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 |
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University of Bern | Faculty of Human Sciences: Institute of Psychology |
Program Director | Prof. Dr. Claudia Roebers |
Interdisciplinary Sport Science
Subject group | Interdisciplinary and Other |
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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 |
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University of Bern |
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Partner Institutions | University of Lausanne, Università della Svizzera Italiana |
Program Director | Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager |
Classical Studies
Subject group | Interdisciplinary |
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University of Bern |
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Program Director | Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich |
Digital Humanities Bern & Basel
Subject group | History and Cultural Sciences, Languages and Literature, Exact Sciences |
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University of Bern |
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Partner Institutions | University of Basel |
Program Director | Prof. Dr. Tobias Hodel |
Penal Law
Subject group | Law, History and Cultural Sciences |
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University of Bern |
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Partner Institutions | Max Planck Institute, University of Göttingen |
Program Director | Prof. Dr. Martino Mona |
Theology Basel, Bern, Zürich
Subject group | Theology |
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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 |
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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 |
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University of Bern | Faculty of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Partner Institutions | University of Zurich |
Program Director | Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Reymond |