Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science consists of five departments: Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biology and Geosciences. The Faculty is characterized by interdisciplinarity, which is reflected in the affiliated Research Competence Centers, National Centres of Competence in Research and Interfaculty Research Cooperation.

Studying at the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences is characterized by high quality teaching and internationally recognized research. In teaching, the Faculty offers a variety of study programmes at Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level. Graduate Schools accompany the PhD programs and specialized Master programs.

News and events

CHEOPS Launch alert!

CHEOPS launched on Dec. 2019

The space telescope CHEOPS began its journey into space on Tuesday, 17 December 2019 shortly before 10 a.m. CET. At 12:19 MEZ CHEOPS was placed in orbit at an altitude of 708 kilometres.

Award Ceremony, Faculty of Science

Ferbuary 19, 2020

Summer school takes science diplomacy to new level

When two researchers – one Israeli, the other Palestinian - met at a conference, they bonded over a mutual interest in a parasite and realized that science can indeed cross borders. This ethos is at the heart of the summer school they went on to found, the Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism (MeBoP), which is hosted by the University of Bern.

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