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Rethinking work and educational space

3 April 2023, Main Building

Alumni UniBE is discussing a current topic and invites you to the themed event: '' Where do our skilled workers come from?" With a talk by author Pedro Lenz and a discussion moderated by Mathias Morgenthaler, awareness is raised on this topic.

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Matter and the Universe

The University of Bern is on board a mission to Jupiter

The European Space Agency ESA’s Juice space mission is scheduled to start its journey to Jupiter on April 13, 2023. Once arrived, one of the goals of Juice is to search for traces of life on three of Jupiter’s icy moons. The University of Bern is also on board.

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Online-Magazin

uniAKTUELL with new appearance

The relaunched online magazine of the University of Bern is now live: It attractively offers you the currently most important articles about the university in general, its five priority and its special focus topics.

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Master's open days

After the Bachelor is before the Master

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Project applications until March 31, 2023

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Intercultural Knowledge

Laser scans detect prehistoric sites in Swiss forests

LiDAR technology makes highly accurate digital elevation models of a landscape possible, even in forested areas. Hundreds of archaeological sites are waiting to be discovered - even with the help of non-experts.

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Health and medicine

Attack from the gut

Intestinal bacteria can trigger dangerous infections after operations. Bernese researchers have now discovered that a solution to this problem could come from the liver (in German).

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Matter and the Universe

First detection of neutrinos made at a particle collider

A team including physicists of the University of Bern has for the first time detected subatomic particles called neutrinos created by a particle collider, namely at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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Health and Medicine

Combating distemper and measles viruses

Bern Researchers have been able for the first time to depict the canine distemper virus, which is closely related to the measles virus, at molecular level. This paves the way for the development of novel therapies against CDV and measles.

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Challenges on the way to Jupiter

Peter Wurz, Nicolas Thomas and Axel Murk have all been involved in the ESA mission Juice from the very beginning. For uniAKTUELL, they talk about the challenges on the way to the largest planet in the solar system.

The online magazine of the University of Bern

How to build a space probe

UniBE-researchers played a key role in the development of instruments for the ESA space mission Juice. In “uniaktuell” they explain how to this end mechanics, electronics, software development and management had to work together.

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Bern's interstellar head chef  

Maria Drozdovskaya searches for recipes every day. But not for delicate main courses or desserts, but for comets, stars and planets. The astrochemist investigates how dust, gases and ice form celestial bodies - and perhaps also life.

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A farewell with joy, but also with worries

Susanna Krähenbühl has accompanied the spatial development of the University of Bern for 18 years. In an interview, the now departed head of the Building and Spatial Department talks about the construction sites that will keep the university busy for a long time to come.

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From vision to mission

The ESA’s Juice space mission is scheduled to start its journey to Jupiter on April 13, where it will, among other things, search for traces of life on three of Jupiter’s icy moons. “uniaktuell” introduces some of the local researchers who are involved in this project.

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"I am probably still the biggest sceptic".

Olivier Schären is one of four young researchers who are being supported in their leap into entrepreneurship as part of the Venture Fellowship Programme of the Innovation Office of the University of Bern. With his team, he is developing a novel vaccine against one of the world's most harmful diseases in poultry in the joint start-up "Santella".

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Ready for the energy transition

Ursina Dorer graduated at the top of her class at the Graduate School of Climate Sciences and won a “2022 Oeschger Young Scientist’s Prize” for her achievement. Today she helps power a solar energy company.

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This is Bern

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.

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.

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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.

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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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Measures regarding energy supply

Update 19.12.2022: The supply of energy is currently ensured. However, the situation must still be taken seriously and great attention must be paid to economical energy consumption.

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