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On the road to self-determination?

In focus

Between the colonial past and the economic engine of the future: Africa is somewhere in between. An assessment by Chinwe Ifejika Speranza and Thomas Breu.

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Walter Benjamin Kolleg

Young Scholars” award 2024

Catherine Gibson from the University of Tartu, Estonia, is being honored this year as an outstanding young researcher in the humanities, cultural and social sciences. Her research focuses on Eastern European and Eurasian history.

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Mega infrastructure projects

“Energy transition only works with the population”

The energy transition can only succeed if the local population is involved - whether in Switzerland or Africa. Tobias Haller, a social anthropologist at the University of Bern, demonstrates this wby looking at mega infrastructure projects around the world.

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Healthy UniBE

World Mental Health Day 2024

Unisport, mindbalance, AfC, Beratungsstelle BH

Studies

Admissions Office (ZIB)

Are you new here? Or did you forget it all during the semester break?

The app for studies, menu plans, sports and more.

UniBE mobile

Initiative Afrique

African menus on four Thursdays in the canteens

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People

“Free access to research data is crucial”

As a data steward, Martin Wegmann supports researchers at the University of Bern in dealing with their research data. He emphasizes that this is also an important service to society.

The online magazine of the University of Bern (in German)

Afrofuturism

Under the sign of the Sankofa

The Djiboutian novelist Abdourahman Waberi reflects on his Dürrenmatt Guest Professorship in World Literature in Bern. Together with his students, he pondered the possibilities: Could the future be African? His vision, symbolised by a West African animal, is clear and optimistic.

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Climate research

Bernese urban heat in focus

Moritz Gubler from the Institute of Geography collects data on the urban climate in Bern using a temperature monitoring network. He explains how the network contributes to the study of urban heat and the design of a sustainable city of Bern.

The online magazine of the University of Bern (in German)

Universe

Uni Bern in search of life in space

The ESA Juice mission was launched to Jupiter in April 2023 to search for traces of life on three icy moons. Astrophysicist Audrey Vorburger talks about the University of Bern's involvement in this space adventure.

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Swiss German in flux

Swiss dialects are constantly changing and show regional differences. Adrian Leemann and his team at the Center for the Study of Language and Society at the University of Bern have analyzed the development of the Swiss language on a large scale for the first time. 

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Estimating flood damage with a new tool

How does climate change affect the risk of flooding in Switzerland and why are new protective measures necessary? Andreas Zischg from the Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks at the University of Bern explains.

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Mapping the entire blood flow in the brain

Franca Schmid is developing computer models to map the highly complex vascular structure of the brain and to understand the brain's blood and energy supply. This should one day enable new therapeutic approaches against strokes or Alzheimer's disease.

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Research

Priority Topics

Universe

Exoplanet discovered around our neighboring star

Researchers from the University of Bern, the University of Geneva and the NCCR PlanetS have discovered an exoplanet orbiting our neighboring star Barnard. This discovery advances our understanding of planetary systems in our cosmic neighborhood.

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Core Facilities

University newly regulates important research infrastructure

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Understanding ageing processes

Our organs age at different rates

A research group with Bernese participation has identified a mechanism that explains why certain organs age faster than others. The results offer new approaches to better understand and possibly slow down cell ageing.

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New therapeutic approach

Kidney stones are often excreted without pain

A research team led by Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and the University of Bern has shown that a high percentage of kidney stones are excreted without symptoms. This finding should be incorporated into the future treatment of patients with recurrent kidney stones.

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This is Bern

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The University of Bern is closely associated with the Swiss capital city of Bern. Academic excellence has earned Bern an international reputation. A large variety of education, sport and cultural opportunities as well as high living and environmental standards make Bern an attractive place for undergraduates, researchers and doctoral students.

Teaching Lunch @ WISO

he biannual inter-faculty Teaching Lunch is organized by the Vice Rectorate Teaching together with a faculty. It is aimed at lecturers, those responsible for degree programs, student representatives and other University members who are interested in the topic of good teaching. The next Teaching Lunch will take place on November 7, at 11:45 p.m. and will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with peers on current teaching topics.

Vize-Rectorate Teaching

Tips and Tools for good Teaching

Would you like to develop your teaching? At the event on 25.10.2024 you will learn how to design your courses in versatile and innovative ways with the help of various teaching strategies, teaching methods and e-tools.

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International exchange opportunities

The University of Bern has over 300 partner universities all over the world. Find out from two of our students why they loved studying abroad.

University of Bern Internationals

Bereit für neues

Share your future at the University of Berne

Continuing education program 2024 – Ready for something new? Shape your future at the University of Bern: the new 2024 continuing education program is here!

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War in Ukraine

Information and support

The University of Bern strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supports Ukrainian students and researchers.

War in Ukraine

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Measures regarding energy supply

Update 1/12/2023: According to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, the situation regarding gas and electricity supply remains precarious. As before, the University of Bern recommends all employees and students to implement energy-saving measures of all kinds in their professional and private environment.

University energy supply

Good teaching at the University of Bern

On this website you will find an overview of all the services, support and promotional measures that contribute to good teaching at the University of Bern. The page is only available in German.

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