Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)

The Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS) offers research-oriented curricula on psychological and physiological factors that determine the health of individuals and groups in their social contexts and physical environments. The GHS is an interdisciplinary program jointly organized by the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Human Sciences and offers research PhD programs, addressing questions rooted in both basic research and applied fields. 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 assigned to one of the three expert committees with the following fields of expertise:

Preventive and Social Medicine, Public Health, Medical Education, Psychology, Rehabilitation & Clinical Research
Neurosciences
Clinical Sciences: clinical career & patient-oriented research (50:50 model)

News and events

Information COVID-19: Update 18.01.2022

The GHS joins the University Executive Board and the crisis managment team in asking for your cooperation in dealing with the current situation containing Covid-19 and thanks you for your enormous commitment.

Please download the pdf to see the latest guidelines.

If you have questions, please contact the GHS by email info@ghs.unibe.ch.

Please check the linked PDF file for detailed information.

Solidarity with Ukraine

Support measures for scientists from Ukraine
The Graduate School for Health Sciences 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
www.swiss-ukrainian.ch

Your GHS Team

GHS Home Office until further notice - info@ghs.unibe.ch

Annual Report 2020

Summer Closure

The Graduate School for Health Sciences will be closed from July 21, 2022 – August 7, 2022.

If you plan to defend your thesis in July or August 2022, please be aware that the defense date cannot be between July 21 and August 7.
In case you plan to defend your thesis in August or September 2022, the deadline for submitting the application documents as well as the assessments from the thesis advisor and co-referee is 8-9 weeks prior to the defense date. This is due to the summer closure of the GHS and the availability of the deans during the summer. Please inform the GHS Office at info@ghs.unibe.ch as soon as you know your defense date, and we will get back to you with the exact deadline.

We wish you all a nice summer time.
The GHS Team