Course Catalog

18 ECTS credit points are necessary for the GHS PhD program. The following catalog lists suggestions for the different course categories. Upon request it is possible to choose other courses.

 

It is possible to choose and participate in courses not listed in the course catalogue.

*Core Courses refer to classes that are essential for completing the PhD regardless of the specific doctoral topic, such as articles writing, presentation, or transferable skills.

Courses taken at other Swiss universities and abroad at acknowledged universities, can be recognised if they meet the criteria mentioned here: recognition of courses and conferences

PhD candidates and supervisors are very welcome to suggest topics for new courses to be added to the GHS course catalogue. For suggestions, please contact the Coordinator of the GHS: Dr. Tullia Padovani

NOTE FOR CAS COURSE CREDITS: If you intend to follow or you are already following CAS courses, please be aware that you can either use the courses for your PhD, as part of the mandatory 18 ECTS required by the GHS PhD program or acquire the CAS diploma.
The course credits cannot be used to acquire both certificates (PhD and CAS) at the same time.
Make sure to inform the CAS office if you want to use course credits for your PhD, at the time you enroll in the CAS.

In case of questions please contact the GHS office.

Mandatory Requirements (3 ECTS)

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 Mandatory Requirements
 Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 Basics of Ethics in Health Sciences Research

Registration via KSL (root number 425545) 

In case of limited capacity, priority will be given to students who are close to their defense. The registration is therefore provisional.

The GHS Office will confirm your registration after the registration deadline.

 

 

May 21-22, 2026


 

  1.0  GHS
 GHS Symposium:
 Poster presentation / Oral Presentation

Symposium

November 26-27, 2025
  1.0  GHS

Core* Courses (2 to 4 ECTS)

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Core Courses
 Additional Information Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Presenting with Confidence

CTS/KSL 425946

max. 16 participants

See KSL

  0.5 Claudia Winfield, David Levine
Core courses offered by SSPH+ (gebührenpflichtig / subject to charges)

SSPH+

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.  

 Several dates in 2025 (check link) SSPH+ (please see specific registration guidelines: :  https://ssphplus.ch/en/graduate-campus/
Core courses offered by the Transferable Skills Program

Transferable Skills Program

 Several dates in 2025 (check link) Transferable Skills Program
Core courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program

Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information 

 Several dates in 2025 (check link)
Scientific Communications for PhD Students

CTS/KSL 420465

Limited to 12 participants

See KSL

  2.0

S. Longnus,  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital

Scientific Writing Course

Inselspital

CTS/KSL 473600

Scientific_Writing_Course_2025_eng.pdf

See Course Flyer

  2.0

Inselspital, contact: peggy.vanloo@insel.ch 

Systematic literature searching for health and biomedical scientists: clinical databases

CTS/KSL 506466

max. 20 participants
October 21-22, 2025
Mittelstrasse 43
Room 320

0.5

Zayne Milena Roa Diaz, University Library Bern, Medical Library
DCR Medical Grant Writing for Clinicians

Course description and registration

Limited to 9 course participants

 

See link

 

 2 Department of Clinical Research, Dr. Kristin Bivens

Method Skills (4 to 6 ECTS)

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 Research Approaches, Tools and Applications
 Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by the Public
Health Sciences Program

Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information

 Several dates in 2025 (check links) Public Health Sciences Program
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by SSPH+

SSPH+

The courses will be subject to charges from January 2023.

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.   

Several dates in 2025 (check link)

 SSPH+
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by the Transferable Skills Program

Transferable Skills Program

Several dates in 2025 (check link)

 Transferable Skills Program
An introduction to EEG: Theory and applications in clinical and social neuroscience

CTS/KSL 434879

See KSL

 

  5.0 Dept. of Psychiatric Neurophysiology (L. Gianotti, T. König, M. Stein)
Research methods

CTS/KSL 489919 

Max. 18 participants 

No course fees

See KSL

 1

University Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern

PD Dr. Marialuisa Cavelti & Dr. Stefan Lerch

Introduction to Research Data Management

CTS/KSL 482697

Max. 16 participants

No course fees

 See KSL 1

Dr. Olga Churakova, University Library Bern
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 Statistics  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Statistic courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program

Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information

 Several dates in 2025 (check link) Public Health Sciences Program
Statistics courses offered by the Department of Clinical Research (DCR)

DCR Course Program

Please find information about the courses and fees on the website. 

 Check link for dates  Department of Clinical Research (DCR)
 Advanced statistic courses offered by SSPH+ 

SSPH+

The courses will be subject to charges from January 2023. 

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.  

  Several dates in 2025 (check link) SSPH+
 Introduction to Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Vetsuisse Bern, VPH Institute

2 Weeks, summer

  4.0

Vetsuisse / GCB
Research Methods (quantitative and qualitative research methods)

CTS/KSL  454874

See KSL

  5.0 Institute of Sport Science (J. Schmid, M. R. Zibung, N. J. Ronkeinen) 
Admission through ILIAS

Special Knowledge (min. 6 ECTS)

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 Active Participation at International Meetings  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 An abstract must have been accepted    Participation must be confirmed by the organizer
General rule for ECTS accreditation after fulfillment of all requirements.
1 ECTS is equivalent to 30 hours

0.5 for half day
1.0 ECTS for 1 day onwards
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 Research Areas: Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Medical Education, Social Sciences & Clinical Sciences  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by

Courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program

Course program

Program information

 Several dates in 2025 & 2026 Public Health Sciences Program
Various courses for Clinical Researchers 

DCR Course Program

Please find information about the courses and fees on the website. 

 Check link for dates  Department of Clinical Research (DCR)
 Epidemiology - Book Club

CTS/KSL 10416

 See KSL 1.0 (without exam)
3.0 (with exam)
  ISPM
 Swiss Epidemiology Winter School

ISPM

January 2026

See program 

 ISPM Winter School (Teaching Office)
 Module der Bewegungs- und Sporttherapie bei inneren Erkrankungen

Inselspital

Teaching language: German

 Various schedules See additional information

Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin
Inselspital (sporttherapie.med@unibe.ch)

Neglected Infectious Diseases and Populations (NIDP)

CTS/KSL: 515879

 Starting 23/02, 2026 (see dates in KSL) 3.0

Dr. Magali Roques, Institute of Cell Biology, & Prof. Carmen Faso, Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Disease
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 Colloquia, Seminar, Journal Clubs & Lecture Series  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Scientific Journal Club in Psychiatry 

CTS/KSL 474597

See KSL

 1.0 

UPD (Leila Tarokh, Thomas König) 

Research Seminar: Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology

CTS/KSL 494351

17.01, 21.02, 21.03, 25.04, 16.05, 20.06, 18.07, 15.08, 19.09, 17.10, 21.11, 19.12, 2025

 1.5

Prof. Dr. Annekatrin Steinhoff, University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern

Lecture series: Transdisciplinary Data Science to Understand Human Beings in a Digitalised World

CTS/KSL: 493415

 Starting 19.02, 2026 (see dates in KSL) 3

Prof. Malte Elson & Beth Macartney Clarke, Institute of Psychology
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 Research Area: Neuroscience  Additional Information  Term / Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced neuroimaging

CTS/KSL: 515798

 12/01 & 26/01, 2026 1

UPD, PD Dr. Yosuke Morishima &Dr. Sina Straub
Peer Review in Neuroscience Training Course

CTS/KSL: 485397


 16/09, 23/09, 14/10, 2025 1.5 UPD, PD Dr. Matthias Grieder
Brain Dissection Course

CTS / KSL 427507

no course planned at the moment

  1.0 Medical Studies (max 2-3 students, G. Herrmann)

Courses offered by Lémanic Neuroscience Doctoral School

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.

Lémanic Neuroscience

 Participation by request  various Lémanic Neuroscience
Central Nervous System


no course planned at the moment   M. Sc. Biomedical Sciences, Prof. Dr. med. Claudio Bassetti
Multimodal Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

CTS / KSL 442410

no seminar planned at the moment

 1.0
Disease and repair in the CNS

CTS/KSL 27340 

 See KSL  1.5  MLS 

Neurogenetics (together with the University of Fribourg)

 CTS/KSL 25469

 See KSL 3.0  MLS 
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 BENEFRI Program and Neuroscience Courses  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Various courses offered by BENEFRI 
Option: Specialized PhD in Neuroscience
Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.

BENEFRI Course Program

 Various dates - check link

 BENEFRI
 Annual Meeting "Clinical Neurosciences Bern" - full day participation & 1st author presentation

Clinical Neuroscience Bern

 

Annually 

  1.0

Clinical Neuroscience Bern
Disease & Repair in the CNS

KSL 27340

 See KSL 1.5

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Volker Enzmann (volker.enzmann@insel.ch)
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 Colloquia and Seminars  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 Journal Club UPD, at least 12 sessions

 UPD
See link
  1.0  UPD Bern

UPD Scientific Conference

Registration in KSL: 482226 


 

 

 Wednesday 16:30-17.15

Start: January 15, 2025
See additional information. 
  1.5  UPD Bern
 Colloquium in Cell and Developmental Biology  CTS/KSL 25847, 25848 and 25849
 See KSL 1.0 or 1.5 per module  MLS