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 counter/infopoint in July/August 2026

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Special opening hours for the counter/infopoint in July/August 2026:

From July 1 to July 17, 2026, the counter/infopoint will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
From July 20 to August 3, 2026, the counter/infopoint will be closed.
Starting Tuesday, August 4, 2026, we will be back to serve you during our regular business hours.

A letter box is available in room 024 for submitting documents up to A3 size.

Our services from A to Z

Find an A-Z overview of our services

Statistics on the students

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



 

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