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title: "University of Bern Starting your Studies – Orientation Day Main Building Aula; Rector welcomes new Master students"
sdDatePublished: "2026-08-12T13:50:00Z"
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topics:
  - name: "education"
    identifier: "medtop:05000000"
  - name: "students"
    identifier: "medtop:20000415"
locations:
  - "Bern-Mittelland"
  - "Bern"
  - "Switzerland"
---


University of Bern Starting your Studies – Orientation Day Main Building Aula; Rector welcomes new Master students

www.unibe.ch/freshers_day
Friday, September 11, 2026
Program of the introductory events for new Master students
Academic Year 2026/27
Starting your Master Studies
Orientation Day

Starting your Studies – Orientation Day
2026
2nd floor
Aula
Official Welcome
2nd floor, room 210
Academic Units
General Secretariat
UniBE International
Office for Equal Opportunities
Students Union University of Bern (SUB)
Admissions Office ZIB
(ground floor, Infopoint, room 020)
Language Center
– Academic English
– German as a foreign language
Collegium generale
University Sports
Career Service
Innovation Office
Main Building: the morning
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Main Entrance
ground floor
Admissions Office
(ZIB, Infopoint)
University Library of Bern
For information about guided tours see
www.unibe.ch/ub/einfuehrungen
External Units
Universities of Bern Counselling Centre
Swiss National Library
Hallwylstrasse 15 (from 30 November
2026: Monbijoustrasse 72–74)
For information about guided tours see
www.nb.admin.ch or info@nb.admin.ch
Foyer
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Starting your Studies – Orientation Day
2026
Agenda
8.30 to 12.30 pm
Official Welcome by the Rector, Main Building, Aula (several sessions)
8.30 to 12.30 pm
General Information on Studying in Bern, Main Building, Foyer
9.30 to 2.30 pm
Campus Student Groups, UniS

9.30 to 6 pm
Introduction to the Study Programs
by the Faculties, Departments and Institutes
Official Welcome
8.30 am
• Faculty of Humanities
9.30 am
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Human Sciences
10.20 am
• Faculty of Science
11.15 am
• Faculty of Business, Economics and
	 Social Sciences
• Vetsuisse Faculty
12.05 pm
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Medicine
The official welcome addresses are given by
the rector and the other persons listed below
and follow the timetable given above:
Prof. Dr. Virginia Richter
Rector
Dr. Andrea Hungerbühler
Secretary General
Coordinator Orientation Day
Sidonia Christ
Board Member of the Students Union of
the University of Bern (SUB)
Claudia Willen / Karin Beyeler
Head of Office for Equal Opportunities
Mirjam Zeiter
Psychologist, Universities of Bern
Counselling Centre

Starting your Studies – Orientation Day
2026
Main Entrance, Schanzeneckstrasse 1
UniS, Ground floor
UniS: Campus Student Groups
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2026
Students Union
• Students Union of the University of
Bern (SUB)
• Studierendenrat (SR)
Other Groups, external
• Brands for Students
• LibRomania
• Marrow Bern
• Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Student Associations
• Achtung Liebe Bern
• Academic Surf Club Bern
• AIESEC Bern
• ARK – Akademischer Reitklub Bern
• ELSA – European Law Students›
Association
• ESN Bern
• Feministisches Hochschulkollektiv
Bern
• Foraus
• Mindbalance
• MUN – Model United Nations
• Neurodivergentes Znacht
• OG – Offiziersgesellschaft der
Universität Bern
• Queerstudents
• Students4Sustainability und
Studigarten
• STBI – Studenti Ticinesi a Berna
• Swiss Diplomacy Student Asso-
ciation Bern
Cultural Groups
• ALSO – Alumni- & Sinfonie-
Orchester
• BeASt* – Berner Acapella Stu­
dent*innen
• Unichor Bern
• Uob – Uniorchester Bern
Religious Groups
• aki – Katholische Hochschulseel­
sorge
• Forum3
• CAMPUSlive Bern
• Christliche Hochschulgruppe VBG
Bern
Fraternities and Sororities
• AKV Burgundia
• AV Berchtoldia
• Berna Bernensis
• Hétaïra Bern
• Zofingia
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Faculty of Humanities
Welcome of the new students and
introduction by the Dean:
9.30 to 10 am
Unitobler, room F022
Institute of History
Introduction to Master studies
in History
Mono/Major/Minor: 3.15 to 4:15 pm
bilingual German/English
Unitobler, room F021
Followed by a welcome aperitif outside,
at the institute if it rains: 3.30 to 5 pm
Institute of Archaeological Sciences
Information to Master studies in
Archaeology Major/Minor: 2.15 to 3pm
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
room 124
Followed by a tour of the institute with
aperitif: 3 to 3.45 pm
Unit of Social Anthropology
Master of Arts in Social Anthropology
Major/Minor, Master program in
Anthropology of Transnationalism
and the State (ATS) Major/Minor and
Master program in Cultural Differences
and Transnational Processes (CREOLE)
Mono: 2.30 to 3.30 pm
at the unit, Lerchenweg 36,
seminar room S221, 2nd floor
Unit for the Study of Middle East and
Muslim Societies
Master of Arts in Studies of the Middle
East and Muslim Societies Major/Minor:
Monday, 14.09.2026, Kick-Off Day
(part of the Master program in accor­
dance with the KSL)
Unit for the Science of Religion
Bachelor and Master of Arts in Science
of Religion Major/Minor: 4 to 5 pm
Followed by an aperitif
at the unit, Lerchenweg 36,
seminar room S113, 1st floor
Institute of Art History
Master of Arts in Art History Mono/
Major: 10.45 to 12.30 am
Master of Arts in Art History
Minor&HKB: 1.45 to 3.30 pm
The introduction sessions includes a
visiting tour of the University Mittel­
strasse and «Meet the IKG»
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
social hub 179
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Introductions to the Master’s degree programs
of the faculties and institutes
Presentation in English only if marked with
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Institute of Musicology
Master of Arts in Musicology Major/
Minor: 1.30 to 2 pm
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
room 120
Guided tour of the Uni Mittelstrasse
and the institute by assistants (incl.
library and phonotheque): 2 to 2.30 pm
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
room 103
Aperitif offered by the student council:
3.15 to 3.45 pm
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
social hub 119
Institute of Philosophy
Master of Arts in Political, Legal and
Economic Philosophy (PLEP) and
Master of Arts in Philosophy Major/
Minor:
There will be an introductory session/
aperitif in September. New master
students will be personally invited
Institute of Theater Studies
no specific event for new master
students
Department of English
Master of Arts in English Language and
Linguistics Major/Minor and Master
of Arts in English Literary Studies
Major/Minor: 10 to 11 am
Unitobler, room F014
Institute of French Language
and Literature
Master of Arts in French Linguistics/
Literature Major/Minor: 2 to 3 pm
Unitobler, room F-122
Podcast: https://www.francais.unibe.ch
The presentation will be held in French.
Followed by a tour of Unitobler (mee­
ting point: 3.05 pm at the SUB-Hüsli),
then aperitif at the institute
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
3rd floor
Institute of Germanic Languages
and Literatures
Master of Arts in German Studies,
German Linguistics and German
Literature
Major: 10.30 to 12 am
Minor: 2 to 3.30 pm
Unitobler, room F022
Followed by a tour of the institute and a
welcome aperitif
Institute of Italian Language
and Literature
Bachelor and Master of Arts in Italian
Linguistics and Literature Major/Minor:
1 to 2 pm
Unitobler, room F007
Followed by a students’ committee
aperitif
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
3rd floor
Institute of Classical Philology
Welcome session to Bachelor and
Master studies in Classics Major/Minor:
2 to 3 pm
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
room B143, 1st floor
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Institute of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Introduction to Slavic studies Bachelor
and Master Major/Minor:
2 to 3 pm
Orientation event for new students
including a tour of the institute and the
library, followed by an aperitif hosted
by the student’s committee
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
room B347, 3rd floor
Department of Spanish Language
and Literature
Bachelor and Master of Arts
in Spanish Linguistics and Literature
Major/Minor: 11.30 to 12.30 pm
Unitobler, room F007
Followed by an aperitif, in collaboration
with the student’s committee:
12.30 to 1.30 pm
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
3rd floor
Department of Linguistics
Master of Arts in Linguistics Major/
Minor, individual student consultation:
1.15 to 1.45 pm
at the institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
room B166, 1st floor
Interdisciplinary Units
Center for Global Studies
Master of Arts in Latin American
Studies Mono/Major/Minor:
11 to 13 pm
Presentation of the study program.
Afterwards, a short tour of the institute
and lunch with students from the Latin
American Studies program.
at the Institute, Länggassstrasse 49,
room B128, 1st floor
Bachelor and Master of Arts in Eastern
European Studies Major/Minor:
3.30 to 4.30 pm
Presentation of the study programe, the
student association and the Swiss
Library of Eastern Europe (SOB).
Followed by a walk to the exhibition on
Anna Tumarkin and women’s higher
education in Switzerland
Schweizerische Osteuropabibliothek,
Hallerstrasse 6, 1st basement
Center for the Study of Language
and Society
Introduction to the CSLS and Master of
Arts in Sociolinguistics Mono/Major/
Minor: 12.45 to 1.45 pm
Center for the Study of Language and
Society (CSLS), Muesmattstrasse 45,
3012 Bern, room D124, 1st floor
Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender
Studies
Master Gender Studies Minor:
3.30 to 4.15 pm
Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43,
room 170
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Faculty of Theology
Information for graduate students
Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies/
Theology Major/Minor, Master Gender
and Religion Minor, Master Jewish
Studies/Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
Minor, Master of Arts in Ancient
Judaism Mono/Major: 3 to 3.30 pm
Unitobler, room F–113
Faculty of Human Sciences
Institute of Educational Science
Bachelor and Master of Science in
Education Mono/Major: 11 to 12 am
Areal vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 8,
seminar room B101, 1. OG
Followed by an aperitif, in collaboration
with the students’ committee
Bachelor and Master of Science in
Education Minor: 2 to 3 pm
Areal vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6,
lecture hall 004, ground floor
Institute of Psychology
Master of Science in Psychology
Mono/Minor: 2.30 to 3 pm
Areal vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6,
lecture hall 003, ground floor
Institute of Sport Science
no specific event for new master
students
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Faculty of Science
Introduction by the Dean:
12.30 to 1 pm, names A–L
1.15 to 1.45 pm, names M–Z
Building «Exakte Wissenschaften»,
Sidlerstrasse 5, room A006,
1st basement
Mathematics, Statistics
and Informatics
Mathematics and Statistics
Master of Science in Statistics
and Data Science Mono/Minor:
3.30 to 4 pm
Building «Exakte Wissenschaften»,
Sidlerstrasse 5, room B007,
2nd basement
Informatics
Master of Science in Computer Science
Mono/Minor: 4 to 4.30 pm
Building «Exakte Wissenschaften»,
Sidlerstrasse 5, room A006,
1st basement
Followed by a snack in front
of room A006
Physics and Astronomy
no specific event for new master
students
Chemistry, Biochemistry
and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
no specific event for new master
students
Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
Master of Science in Chemistry and
Molecular Sciences Mono/Minor
(no information about Master of
Science in Molecular Life Sciences):
3.30 to 4 pm
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry
and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Freiestrasse 3, lecture hall EG16, ground
floor
Afterwards short tour through the
institute and get-together with
students of the department
Pharmaceutical Sciences
no specific event for new master
students
Departement of Biology
Biology
no specific event for new master
students
Bioinformatics
Monday, 14.09.2026
Master of Science in Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology Mono:
8.15 to 10 am
University of Fribourg
Geosciences
Earth Sciences
BEFRI Master of Science in Earth
Sciences: the introduction takes place
in the first week of the semester
(excursion «Dynamic Alps»)
Geography
Master of Science in Geography
Mono/Major/Minor: 3 to 3.45 pm
Institute of Geography, Hallerstrasse 12,
room 001, ground floor
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