Transferable Skills

The University of Bern offers a Transferable Skills Program for (Post)Docs which can be accredited as part of the mandatory 18.0 ECTS. Check out the website regularly for new courses. 

Extracurricular University Library Courses

The University Library Bern and the Medical Library offer courses on academic research, writing, publication (BORIS) and reference managment. Library courses are extracurricular and will not count as part of the mandatory 18.0 ECTS to be acquired during the PhD.

Extracurricular Language Courses

The University of Bern offers language and scientific writing courses for students and academic staff. Language courses are extracurricular and will not count as part of the mandatory 18.0 ECTS to be acquired during the PhD.

Extracurricular Collegium generale

The Collegium generale of the University of Bern organizes interdisciplinary lectures series on current themes and research topics every semester. The lectures are given by scholars from a variety of disciplines and are followed by a discussion. The Spring Semester 2022 lecture series "Liebe und Freundschaft" explores questions of love and frindship from the perspectives of different disciplines.

The Collegium generale lectures are extracurricular and will not count as part of the mandatory 18.0 ECTS to be acquired during the PhD.