Degree Programs & Courses Doctorate

Funding Program: Doctoral Programs University of Bern 2021-2024

In view of the swissuniversities TP1 project "Doctoral Programs of the Universities 2017-2020" coming to an end, and swissuniversities not having a successor project after 2020, the Executive Board of the University of Bern has allocated funds from the university’s own resources to support doctoral programs for the period 2021-2024.

The purpose of the new funding program "Doctoral Programs University of Bern 2021-2024" is

  • to further strengthen the quality and attractiveness of doctoral degree programs 
  • to  improve the career prospects of doctoral students within and outside of academia.

The aim of the program is to support academic offerings that promote the doctoral students’ disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transferable skills.

The following doctoral programs are supported by the University of Bern:

Brain and Behavioral Sciences
Subject group  Social sciences
University of Bern Faculty of Human Sciences: Institute of Psychology
Program Director Prof. Dr. Claudia Roebers
Interdisciplinary Sport Science
Subject group Interdisciplinary and Other
University of Bern Faculty of Human Sciences: Institute of Sport Science
Partner Institutions University of Tübingen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Technical University of Munich (TUM)
 Program Director Prof. Dr. Mirko Schmidt
Public Administration
Subject group Social Sciences
University of Bern
Partner Institutions University of Lausanne, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Program Director Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager
Digital Humanities Bern & Basel
Subject group History and Cultural Sciences, Languages and Literature, Exact Sciences
University of Bern
Partner Institutions University of Basel
Program Director Prof. Dr. Tobias Hodel
Penal Law
Subject group Law, History and Cultural Sciences
University of Bern
Partner Institutions Max Planck Institute, University of Göttingen
Program Director Prof. Dr. Martino Mona
Theology Basel, Bern, Zürich
Subject group Theology
University of Bern Faculty of Theology: Institute of Old Testament Studies, Institute of New Testament Studies, Institute of Historical Theology,Institute of Systematic Theology,Institute of Practical Theology, Institute of Jewish Studies, Institute of Old Catholic Theology
Partner Institutions  University of Basel, University of Zurich
Program Director Prof. Dr. Andreas Wagner
Network in Accounting Research (Be-DAR-CH)
Subject group Economics
University of Bern Faculty of Business, Economics ​and Social Sciences: Institute for Accounting and Controlling
Partner Institutions University of Basel, University of Neuchâchtel, University of Zurich, University of Fribourg, University of Graz, University of Vienna, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Program Director Prof. Dr. Alexis H. Kunz
Chemistry Bern-Zürich
Subject group Natural Sciences
University of Bern Faculty of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Partner Institutions University of Zurich
Program Director Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Reymond