig Schläfli.
He also delivered some lectures on geometry to future teachers in the university of Zürich.
He was the author of several text books for secondary level very valued and reedited several times.
[4] In 1896-97, he was on the organizing committee of the first International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich.