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, the Faculty of Human Sciences, and the Vetsuisse Faculty 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 (FK) with the following fields of expertise:

Individual Factors, Public Health and Methodologies for Health Sciences Research
Neurosciences
Clinical Sciences: clinical career & patient-oriented research (50:50 model)

More information about the PhD Program can be found here.

More information about the PhD requirements can be found here.

News and events

Winter Closure

The Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS) will be closed from December 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025.

Block Course Training for PhD Supervisors

The two-day block course "Training for PhD Supervisors" focuses on the goals, challenges and content of good supervision of doctoral students.

Transferable Skills Program for (Post)Docs

A new program for doctoral candidates and postdocs of every discipline. Check out the details!

Annual Report 2023

Information about the new regulations of the GHS

ORPHEUS

The GHS is also a member of the Orpheus (Organisation for Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System). Orpheus is an association of European biomedical and health science faculties and institutions that is committed to developing and disseminating best practice within PhD training programs.

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

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