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 | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism | 23 July - 5 August 2023 |
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| 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 | Next edition August 2025 | More information |
Humanities and Social Sciences
| Topic | Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | Winter School in Advanced Qualitative Methodology and Theorizing in Economic Geography | 6 - 10 February 2023 | More information |
| History | Summer School in Global History |
21 - 24 June 2023 | More information |
| History | 2023 ESEH Summer School: Climate in History | 17 - 20 August 2023 |
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| History | Common pool resources in the «visual turn» – collective alpine pastures, forests and waters in the first half of the 20th century | 17 - 20 August 2023 | More information |
| Theology and Law |
Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies – Rituals, Rhetorics, Regulations |
Next edition August 2025 | More information |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences | The Ecological Imperative Past and Contemporary Perspectives and Practices |
12 - 16 September 2022 | More information |
Climate and Environment
| Topic | Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development | Common pool resources in a globalised world | 3 - 13 July 2023 | More information |
| Sustainable Development and Environment | Confronting Climate Change – from Science to Policy. International Bachelor Summer School for Climate Change Research |
4 - 15 August 2025 |
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| 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 |
Next edition August 2025 | More information |
| Sustainable Development | Co-designing pathways for transformative change |
31 August - 8 September 2023 | More information |
| Sustainable Development and Environment |
Climate-Water-Energy-Food-Nexus |
3 - 8 September 2023 |
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Mathematics and Computer Sciences
| Topic |
Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning |
Deep Learning | 8 - 12 January 2024 | More informatione |
| Machine Learning |
Reinforcement Learning | 26 February - 1 March 2024 |
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| Machine Learning |
Natural Language Processing | 4 - 8 March 2024 |
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Medicine
| Topic | Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitology | Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism | 23 July - 5 August 2023 |
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| Brain and Behavioral Sciences | Working Memory | 13 - 16 June 2022 |
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| Epidemiology | Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology |
16 - 18 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Tools to Assess Risk of Bias in Randomized and Non-Randomized Studies: Cochrane RoB 2, ROBINS-I and ROBINS-E |
16 - 18 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Advanced Methods in Climate Change Epidemiology | 16 - 18 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Writing a journal article… and getting it published |
16 - 18 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Statistical Analysis with Missing Data Using Multiple Imputation and Inverse Probability Weighting |
19 - 21 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Competing Risks and Multi-state Models |
19 - 21 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Advanced Clinical Trial Designs | 19 - 21 January 2023 | More information |
| Epidemiology | Advanced Methods in (Network) Meta-Analysis – A Practical Course in R |
19 - 21 January 2023 | More information |
Psychology
| Topic | Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition, Learning and Memory | Ambulatory Assessment: A Focus on Real-Time Physiological and Behavioral Measurement | 12 - 14 June 2023 |
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Business, Economics and Law
| Topic | Summer School |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Law and Economics | WTO Law on Border Measures and Trade Facilitation | 22 - 26 January 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | WTO Law on Anti-Dumping and Safeguard Measures | 29 January - 2 February 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | WTO Law on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures | 5 - 9 February 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | The Law and Policy of Trade in Services | 12 - 16 February 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics |
International Investment Law and Sustainable Development |
1 - 5 July 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Technical Barriers to Trade in Pursuit of Sustainable Development | 8 - 12 July 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Climate Change: International Intellectual Property Protection and Transfer of Technology | 8 - 12 July 2024 | More information |
| International Law and Economics | Contracts Regarding Cross-Borders Trade and Investment | 15 - 18 July 2024 | More information |
| Law and Theology |
Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies – Rituals, Rhetorics, Regulations |
Next edition August 2025 |
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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)