University: Vice-Rectorate Quality

Services

Equal Opportunities

The Office for Equal Opportunities advises and supports those specifically responsible as well as all members of the university. It also offers a range of services for employees and students.

To Equal Opportunities

Sustainable Development

The Coordination Office for Sustainable Development supports the integration of the cross-cutting issue of sustainability into all areas of the university (teaching, research, continuing education, public relations and operations) by encouraging, supporting and linking sustainability activities in these areas.

To sustainability

Quality assurance and development

The Office for Quality Assurance and Development (QAD Office) supports members of the university with quality assurance and development (QAD), promotes the quality culture and assists in the development and implementation of QAD measures. The Teaching Evaluation Office supports lecturers and faculties in conducting course evaluations. It offers assistance in designing surveys and helps to implement them. It is responsible for providing evaluations of the surveys to lecturers in a timely manner and for making reports to the faculties and the Executive Board of the University of Bern.

To QAD Office

University preparation for refugee students

The Coordination Office for University Preparation for Refugee Students advises and supports refugees interested in admission to a degree program at the University of Bern. With the project Compass UniBE, it offers a university preparation year.

To university preparation

Organizational Chart/Functions

Organizational chart (PNG, 71KB)

Management

Name / Titel: Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer
Funktion: Vice-Rector for Quality
Mail: heike.mayer@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 88 86

Secretariat

Name / Titel: Saranka Thangeswaran
Funktion: Head of Secretariat, administrator HR and finances
Mail: saranka.thangeswaran@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 39 32

Office for Quality Assurance and Development

Name / Titel: Dr. Claudia Saalfrank
Funktion: Member of scientific staff QAD, project leader
Mail: claudia.saalfrank@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 36 77

Name / Titel: Dr. Jürg Friedli
Funktion: Member of scientific staff QAD
Mail: juerg.friedli@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 82 34

Name / Titel: Dr. Carsten Knigge
Funktion: Member of scientific staff QAD
Mail: carsten.knigge@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 39 24

Name / Titel: Magdalena Dampz
Funktion: Member of scientific staff QAD (course evaluation)
Mail: magdalena.dampz@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 34 89

Name / Titel: My-Yen Ngo
Funktion: Member of staff QAD (course evaluation)
Mail: my-yen.ngo@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 34 13

Name / Titel: Nik Hunziker
Funktion: Member of staff QAD (course evaluation)
Mail: nik.hunziker@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 36 78

Office for Gender Equality

Name / Titel: Lilian Fankhauser
Funktion: Co-Head
Mail: lilian.fankhauser@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 39 31

Name / Titel: Claudia Willen
Funktion: Co-Head
Mail: claudia.willen@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 31 19

Name / Titel: Sabine Höfler
Funktion: Member of scientific staff (Promotion of early career researchers, Dual Career, Work-life-balance)
Mail: sabine.hoefler@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 50 14

Name / Titel: Karin Beyeler
Funktion: Member of scientific staff (Recruitment procedure, Action plan of the faculties, Prix Lux)
Mail: karin.beyeler@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 32 07

Name / Titel: Ursina Anderegg
Funktion: Member of scientific staff (Equal Opportunities, Discrimination, Public Relations)
Mail: ursina.anderegg@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 51 50

Name / Titel: Seraina Wepfer
Funktion: Member of scientific staff for equal opportunities (with a focus on people with disabilities)
Mail: seraina.wepfer@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 32 45

Name / Titel: Gina Buonopane
Funktion: Member of scientific staff for equal opportunities (with a focus on people with disabilities)
Mail: gina.buonopane@unibe.ch