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Light and Darkness

University for everyone

Just how deeply the concepts of “light” and “dark” are rooted in human experience and knowledge will be explored in a lecture series this spring semester. They will shed light on their various facets from a range of perspectives.

Collegium generale

13th Education Day

Assessment Impossible? Skills assessment and AI

How do you conduct an examination in the age of artificial intelligence? At the 13th Teaching Day, the University of Berne looked at the opportunities and risks of AI and the challenges it poses for higher education institutions.

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Anniversary celebration

Anna Tumarkin – the University of Bern celebrates its pioneer

Many prominent female figures and a packed auditorium: on the occasion of Anna Tumarkin's 150th birthday, the University of Bern honored its first fully-fledged female professor – and thus the first female professor in history.

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Studies

Admissions Office (ZIB)

Project Neptun – laptops, tablets and accessories

Neptun Spring Wave: 10.02.-10.03.2025

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People

Animal research

A “thank you” to animal caretakers

Researchers and animal caretakers got to know each other at a breakfast at the University of Bern. The aim is to intensify personal contact and make the mutual appreciation of their joint work visible.

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Scientist portrait

Fighting parasites with animal experiments and cell cultures

Britta Lundström-Stadelmann studies the dog and fox tapeworm, which is dangerous to humans. In the video, she talks about what makes her work as a researcher and co-director of an institute so special.

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Scientist portrait

Understanding Islamophobia and anti-Judaism

Katharina Heyden is researching the “co-production” of Christian, Jewish and Islamic traditions. Islamophobia and anti-Judaism, she says, can only be understood through the history of their stereotypes and fears.

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Scientist portrait

“As a young foreign woman, I wasn't taken seriously”

Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera investigates the impact of climate change on health. In the video, she speaks about the challenges that she has faced in her career.

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Dürrenmatt Guest Professor

“Enthusiastic resistance remains necessary”

Marlene Streeruwitz has written an essay about her time in Bern: about the urban world of Bern and its reflection in literature, but also about the New Right, Trump and how the students helped her after his re-election. 

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Financial stability

“Too Big To Fail is everyone's concern”

If a systemically important bank collapses, the real economy can slide into the abyss, says Mirjam Eggen. Together with six other female finance market professors, she invites financial sector players to a symposium for self-reflection and exchange.

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A question for Katrin Karl

Balancing research and teaching

Katrin Karl is Professor of Slavic Linguistics and Head of the Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Discussions with students provide her with a fresh perspective on the connections between research and teaching.

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Research

Research at a glance

Engaged UniBE

Call for transdisciplinary projects

Engaged UniBE supports innovative projects that promote climate protection in accordance with the university's Climate Roadmap 2030 and involve the community in the Bern region in new and effective ways.

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Universe

Meteoroid impacts cause Mars to shake

AI unveils: Meteoroid impacts create seismic waves that cause Mars to shake stronger and deeper than previously thought. This is shown by an investigation using artificial intelligence carried out by an international research team led by the University of Bern.

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Acute medicine

AI does not reduce false diagnoses

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Universe

Fascinating planetary system discovered

The planetary system WASP-132 contains not only a hot Jupiter, but also a super-Earth - and an icy giant planet. This discovery challenges our understanding of the formation of planetary systems.

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This is Bern

Learn more

The University of Bern is closely associated with the Swiss capital city of Bern. Academic excellence has earned Bern an international reputation. A large variety of education, sport and cultural opportunities as well as high living and environmental standards make Bern an attractive place for undergraduates, researchers and doctoral students.

International exchange opportunities

The University of Bern has over 300 partner universities all over the world. Find out from two of our students why they loved studying abroad.

University of Bern Internationals

13th day of teaching

Assessment Impossible? Proof of competence and artificial intelligence

Conducting examinations in the age of AI poses new challenges for universities. How should proof of competence be designed in the age of AI? On the 13th Teaching Day at the University of Bern, we will take stock of the current situation and look for answers to the question of how competence-oriented assessment can be carried out with and despite AI.

Learning and Development | LEAD

Are you ready for the next step?

Share your future at the University of Berne

Continuing education program 2025 – Ready for something new? Shape your future at the University of Bern: the new 2025 continuing education program is here!

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War in Ukraine

Information and support

The University of Bern strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supports Ukrainian students and researchers.

War in Ukraine

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