Senate
The Senate is the supreme governing authority of the University. Among other things it adopts rules for the entire University, passes multi-year and financial plans and issues statements on matters that concern the University as a whole.
Composition and responsibilities
The Senate comprises the Rector, the Dean, faculty delegates, lecturers, assistance and students. It enacts the university statute and university-wide regulations.
The Senate decides upon the multi-year and financial plan and approves the annual and performance report. It makes the key decisions regarding the organization and selects the members of the permanent committees. It proposes the selection or nomination of members of the Executive Board of the University of Bern.
Chair
Prof. Christian Leumann – Rector
Faculties
Prof. Rainer Hirsch-Luipold – Dean of the Faculty of Theology
Prof. Marianne Lehmkuhl – Dean of the Faculty of Law
Prof. Susan Emmenegger – Delegate of the Faculty of Law
Prof. Adrian Vatter – Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Prof. Thomas Myrach – Delegate of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Prof. Claudio L.A. Bassetti – Dean of the of Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Sebastian Wolf – Delegate of the Faculty of Medicine
Prof. David Spreng – Dean of the Vetsuisse Faculty
Prof. Gabriele Rippl – Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Peter J. Schneemann – Delegate of the Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Stefan Troche – Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences
Prof. Elmar Anhalt – Delegate of the Faculty of Human Sciences
Prof. Marco Herwegh – Dean of the Faculty of Science
Prof. Doris Rentsch – Delegate of the Faculty of Science
Conference of interfacultary units
Prof. Manfred Elsig – Delegate
Association of lectures
Dr. Marc Zibung – Delegate
PD Dr. Alma Brodersen – Delegate
Association of teaching and research assistants
Bruno Biermann – Delegate
Daniela Feller – Delegate
Students (SUB)
Mara Hofer – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Livio Vetter – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Sophie Karrer – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Julia Wess – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Members in an advisory capacity
Executive board of the University of Bern
Prof. Fritz Sager – Vice-Rector for Teaching
Prof. Hugues Abriel– Vice-Rector for Research
Prof. Silvia Schroer – Vice-Rector for Quality
Prof. Virginia Richter – Vice-Rector for Development
Markus Brönnimann – Administrative Director
Secretariat General
Dr. Christoph Pappa – Secretary General
Administrative and technical staff
Sylvia Kilchenmann – Delegate
Franziska Mäusli – Delegate
Honorary members
Dr. Renatus Gallati
Walter Inäbnit
Dr. Celia Zwillenberg
Dr. Christophe von Werdt
Permanent guests
Office for Gender Equality
Claudia Willen – Co-Head
Communication and Marketing Office
Christian Degen – Head
Secretariat
Marion Frost – Secretary
Flurina Stettler – Secretary