Spend time during summer together with colleagues from all around the world in an international and intercultural environment. Get to know leading scientists in your field of study and benefit from their knowledge to enhance your own research and methodological skills. Explore Switzerland and its capital Bern for a unique summer experience.
Are you interested? Please contact the organizing institute directly in case you have any questions.
Current program
Choose a field of study to learn more about each Summer / Winter School. The program is continuously updated.
Biology and Chemistry
| Topic | Summer School | Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism | PhD & Postdoc | Next edition in 2025 |
More information |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | Hidden players in the food chain. Improving health at the interfaces between environment, plants, animals and humans. One Health International Bachelor and Master Summer School | Bachelor & Master | Next edition in 2025 | More information |
Humanities and Social Sciences
| Topic | Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | Winter School in Advanced Qualitative Methodology and Theorizing in Economic Geography | PhD & Postdoc | New date will be announced soon | More information |
| History | Summer School in Global History |
PhD | 19 - 22 June 2024 | More information |
| History | 2024 ESEH Summer School: Climate in History | PhD & Postdoc | New date will be announced soon | More information |
| History | Common pool resources in the «visual turn» – collective alpine pastures, forests and waters in the first half of the 20th century | PhD & Postdoc | New date will be announced soon | More information |
| Theology and Law |
Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies – Rituals, Rhetorics, Regulations |
Bachelor & Master | Next edition in 2025 | More information |
| Sustainable Development | Eco Summer Camp | Bachelor & Master | 18 - 25 August 2024 | More information |
| Sustainable Development | Co-designing pathways for transformative change | Bachelor & Master | 23 - 31 January 2024 | More information |
Climate and Environment
| Topic | Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development | Common pool resources in a globalised world | PhD & Postdoc | 30 June - 10 July 2024 | More information |
| Sustainable Development and Environment | Confronting Climate Change – from Science to Policy. International Bachelor Summer School for Climate Change Research |
Bachelor & Master | 4 - 15 August 2025 |
More information |
| Sustainable Development and Environment | Hidden players in the food chain. Improving health at the interfaces between environment, plants, animals and humans. One Health International Bachelor and Master Summer School |
Bachelor & Master | Next edition in 2025 | More information |
| Sustainable Development | Co-designing pathways for transformative change | Bachelor & Master | 23 - 31 January 2025 | More information |
| Sustainable Development | Eco Summer Camp | Bachelor & Master | 18 - 25 August 2024 | More information |
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
| Topic |
Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning |
Deep Learning | Bachelor, Master, PhD & Postdoc | 24 - 28 February 2025 | More information |
| Machine Learning |
Reinforcement Learning | Bachelor, Master, PhD & Postdoc | 17 - 21 March 2025 | More information |
| Machine Learning |
AI Natural Language Processing | Bachelor, Master, PhD & Postdoc | 24 - 28 March 2025 | More information |
Medicine
| Topic | Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitology | Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism | PhD & Postdoc | Next edition in 2025 |
More information |
| Brain and Behavioral Sciences | Summer Course 2024 | PhD | New date will be announced soon | More information |
| Epidemiology | Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology |
PhD & Postdoc | Next edition in 2025 | More information |
Psychology
| Topic | Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition, Learning and Memory | Summer Course 2024 | PhD | New date will be announced soon |
More information |
Business, Economics and Law
| Topic | Summer School |
Level | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Law and Economics | Law and Policy of Border Measures and Trade Facilitation | Master & PhD | 20 - 24 January 2025 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Law and Policy of Anti-Dumping and Safeguard Measures | Master & PhD | 27 - 31 January 2025 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Law and Policy of Subsidies and Countervailing Measures | Master & PhD | 3 - 7 February 2025 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Law and Policy of Trade in Services | Master & PhD | 10 - 14 February 2025 | More information |
| Law and Theology |
Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies – Rituals, Rhetorics, Regulations |
Bachelor & Master | Next edition in 2025 | More information |
Why Bern? – Find more reasons
The Summer School programs reflect the spirit of the University of Bern; interdisciplinary courses in small groups at top level. Our Summer School brochure provides you with additional information about the University of Bern, and life in the Swiss capital.
Brochure Summer Schools University of Bern (PDF, 6.1 MB)