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Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

The Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) of the University of Bern, jointly administered by the Faculties of Medicine , Science and Vetsuisse , offers structured, experimental research training programs leading to a PhD, MD,PhD, DDS,PhD or DVM,PhD degree. The PhD program provides comprehensive, internationally competitive training in the theory and practice of experimental research as well as in-depth specialist knowledge of the individually selected research area. It directs the students towards independent scientific work and enables them to assume scientific responsibility. Research training is available in the areas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience, and Epidemiology. Applicants should possess a Master's degree, or equivalent, in Life Sciences or related areas, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, or Veterinary Medicine.

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Good support is pivotal to ensuring the rapid progress of a doctorate and integration in the scientific community. Advice and support must not only be provided by the doctoral thesis supervisors. Good support also involves a network provided within the framework of a graduate school by experienced colleagues and through mentoring.

MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM FOR PROF. DR. ANDREA HUWILER

Sexual harrassment awareness

SABV Symposium 2024

External co-referee written thesis assessment: new guidelines from 01.01.2024

Gcb steering board decisions.

The Steering board decided, effective immediately, to pursue a strict policy to allow a maximum of 20% off PhD curriculum work, thus implementing an at least 80% dedication to the PhD research project only. May 1, 2023.

Funding Program «UniBE Short Travel Grants for (Post)Docs»

GCB Open Door Policy

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Public Health Sciences Course Program

This newly established, structured course program in Public Health Sciences (PHS) aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of Public Health and develop competencies in key research methods and applications.

Highlighting the positive aspects of being a PhD student

What is a PhD

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Support measures for scientists from Ukraine

Dear PhD students, supervisors, co-advisors and mentors, Science lives from international exchange and we at the GCB experience this on a daily basis. The GCB as part of the University of Bern stands in solidarity with Ukraine and its universities and its scientists. We support the statement by swissuniversities, the appeal of The Guild and statements made by its partner institutions and networks on the solidarity of all democratic states with Ukraine. Please find below useful links regarding funding and research opportunities: General Information from the University: https://www.unibe.ch/ukraine/index_eng.html For researches from the Ukraine and group leaders wanting to offer positions for Ukrainian scientists, possibilities for funding can be found at the Swiss National Science Foundation: 1) https://www.snf.ch/en/WpOfVoVBYdBid6By/news/support-measures-for-scientists-from-ukraine 2) Scienceforukraine.eu 3) https://www.bfh.ch/en/news/ukraine/ For support, donations and helping a good source is the Swiss Ukrainian Society https://swiss-ukrainian.ch/en Your GCB TEam

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Modifications of the promotion regulations – what it means:

From February 1, 2020, a modification of the doctoral regulations will come into force that will affect all PhD students enrolled at the GCB in February 2020. In the attached file a short summary can be found and under "PhD program / Regulations" the new reglements are now online in German and English.

Thesis Defenses

Check out this website for upcoming thesis defenses by PhD candidates. Thesis defenses are announced one week ahead of the defense date.

Graduations

Check out the list of the most recent graduations at the GCB.

Transferable Skills Program for (Post)Docs

A new program for doctoral candidates and postdocs of every discipline. Check out the details!

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GCB Next GCB PhD Application Deadline August 15, 2024

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Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Doctoral degree, information on the doctoral degree.

In order to study for a doctorate in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, you must meet the admission requirements and find a professor who is prepared to supervise your dissertation.

Application and admission to doctoral studies

You can find the requirements for being admitted to doctoral studies by the faculty in the regulations.

Click on the following link for information on applying to study for a doctorate.

Applying to study for a doctorate

Once you have completed all the necessary work (doctoral studies and dissertation), you can apply to the Dean’s Office for your doctorate:

Publication of your dissertation

You must publish your dissertation within one year of completing your doctoral studies. You can do this electronically through the University Library Bern or have it published in book form.

Electronic publication: Declaration of consent (fill in the document “Declaration of consent” in duplicate)

Book publication:

Faculty of Science

Phd in statistics.

The purpose of the PhD program is to deepen one's knowledge in Probability Theory, Statistics, Financial or Actuarial Mathematics, and to pursue independent research in these fields. The dissertation contains new results which are usually published in peer-reviewed journals.

To be admitted to the PhD program, one needs a master's or equivalent degree in Mathematics or Statistics with good or excellent grade.

Doctoral students may attend all courses offered by IMSV and those from the Programme doctoral en Statistique et Probabilités Appliquées .

Legal basis

• Studienplan für die Master-Studienprogramme Statistik und Data Science und das Doktoratsprogramm Statistik vom 09.11.2023 (PDF, 237KB)
• Anhaenge zum geltenden Studienplan Statistik (PDF, 909KB)
• Anhang Nachhaltige Entwicklung (NE) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Promotionsreglement der Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bern (PromR Phil.-nat. 19) vom 12.12.2019 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Regulations governing doctoral studies at the Faculty of Science of the University of Bern (PromR Phil.-nat. 19) of December 12., 2019 (PDF, 244KB)

Details of program

Details of structure, requirements.

The aim of the programme is to undertake research in probability, statistics, finance or actuarial science. It is expected that the research outcome is published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. .

The doctorate students are not required to attend any courses for the purpose of getting the PhD degree. Still, they may attend all courses offered by IMSV and those from the Programme doctoral en Statistique et Probabilités Appliquées . Furthermore, PhD students are required to attend seminars organized by IMSV and also present their results there.

The standard time for the PhD study is 3 - 4 years.

Dates of semester

• Current dates of the academic year and lecture periods of all degree courses incl. semester breaks and vacation

Current PhD students

• Term of application for doctoral candidates
• Renewal of semester registration for the forthcoming semester
• Mandatory registration
• Request for removal from Student Registry for one of the following reasons: completion of studies, interruption of studies or dropping out of university

Application and admission

To be admitted to the PhD program, one needs a master's or equivalent degree in Mathematics or Statistics with good or excellent grade. There are different admission requirements for applicants with a Swiss degree and applicants with an international degree.

As soon as the requirements set by the study regulations are fulfilled, you can apply for a formal completion of your studies through the Deans office. The information about the completion process you can find here .

Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)

Phd program.

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Diagrammatic representation of the GHS structured PhD after the official acceptance (PDF, 114KB)

• The research projects of the doctoral students within the Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS) focus on the health of individuals and groups in their social contexts and physical environments and they address questions rooted in basic and clinical research and applied fields.  
• Expertise for the diverse projects is drawn and synthesized from diverse academic disciplines, from the humanities to medicine and the natural sciences. The extensive pool of academic experts and resources enables the GHS students to develop into highly qualified researchers or professionals ready to use their knowledge and skills in complex subjects in their chosen area.  
• Depending on the field of research the candidates are allocated to specific expert committees, which are involved in the admittance, guidance, and evaluation of the PhD candidates. The GHS currently has three expert committees. Expert Committee I  (FK I) covers competences in areas such as preventive and social medicine, public health, medical education, psychology, rehabilitation, clinical research and others. Expert Committee II   (FK II) focuses on neurosciences. Expert Committee III  (FK III) accompanies the research activities of clinically active candidates who are completing a PhD program in parallel to their work in the clinic (for more information see: here ).  
• The PhD program of the GHS consists of the doctoral thesis involving 3 to 4 years of research work (for students under the Expert Committees I and II), carried out at one of the research units/departments collaborating with the GHS and of an individually tailored training program of 18.0 ECTS credit points. For students under the Expert Committee III (Clinical Sciences), the duration of the PhD program is 4 - 6 years.   
• Two intermediate evaluations (1st Year Examination and 2nd Year Examination) evaluate the PhD candidate’s comprehension and competence as well as the progress in the research project.  

At the end of the PhD research project the doctoral candidate is required to submit at least three scientific papers to peer-reviewed journals (for more information see here ). One paper, for which the candidate is the first author, must be accepted for publication, and another two must have reached the peer-review stage.

• Completion of the program entitles the candidate to bear the title "PhD in Health Sciences (Specialization)".

Find out more

• Doctoral Agreement (WORD, 77KB)
• Progress Report (old regulations) (WORD, 165KB)
• Progress Report (new regulations) (WORD, 165KB)
• Welcome Center, University of Bern
• Doctoral Studies at the University of Bern
• Career Service of the University of Bern

Department of Business Administration

Doctoral studies.

Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences lead, after a successful completion of a dissertation,  to the title Doctor rerum oeconomicarum, Dr. rer. Oec.

Admission requirements

Admission is governed by the regulation on doctoral studies at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.

Supervision by a lecturer responsible for the student at the relevant faculty is an essential condition for admission to the doctoral program in Business Administration. Admission may be denied if the topic is not expected to lead to a research output, if there are reasonable doubts about the successful completion of the dissertation project, or if the topic does not correspond with the research focus of the lecturer in question.

A necessary prerequisite for admission is a Master's degree (or equivalent degree) from a recognized university. Additionally, the Master’s degree must be no more than ten years old. Furthermore, a minimum overall grade in the Master's program must be achieved. For students at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Bern, this minimum grade is 4.75 (under the Swiss grading system). Moreover, at least 60 ECTS credits must have been obtained in the field of Business Administration.

Graduates with a Master's degree in Business Administration from a university of applied sciences cannot start a doctoral program in Business Administration at the University of Bern directly. In addition to the admission requirements mentioned above, they must first obtain a Master's degree from a university. For further information, please contact the Academic Student Advice.

Students wishing to pursue a doctorate in Business Administration must obtain at least 24 ECTS credits during the doctoral program. As part of this, 4 ECTS credits must be acquired in the “Doctoral Seminar in Business Administration”. In addition, at least 12 ECTS credits must be obtained in courses that, at the discretion of the supervisor in question, fall within one or more of the areas of “Analytical Methods in Business Administration”, “Empirical Quantitative Methods in Business Administration”, and “Empirical Qualitative Methods in Business Administration”. The remaining ECTS credits are to be obtained from courses that are related to the dissertation on a theoretical or methodological level.

Proof of achievement in the Doctoral Seminar in Business Administration is given in form of a public lecture on the dissertation lasting a maximum of 30 minutes as well as a discussion lasting a maximum of 30 minutes. The members of the departmental committee present at the seminar will award individual grades. The grade in the Doctoral Seminar in Business Administration is calculated using the arithmetic mean of these individual grades. If the grade is not sufficient, the Doctoral Seminar in Business Administration can be retake once, at most. The organizational responsibility for conducting the Doctoral Seminar in Business Administration lies with the spokesperson of the Department of Business Administration.

Receiving the doctoral degree

When the admission requirements have been met, the student’s doctoral studies have been completed and the dissertation has been approved, the laureateship of Doctor rerum oeconomicarum is awarded.

Each semester, four dates are offered for the awarding of the doctoral degree. The application for the doctorate must be received by the Dean's Office at least 21 days prior to the date in question. The application form must be accompanied by two printed copies of the dissertation as well as the receipt for the doctoral fees paid (CHF 300.00), a copy of the student’s valid matriculation card and a complete transcript of records. In addition, the dissertation must be sent by email to the Dean's Office (in PDF format). Further information on how to register to receive the doctoral degree and the exact dates can be found on the faculty’s homepage.

Find out more

Doctoral studies.

• New regulations for doctorates from fall semester 2011 (in German) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Doctoral regulations_WISO_incl. changes from 24.2.2011 (in German) (PDF, 51KB)

Center for Global Studies (CGS)

Global studies doctoral program.

Globalization has shrunk the distance between elites, shifted key relations between producers and consumers, broken many links between labor and family life, obscured the lines between temporary locales and imaginary national attachments […]. Globalization does not necessarily or even frequently imply homogenization […] there is still ample room for the deep study of specific geographies, histories, and languages. – Arjun Appadurai

Global Studies

The Global Studies Doctoral Program of the University of Bern’s Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities (GSAH) represents a unique opportunity within Europe to obtain a doctoral degree in a well-structured academic context that promotes common discussion about global processes from the perspective of the humanities. Global Studies is a relatively new interdisciplinary field with rapidly increasing visibility, which critically examines global phenomena shaping past and contemporary life all over the world. It is particularly concerned with ways in which transnational interactions and exchange, circulations, migratory movements and flows of human beings, information and goods, continually challenge geographical, political, and/or linguistic borders. Thus, it is concerned with processes and structures exemplifying both global and local complexities which it tries to address by, for example, studying the exchange and interdependencies between different cultural, political, linguistic, ethnic, and religious groups, communities, (non) governmental institutions, and the media, as well as real or imaginary areas.

As an interdisciplinary approach is key to understanding the implications of global processes – both past and present – we invite international doctoral students from a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds to apply for membership in the Global Studies Doctoral Program. The program offers an interdisciplinary platform for exchange and dialogue with other doctoral students, members of our faculty, as well as international experts and researchers. Most importantly, the program encourages and assists you in building a personalized academic network which allows you to discuss questions related to your specific doctoral research project in light of current concepts and theories in global studies.

Networking possibilities go beyond the framework of the Global Studies Doctoral Program, as any Ph.D. candidate enrolled in the program simultaneously becomes a member of the GSAH at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg of the University of Bern. Regular joint events of the GSAH offer the opportunity to meet and exchange with peers from the Graduate School’s other doctoral programs (Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Studies of Language and Society and Studies in the Arts).

For more information about the GSAH, click  here .

The Global Studies Doctoral Program – a program for doctoral students who…

• are working on cultural global processes.
• are looking for an interdisciplinary environment to share and discuss their doctoral research projects.
• want to further develop and strengthen their skills in networking, research organization, and presentation with regards to their individual doctoral research projects.
• are in need of some (limited) financial support for their research activities (see also  Financial Support ).

Credits and skills acquired in the framework of the interdisciplinary Global Studies Doctoral Program are listed in a Diploma Supplement, which will be handed out along with the doctoral degree certificate. Applications to the GSAH are possible every semester. Please find further details about the application process  here  and please also take a close look at our  specifications  regarding requirements.

Flyer Doctoral Program Global Studies

Downloadable Documents

Applications, study requirements, financial support.

• Study Plan GSAH (German) (PDF, 668KB)
• Modules GSAH (including doctoral program Global Studies, German) (PDF, 97KB)
• Flyer Doctoral Program Global Studies (PDF, 345KB)
• Checklist workshop organization (German) (PDF, 295KB)

As the Global Studies Doctoral Program is one of four doctoral programs offered by the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities of the Walter Benjamin Kolleg, you will find all the requirements listed on the website of the  GSAH .

Based on our experience with many doctoral candidates interested in joining the Global Studies Doctoral Program, we want to emphasize the two following points which should be taken into account before applying for membership in the program.

Thesis Supervision

Prior to applying to the Global Studies Doctoral Program, you must first be enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Bern. Each dissertation is written within the framework of an established discipline – even if the approach to the discussed topic is interdisciplinary and addresses questions from a global studies perspective. So before applying, if you are not yet enrolled as a Ph.D. student at the University of Bern, please first contact a professor at the institute which pertains to the discipline in which you eventually would like to obtain a doctoral degree. Only once the professor has confirmed in writing that they will act as a supervisor you can apply for membership in the Global Studies Doctoral Program.

Matters of Finance

The CGS does not have the financial means to offer large grants to our doctoral students, which could cover their costs of living and researching throughout the years they spend writing their doctoral thesis. Thus we strongly advise you to come up with a plan to finance your doctoral research project before applying as a member to our doctoral program. However, once you are a member of the doctoral program you can apply for some limited financial support – for further details, please click  here .

The credits and courses attended within the framework of the interdisciplinary Global Studies Doctoral Program are listed in a supplement to the doctoral degree certificate. To earn this supplement, you will have to acquire a total of 20 ECTS that you can, as a rule, collect over the course of 6 terms. We believe that you are the expert when it comes to your doctoral research project, so you can acquire ECTS by attending a wide variety of courses and events that are either compulsory (12 ECTS), compulsory-elective (8 ECTS), or elective (not credited).

You can find further details about study requirements in our downloadable documents “GSAH Doctoral program” and “GSAH Modules".

In addition to the expertise of our teaching and research staff, our academic  events and courses , individual coaching, and the opportunity to exchange with your peers, enrolment in the Global Studies Doctoral Program gives you access to the following financial opportunities:

• Reimbursement of research-related Traveling Expenses
• Support for Conferences organized by you at the University of Bern

Graduate School of Climate Sciences

The PhD program consists mainly of the PhD thesis involving 3 to 4 years (full time) of research work in a project within one of the research units of the faculty affiliated with the Graduate School of Climate Sciences. A MSc or a higher academic degree are the precondition for admission to the program.

Institute of Political Science

Doctoral students at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences are awarded the title "Doctor rerum socialium" (Dr. rer. soc.), after successful completion of their doctoral thesis. 

Students that are interested in joining our doctoral program are advised to directly contact one of our professors or lecturers .

Information from the University and the Faculty

Information from the institute of political science, program "bausteine der guten lehre".

The Doctoral Program in political science (Programme doctoral en science politique, PDSPO) exists since 2006 and is open to all doctoral students from the CUSO universities (Bern, Fribourg, Genève, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, IHEID, IDHEAP, Institut Kurt Bösch). The program’s general objective is to encourage the production of high quality doctoral theses in the various fields of political science. More specifically, it aims to:

• complement the education of doctoral students through thematic and methodological modules on a variety of topics;
• ensure their integration into a "scientific community", by encouraging exchanges and the confrontation of ideas and by reinforcing the supervision of doctoral theses;
• to familiarize them with practical aspects of research by providing them with various information (summer schools, scholarships, stays abroad, fundraising, job opportunities) and by offering a space for discussion around topics such as career strategies (academic or non-academic) and strategies for publishing and research evaluation.

The CUSO courses can be credited to the doctorate.

More information: https://politique.cuso.ch/accueil/

Usually, doctoral students also teach. The Department of Social Sciences supports doctoral students in planning and executing their courses, for example, with the program “Bausteine der guten Lehre”. The program is open to all the lecturers at the department.

More information (in German):

Institute of Philosophy

After completing your undergraduate and graduate studies, doing a doctorate is one possible next step. Before beginning a doctorate, however, you should clarify whether pursuing this path is the right choice.

If so, you have to find out which of the following options is best suited to your personal needs:

Free Doctorate

Doing a free doctorate is the most classical format of pursuing a doctorate and allows for a lot of individual freedom.

Structured Doctoral Program

Doctoral programs are structured teaching and research programs, which consist of a combination of a free doctorate and additional compulsory educational modules.

For example, there are the following structured doctoral programs:

• Graduate schools, in which the faculty participates,
• Doctoral programs conducted by the research centers of the faculty,
• Other doctoral programs which are recognized by the faculty.

Aims of a Doctorate

A successful doctorate at our faculty are the following aim:

• To enlarge the current understanding by doing innovative and high-quality work.
• To develop the skills to research in a substantial and integer way.
• To systematically comprehend a subject matter and to master one’s methods.
• To be able to analyse and synthesise new and complex ideas critically.
• To develop the competency to contribute to methodological, social, or cultural developments within the academic context.
• To fulfill national and international publication standards.

Sources: Article 2, “Promotionsreglement” of the faculty of humanities of the University of Bern.

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• Counselling Centre Universities of Bern
• PhD at the Faculty of Humanities
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
• Swiss Federal List of Foundations (German)

Doctoral Program Brain and Behavioral Sciences

Phd program.

The “Doctoral Program for Brain and Behavioral Sciences" establishes and provides a semi-structured, research-oriented post-graduate curriculum for Ph.D. candidates, with the involvement of senior researchers and Ph.D. students working on issues related to brain and behavioral sciences, scientific writing, research methodology, and statistics.

This will be done with the help of content-focused graduate courses, annual summer courses, and by providing an active research network and the necessary infrastructure for high-quality research of selected Ph.D. candidates. For every course they attend, the Ph. D. students will receive a course certificate.

Upon completion of the Doctoral Program, the Ph. D. students will be awarded with a doctoral program certificate.

Institute of Sport Science

Doctoral studies.

Admission and doctoral studies at the Institute of Sport Science are governed by the doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Humanities. General information on tuition fees and deadlines can be obtained from the Admissions Office of the University. Contact persons for supervision are the heads of the departments of the Institute of Sport Science.

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

More than 20 leading scientists lecture and research at our department. We offer a modern curriculum within the Bachelor and Master programs "Chemistry and Molecular Sciences", "Biochemistry and Molecular Life Science" and "Pharmaceutical Sciences". As a further step we offer an attractive and versatile PhD program in Chemistry and Biochemistry. 

Furthermore, there are up to four apprenticeship positions as "Laborantinnen" or "Laboranten EFZ / Fachrichtung Chemie"  to be filled per year at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Please follow the link for an overview of the department:

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Boris theses and dissertations.

Don't hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions.

All dissertations submitted at the University of Bern are included in the library catalog . Additionally, we will make the full text of your dissertation available in Open Access via Swisscovery and BORIS Theses  if this is legally possible.

Publish your dissertation on our open access repository BORIS Theses

Publication.

BORIS Thesis is a repository created so that the university's PhD candidates can publish and archive their dissertations in open access. This offers our PhDs a path to publish their theses fast and free of charge while at the same time fulfilling their obligation to publish and deliver statutory copies to their deaneries. A prerequisite is, of course, that this option is covered by the PhD regulation of the relevant deanery/faculty.

If you have questions or would like to upload a dissertation, make sure to contact our team. You can reach us at [email protected]

What are the advantages of publishing a dissertation electronically?

• Your dissertation will be able to be seen in full free of charge all over the world.
• Your dissertation can be found via international library catalogs and using the dissertation portal DART Europe .
• Long-term archiving is guaranteed due to the collaboration with the Swiss National Library

Does an electronic publication do away with the need to submit printed statutory copies?

Make sure to chekc with your advisor(s) and your deanery, whether a publication on the University Library Bern servers or repository is considered to be an additional form of publication or if it replaces the requirement to submit statutory copies or the publication with a publishing house. The individual faculties deal with this in different ways. You will find details in the relevant PhD regulations.

Next Steps: Information about publishing on BORISTheses, publishing parts of your dissertation, archiving your dissertation

Should you wish to publish your dissertation on BORIS Theses; or you are looking for a way to publish parts of your thesis, or you want to archive it, please read the following documents carefully. If you have any questions, contact us directly:  [email protected]

Instructions & Documents

• Guidelines (PDF, 178KB)
• Declaration of Consent (PDF, 117KB)

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