Vice-Rectorate Development
The Vice-Rectorate Development strengthens the university's positioning and networks with other higher education institutions.
Furthermore the Vice-Rectorate Development reinforces collaboration with external partners and supports students and doctoral students with regard to their academic and professional career.
The Vice-Rectorate Development is divided into the following topics:
- Internationalization
- Promotion of Early Career Researchers and
- Continuing Education
Services
UniBE International
UniBE International implements the university's central internationalization activities, ensures the university's presence in the international university and research community, and implements the measures decided to achieve the university's internationalization goals.
UniBE International
Language Center for Instruction and Research Languages
Academic English Services
The English courses are aimed at Swiss and foreign students registered at the University of Bern. Academic English Services also coordinates the tandem learning for students and employees of the University of Bern for all languages.
Academic English Services
German as a Foreign Language
The free German as a Foreign Language courses ranging from level A1-C2 (beginners to advanced level) are aimed at enrolled students and doctoral students of the University of Bern. Scientific staff may also participate for a course fee if there are enough free spots available. (Priority is given to students.)
German as a Foreign Language
Promotion of Early Career Researchers
Graduate Schools and PhD programs
The doctoral degree is a precondition for an academic career but also qualifies holders for demanding roles in business and society. In addition to the traditional individual doctoral degree, various forms of structured doctoral degrees are available at the University of Bern:
Graduate Schools
Doctoral programs
Project: Transferable Skills
The project Transferable Skills offers PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Bern a changing program comprising topics such as project management, scientific writing and publishing, statistical data analysis and visualization, communication, time management, funding acquisition etc. The aim is to foster participants' employability and effectiveness of their research.
Transferable Skills
Career Service
The Career Service offers various courses to develop job hunting skills for students and doctoral students at the University of Bern and cooperates with commercial partners to prepare students for starting their professional careers.
Career Service
University Continuing Education
Centre for University Continuing Education
The Centre for University Continuing Education of the University of Bern has already established an outstanding reputation in the transfer of knowledge and skills to the working environment and society with its comprehensive range of continuing education programs, courses, events and conferences. The Centre for University Continuing Education is your point of contact for all questions concerning university continuing education.
Centre for University Continuing Education
Continuing Education Commission
Others
Senior Citizens' University
The Senior Citizens' University of Bern offers its members a diverse program of lectures and other events.
Senior Citizens' University
Children's University
The lectures and follow-up events offered by the Children's University are open to children aged between eight and twelve. Participation is free of charge.
Children's University
science.olympiad.ch
With the Office of science.olympiad.ch, the University of Bern is involved in promoting excellence in secondary schools.
science.olympiad.ch
Contacts
Vice-Rector for Development
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Virginia Richter
- Funktion
- Vice-Rector for Development
- virginia.richter@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 39 56
Secretariat Vice-Rectorate Development
- Name / Titel
- Alexandra Erler
- Funktion
- Secretariat
- alexandra.erler@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 35 44
UniBE International
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Ellen Krause
- Funktion
- Executive Director
- ellen.krause@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 52 33
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Caspar Bienek
- Funktion
- Communication & PR
- caspar.bienek@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 37 47
- Name / Titel
- Flavio Caluori
- Funktion
- Contact person data protection, SEMP outgoing students, SEMP agreements
- flavio.caluori@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 37 49
- Name / Titel
- Martina Carolus
- Funktion
- SEMP coordination, SEMP incoming students, Agreements and Partnerships
- martina.carolus@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 34 71
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Annie Cottier
- Funktion
- MILSA, Delegations, Scholars at Risk
- annie.cottier@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 55 23
- Name / Titel
- Jasmin Fallahi
- Funktion
- Welcome Center, Federal Scholarship holders
- jasmin.fallahi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 80 49
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Lenka Fehrenbach
- Funktion
- Summer Schools, Exchange worldwide China, Russia and Taiwan
- lenka.fehrenbach@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 83 36
- Name / Titel
- Tetyana Fedorchuk
- Funktion
- Ukrainian exchange students
- tetyana.fedorchuk@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Henriette Graf
- Funktion
- Exchange worldwide, The Guild
- henriette.graf@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 37 53
- Name / Titel
- Chantal Hinni
- Funktion
- SEMP outgoing students, Federal Scholarship holders
- chantal.hinni@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 41 51
- Name / Titel
- Jurga Kveksaite
- Funktion
- Assistant
- jurga.kveksaite@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Sara Milos
- Funktion
- Assistant
- sara.milos@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Faryal Mirza
- Funktion
- External Relations Manager
- faryal.mirza@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 31 36
- Name / Titel
- Jana Müller
- Funktion
- SEMP incoming students Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Turkey
- jana.mueller@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 41 55
- Name / Titel
- Ana Radovanovic
- Funktion
- Swiss Mobility, degree-seeking international students
- ana.radovanovic@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 41 75
- Name / Titel
- Alvin Rindlisbacher
- Funktion
- Assistant
- alvin.rindlisbacher@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Michaela Soltan
- Funktion
- ENLIGHT Coordinator
- michaela.soltan@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 51 65
- Name / Titel
- Cornelia Stuber
- Funktion
- ISEP, SEMP Staff Mobility, SEMP internships
- cornelia.stuber@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 34 95
- Name / Titel
- Chiara Heiss
- Funktion
- Assistant
- chiara.heiss@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 41 71
Welcome Center
- Name / Titel
- Jasmin Fallahi
- Funktion
- Welcome Center, Federal Scholarship holders
- jasmin.fallahi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 80 49
Language Center for Instruction and Research Languages
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Stefanie Neuner-Anfindsen
- Funktion
- Head of Language Center
- stefanie.neuner-anfindsen@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 52 66
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 83 91
- Name / Titel
- Barbara Oesch
- Funktion
- Office manager
- barbara.oesch@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 83 91
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Orsolya Serkédi
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- orsolya.serkedi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 83 86
- Name / Titel
- Nadine Finsterwald
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- nadine.finsterwald@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 30 67
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Katrin Muchova Grabulos
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- katrin.muchovagrabulos@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 30 68
Graduate Schools and doctoral degree programs
- Name / Titel
- Marco Hollenstein
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- marco.hollenstein@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 85 41
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Maj-Britt Niemi
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- maj-britt.niemi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 82 26
- Name / Titel
- Devon Jakob
- Funktion
- Student Assistent
Career Service
- Name / Titel
- Caroline Schmid, lic. phil. hist.
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- caroline.schmid@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 52 40
- Name / Titel
- Marco Hollenstein
- Funktion
- Member of Scientific Staff
- marco.hollenstein@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 85 41
- Name / Titel
- Matthias Grossrieder, BA
- Funktion
- Assistant
- matthias.grossrieder@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 39 51
- Name / Titel
- Eliza Käser, BSc
- Funktion
- Student Assistant
- eliza.kaeser@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 85 74
University Continuing Education
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Ritz
- Funktion
- Delegate from the Executive Board of the University of Bern for Continuing Education / President of the Continuing Education Commission
- adrian.ritz@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 39 28
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 53 13
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Christina Cuonz
- Funktion
- Director ZUW
- christina.cuonz@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 39 30
- Name / Titel
- Erika Hänni, lic.phil.
- Funktion
- Member of scientific staff, Secretary of the Continuing Education Commission (WBK)
- erika.haenni@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 53 44
- Name / Titel
- Claudia Kaufmann, lic.phil.
- Funktion
- Head of Communications
- claudia.kaufmann@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 33 64
Senior Citizen's University
- Name / Titel
- Caroline Schmid, lic. phil. hist.
- Funktion
- Head, Coordination
- seniorenuni@unibe.ch
Children's University
- Name / Titel
- Caroline Schmid, lic. phil. hist.
- Funktion
- Head
- Phone
- +41 31 684 52 40
- Name / Titel
- Alexandra Erler
- Funktion
- Secretariat
- alexandra.erler@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 35 44
- Name / Titel
- Ya-Jün Kräuchi
- Funktion
- Project assistant Forum Berufseinstieg
- Name / Titel
- Eliza Käser
- Funktion
- Veranstaltungen
- eliza.kaeser@unibe.ch
science.olympiad.ch
- Name / Titel
- Cyrille Boinay
- Funktion
- Joint Executive Director
- c.boinay@olympiad.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 34 38
- Name / Titel
- Mirjam Sager
- Funktion
- Joint Executive Director
- m.sager@olympiad.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 51 87
- Name / Titel
- Lara Gafner
- Funktion
- Marketing and communications
- l.gafner@olympiad.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 35 26
- Name / Titel
- Dominic Schmid
- Funktion
- Olympiaden-Koordinator
- dominic.schmid@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 51 68
Projects
Virtual Exchange
Online and international: The Vice-Rectorate supports again courses for 2024.
Additional courses in English - EnglL
For the eighth time, the University of Bern is able to support selected English-language teaching seminars. The aim is to offer English-speaking exchange students a greater selection of courses. Encouraging the participation of international students in courses across the faculties also provides local students who are unable to study abroad with an international experience.
MILSA
With funding from Stiftung Mercator Schweiz the University of Bern and the University of Technology Sydney are currently engaged in MILSA, a project that aims to develop a mentoring program for intercultural learning through study abroad. Specifically, students will be accompanied before, during and after their stay abroad in the framework of a mentoring program that will help them improve their intercultural communication skills.