Senate
The Senate is the supreme governing authority of the University. Among other things it adopts rules for the entire University, passes multi-year and financial plans and issues statements on matters that concern the University as a whole.
Composition and responsibilities
The Senate comprises the Rector, the Dean, faculty delegates, lecturers, assistance and students. It enacts the university statute and university-wide regulations.
The Senate decides upon the multi-year and financial plan and approves the annual and performance report. It makes the key decisions regarding the organization and selects the members of the permanent committees. It proposes the selection or nomination of members of the Executive Board of the University of Bern.
Chair
Prof. Virginia Richter – Rector
Faculties
Prof. Andreas Wagner – Dean of the Faculty of Theology
Prof. Susan Emmenegger – Dean of the Faculty of Law
Prof. Judith Wyttenbach – Delegate of the Faculty of Law
Prof. Thomas Myrach – Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Prof. Dirk Niepelt – Delegate of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Prof. Claudio L.A. Bassetti – Dean of the of Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Daniel Aebersold – Delegate of the Faculty of Medicine
Prof. David Spreng – Dean of the Vetsuisse Faculty
Prof. Peter J. Schneemann – Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Claus Beisbart – Delegate of the Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Elmar Anhalt – Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences
Prof. Siegfried Nagel – Delegate of the Faculty of Human Sciences
Prof. Jean-Louis Reymond – Dean of the Faculty of Science
Prof. Claudia Bank – Delegate of the Faculty of Science
Conference of interfaculty units
Prof. Manfred Elsig – Delegate
Association of lectures
Dr. Marc Zibung – Delegate
PD Dr. Alma Brodersen – Delegate
Association of teaching and research assistants
André Stephany – Delegate
Korollus Melek – Delegate
Students (SUB)
Lena Vögeli – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Elias Kostezer – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Naima Hillman – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Raphael Fehr – Delegate of the Students Community (SUB)
Members in an advisory capacity
Executive board of the University of Bern
Prof. Fritz Sager – Vice-Rector for Teaching
Prof. Hugues Abriel– Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation
Prof. Heike Mayer – Vice-Rector for Quality and Sustainable Development
Prof. Andrew Chan – Vice-Rector for International and Academic Careers
Markus Brönnimann – Administrative Director
Secretariat General
Dr. Christoph Pappa – Secretary General
Administrative and technical staff
Sylvia Kilchenmann – Delegate
Francine Schmid – Delegate
Honorary members
Dr. Renatus Gallati
Walter Inäbnit
Dr. Christophe von Werdt
Permanent guests
Office for Gender Equality
Claudia Willen – Head
Communication and Marketing Office
Christian Degen – Head
Secretariat
Sandra Carrillo – Secretary
Marion Frost – Secretary