Environmental and climate change, globalisation or regionalisation of economy, social tensions and migration are just a few of the important challenges of our time. There is a lot of knowledge available, which is already incorporated in our course work. Simultaneously, we still need to better understand the underlying processes of change, i.e. we need more cutting edge research. Are you interested to explore these processes with their causes and consequences? Or would you rather like to solve problems, implement knowledge and change things?
The Institute for Geography at the University of Bern offers a comprehensive program relevant for the contemporary labour market: basic research, applied research, practice, and teaching. First, you get a broad education comprising natural and social science themes, approaches and methods. Whatever route you will choose later on, we invite you to take advantage of the diverse range of courses and possibilities of collaboration in various research units and get to know a wide range of geographical thinking. Over the course of your studies, your preferences will come up and you will be able to decide whether you will focus on a specialisation, or you can keep a broader geographic look. After all, a great challenge of the present time remains the integrative investigation of complex human-environment relationships that requires a combination of physical and human geographical procedures.
You will decide which sub-discipline you would like to specialize in or whether you want to work across the sub-disciplines.
Why study geography in Bern?
Brochure "Studying Geography in Bern"
Students present the geography program
What do former and current students and lecturers say (video in German)
