Bern University of Applied Sciences

Bern University of Applied Sciences
founding	October 1, 1997
Sponsorship	state / cantonal
place	Bern , Biel , Burgdorf , Magglingen , Zollikofen
Rector	Herbert Binggeli
Students	6,979 (December 31, 2019)
Employee	2,482 (1,652 full-time equivalents) (December 31, 2019)
including professors	915 (580 full-time equivalents) (December 31, 2019)
Networks	Swissuniversities
Website	www.bfh.ch

The Bern University of Applied Sciences ( BFH ; French Haute école spécialisée bernoise , English Bern University of Applied Sciences ) is an application-oriented university, which was founded in the 1997th It consists of seven departments as well as the Federal University for Sport Magglingen EHSM, which is affiliated with BFH.

Locations

BFH is currently spread across 26 locations in the cities of Bern, Biel, Burgdorf, Magglingen and Zollikofen. In 2012, the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern decided to concentrate the departments of architecture, wood and construction as well as technology and IT on one campus in Biel. The commissioning of the Biel / Bienne campus is planned for autumn 2023. A concentration of the departments of health, social work, economics and the Bern University of the Arts on a common campus in Bern is planned for autumn 2026.

Departments

The departments of the Bern University of Applied Sciences include:

• Architecture, wood and construction with an attached wood college
• College of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
• Bern University of the Arts
• Technology and IT
• economy
• health
• Social work
• Eidgenössische Hochschule für Sport Magglingen EHSM

In addition to bachelor and master courses , the BFH offers further training, applied research and development and services.

The degree courses in sport, agronomy, forest sciences, wood technology, automotive technology, nutrition and dietetics as well as literary writing and medical informatics are unique in German-speaking Switzerland or even in Switzerland.

Development of student numbers

The following table shows the development of the number of students at the Bern University of Applied Sciences since it was founded in 1997.

Year 1	Bachelor degree	Master's degree	Diploma courses 2	Continuing education 3	total
1997					800
2000					4,190
2005			3,893	940	4,831
2006			4'255	868	5,123
2007	3,454	62	256	557	4,952
2008	3,944	372	20th	479	4,935
2009	4,385	663	32	593	5,673
2010	4,734	883	5	715	6,337
2011	4,938	975	0	506	6'419
2012	5,127	1,100	0	497	6,724
2013	5'284	1,090	0	401	6,775
2014	5'477	1,121	0	559	7'157
2015	5,528	1,136	0	151	6,851
2016	5,609	1,255	0	179	7,043
2017	5,642	1,249	0	203	7094
2018	5,689	1,281	0	220	7'190
2019	5,603	1,376	0	209	7,188

¹ Information always relates to December 31 as the reference date

² courses of study before the Bologna reform (Bachelor / Master courses)

³ Only MAS / EMBA students (without CAS / DAS students). From 2014, the BFH activity reports will also show non-enrolled MAS / EMBA students in the statistics.

Web links

Commons : Bern University of Applied Sciences  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Members. In: www.swissuniversities.ch. swissuniversities, 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019 .  
2. ^ Campus Biel / Bienne - project. In: www.campus-biel-bienne.ch. Retrieved August 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Campus Biel / Bienne will not open until autumn 2023 at the earliest. September 18, 2019, accessed November 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ THE CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE. In: Campus Bern. Retrieved November 25, 2019 . 
5. ↑ BFH. Bern University of Applied Sciences, accessed on July 30, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (publisher): Students at universities of applied sciences (incl. PH): basic tables . ( admin.ch [accessed on October 14, 2010]). Students at universities of applied sciences (incl. PH): Basic tables ( memento of the original dated November 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Bern University of Applied Sciences (ed.): Figures + Facts . ( bfh.ch [accessed on September 18, 2010]).
8. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office FSO. Retrieved September 7, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Activity report 2006 | Rapport d'activié 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Activity report 2007 | Rapport d'activité 2007. Accessed September 6, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Activity report 2008 | Rapport d'activité 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Activity report 2009 | Report d'activité 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Activity report 2010 | Report d'activité 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Activity report 2011 | Rapport d'activité 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
15. ↑ BFH Activity Report 2012. Accessed on September 6, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Activity report 2013 | Rapport d'activité 2013. Accessed September 6, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Annual Report 2014 | Rapport de gestion 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Annual Report 2015 | Rapport de gestion 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Annual Report 2016 | Rapport de gestion 2016. Accessed 13 May 2019 . 
20. ↑ Annual Report 2017 | Rapport de gestion 2017. Accessed 13 May 2019 . 
21. ↑ Annual Report 2018 | Rapport de gestion 2018. Retrieved on May 13, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Annual Report 2019. Accessed on May 13, 2020 (English).