Organization Executive Board and Central Administration

Executive Board and Central Administration

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.

We offer the following services:

International outlook
This content hub explains why our university is a great place for international students and researchers. Read the UniBE International blog and subscribe to our Newsletter.

ENLIGHT
The University of Bern is a member of ENLIGHT, a European university alliance. Together we are developing flexible forms of international exchanges in teaching and research. We aim to offer our students an interconnected campus with innovative learning opportunities.

International networks
The University of Bern is widely connected with international stakeholders and networks across the world

Agreements
Advice and coordination of university-wide agreements and SEMP (Erasmus) agreements

The Guild 
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities The University of Bern is a member of The Guild, comprising 20 of Europe’s most distinguished research-intensive universities in 15 countries. This offers cooperation opportunities and provides members a common voice at the EU level

Joint-supervison Doctorates
For long-term international, strategically important research projects a joint supervision of doctorates is possible for PhDs, who are supervised by a professor at each university and conduct their research equally at both establishments

Welcome Center
Advice and information for new international employees at the University of Bern

Visits and Delegations
Coordination, support and organisation of delegations and visitors at the University of Bern

Scholars at Risk
Coordination of Scholars at Risk at the University of Bern

Incoming exchange and international degree-seeking students
Coordination exchange programs and advice for exchange students and international degree-seeking students

Outgoing Exchange
Coordination exchange programs and advice for outgoing exchange students

Staff Exchange
Coordination SEMP (Erasmus) teaching staff and staff exchange

MILSA
Mentoring program for intercultural learning through study abroad

Summer Schools
Promotion of the summer and winter schools which are organized at the university and support of the organization of international summer schools on bachelor and master level.

Additional Courses in English
UniBE International is sponsoring six additional courses in English to enlarge the course offer for English-speaking exchange students and to provide local students, who are unable to study abroad, with an international experience.

Team

UniBE International

Projects and calls

Virtual Exchange

Online and international: The Vice-Rectorate supports again courses for 2024.

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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.

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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.

More about MILSA

Events

Eventkalender
Daten Event Zielgruppe
16. May 2024 Information Event Exchange Programs (German) Students
7. March 2024 Welcome Apéro Exchange students
12-16 February 2024 Introduction week Exchange students
10 January 2024 Getting ready for Bern Exchange students
20 November 2023 ENLIGHT Kick-off Event Students and staff
16 November 2023 Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP) Application Workshop Students
12 October 2023 Information Event Exchange Programs (English) Students
5 October 2023 Information Event Exchange Programs (German) Students
1 June 2023 UniBE auf einen Blick (in French and German) New employees
11 May 2023 Information event: All exchange possibilities Students
4 April 2023 Online Welcome Coffee Break New employees
16 March 2023 Welcome Apéro Exchange students
15 March 2023 UniBE at a Glance (in English) New employees
7 March 2023 Online Welcome Coffee Break New employees
16 February 2023 Orientation and Welcome Event International Master and PhD students
13-18 February 2023 Introduction week Exchange students
7 February 2023 Online Welcome Coffee Break New employees
10 January 2023 Getting ready for Bern Exchange students
24 November 2022 UniBE auf einen Blick (in German) New employees
18 November 2022 First Steps in Intercultural Learning MILSA outbound
28 October 2022 Intercultural Learning in Switzerland MILSA inbound
25 October 2022 Wie tickt die Schweiz (in German) Researchers and employees
04 October 2022 Online Welcome Coffee Break New employees
29 September 2022 UniBE at a Glance (in English) New employees
27 September 2022 Information session on studying and researching in Latin America Future exchange students
22 September 2022 Welcome event preparation year (Ukraine) Participants of the preparation year
15 September 2022 Orientation and Welcome Event International Master and PhD students
12 September 2022 Welcome Apéro 2022 New employees and researchers
12-17 September 2022 Introduction week Exchange students
7-8 September 2022 Vice Presidents Meeting of The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities an der Universität Bern Vice Presidents of The Guild
06 September 2022 Online Welcome Coffee Break New employees

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