Admissions Office

The Admissions Office helps with all questions relating to registering for a degree course at the University of Bern, semester enrolment, transferring from a Bachelor's to a Master's and from a Master's to a doctorate and, finally, exmatriculation.

Our main tasks:

  • Support of over 19,000 students and doctoral candidates in connection with admission to study, initial registration, renewal of registration, leave of absence and removal from the student registry.
  • Processing of admission applications, particularly those of applicants from abroad
  • Support of auditors
  • Provision of advice and information at the counter/infopoint in the main building of the university, by telephone and by e-mail
  • Registration of exchange students
  • Invoicing and collection of tuition and semester fees
  • Supply of student data and degrees to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  • Archiving of student data
  • Maintenance of a web interface for the Dean's Office and institutes with student data
  • Information for the Dean's Office and institutes

Special opening hours info point/counter in July/August 2025

Abbildung Baumwipfel im Frühjahr

Please note the special opening hours in July/August:

The counter/infopoint will be closed from July 28 to August 8, 2025.

However, we will be available every day by e-mail and from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. by telephone.

There is a letter drop box in room 024 for documents up to A3 size.

From August 11, 2025, we will be available again during normal opening hours.

Our services from A to Z

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Statistics on the students

On this page you will find the statistics on the students of the University of Bern.

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