Bern University of Applied Sciences

Short description: Vocational university in Switzerland

Bern University of Applied Sciences

Berner Fachhochschule

Type| Public university
Established| 1997
Rector| Dr. Prof. Sebastian Wörwag[1]

Administrative staff

| 2,482 (equivalent to 1,652 full-time)
of which professors: 915 (equivalent to 580 full-time) (31 December 2019)
Students| 7,188 (31 December 2019)
Location|

Bern, Biel, Burgdorf, Magglingen, Zollikofen

Switzerland

Affiliations| Swissuniversities[2] European University Association[3]
Website| http://www.bfh.ch/

The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS, German: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, French: Haute école spécialisée bernoise HESB) is a public vocational university with a strong national and international profile. It comprises six departments and also incorporates the Higher Technical School of Wood, which is affiliated to the Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering.

## Contents

* 1 Locations
* 2 Departments
* 3 Growth
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes and references
* 6 External links

## Locations

BFH is currently spread across 26 locations in Bern, Biel, Burgdorf, Magglingen and Zollikofen. In 2012, the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern decided to bring together the Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering and the Department of Engineering and Information Technology onto a single campus in Biel. The launch of the Biel/Bienne campus is scheduled for autumn 2023.[4][5] The Health Professions, Social Work and Business departments and Bern University of the Arts will likely move to a shared campus in Bern in autumn 2026.[6]

## Departments

The Departments of the Bern University of Applied Sciences include:[7]

* Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering
* Health Professions
* Business
* School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
* Bern University of the Arts
* Social Work
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM

As well as Bachelor and master's degree programmes, BFH offers continuing education, applied research and development and other services.

The sports, agriculture, forest science, automotive engineering, nutrition and dietetics, literary writing and medical informatics degree programmes are unique in German-speaking Switzerland or throughout the whole of Switzerland.

## Growth

The following table shows how student numbers at the Bern University of Applied Sciences have grown since the University was founded in 1997.

Year1 | Bachelor studies | Master studies | Diploma programmes2 | Continuing education3 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

1997[8] |  |  |  |  | 800
2000[8] |  |  |  |  | 4190
2005[9] |  |  | 3893 | 940 | 4831
2006[9] |  |  | 4255 | 868 | 5123
2007[10] | 3454 | 62 | 256 | 557 | 4952
2008[11] | 3944 | 372 | 20 | 479 | 4935
2009[12] | 4835 | 663 | 32 | 593 | 5673
2010[13] | 4734 | 883 | 5 | 715 | 6337
2011[14] | 4938 | 975 | 0 | 506 | 6419
2012[15] | 5127 | 1100 | 0 | 497 | 6724
2013[16] | 5284 | 1090 | 0 | 401 | 6775
2014[17] | 5477 | 1121 | 0 | 559 | 7157
2015[18] | 5528 | 1136 | 0 | 151 | 6851
2016[19] | 5609 | 1255 | 0 | 179 | 7043
2017[20] | 5642 | 1249 | 0 | 203 | 7094
2018[21] | 5'689  | 1'281  | 0  | 220  | 7'190
2019[22] | 5'603  | 1'376  | 0  | 209  | 7'188

1 Figures as of 31 December
2 Degree programmes prior to the Bologna Reform (which introduced Bachelor/Master's degree programmes)
3 Only MAS/EMBA students (not including CAS/DAS students). From 2014 onwards, non-matriculated MAS/EMBA students are also included in the statistics for BFH's areas of activity.

## See also

* List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland

## Notes and references

1. ↑ "Sebastian Wörwag becomes the New President of BFH". https://www.bfh.ch/en/news/press-releases/president/.
2. ↑ "Members". https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/organisation/members.
3. ↑ "EUA welcomes 15 new members". https://eua.eu/resources/news/600-eua-welcomes-15-new-members.html.
4. ↑ "Projekt Campus Biel/Bienne". https://www.campus-biel-bienne.ch/projekt/.
5. ↑ "Campus Biel/Bienne wird frühestens im Herbst 2023 eröffnet". Kanton Bern. https://www.campus-biel-bienne.ch/assets/download/Campus-MM-BVE-Campus-Biel-Terminverzoegerung-18092019-WEB-d2.pdf.
6. ↑ "Der Campus der Zukunft". Kanton Bern. https://www.campus-bern.ch/projekt/projektbeschrieb/.
7. ↑ "BFH - BFH - Berner Fachhochschule". http://www.bfh.ch/bfh.html. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "bfs.admin.ch - PX-Web". https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Selection.aspx?px_language=de&px_type=PX&tablelist=true&layout=tableViewLayout2&selection=px-x-1502040200_170&px_db=px-x-1502040200_170&rxid=ed6d528e-2c61-4055-9e9e-9785b0ea7372&px_tableid=px-x-1502040200_170\px-x-1502040200_170.px. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Tätigkeitsbericht 2006 - Rapport d'activié 2006". http://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetigkeitsbericht_2006?mode=window&proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=%23222222. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
10. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2007 - Rapport d'activité 2007". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetigkeitsbericht_2007?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/8500614. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
11. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2008 - Rapport d'activité 2008". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetigkeitsbericht_2008?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/2975665. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
12. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2009 - Rapport d'activité 2010". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetigkeitsbericht_2009?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/2975633. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
13. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2010 - Rapport d'activité 2010". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetigkeitsbericht_2010?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/2830797. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
14. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2011 - Rapport d'activité 2011". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_tb_2011?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/2753255. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
15. ↑ "BFH Tätigkeitsbericht 2012". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_taetikgeitsbericht_2012?proSidebarEnabled=true&backgroundColor=#222222&e=4922810/2422431. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
16. ↑ "Tätigkeitsbericht 2013 - Rapport d'activité 2013". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_2013_taetigkeitsbericht. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
17. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2014 - Rapport de gestion 2014". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_geschaeftsbericht_komplett. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
18. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2015 - Rapport de gestion 2015". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_gb_jr_2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
19. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2016 - Rapport de gestion 2016". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_gb_jb_2016_a2d40a0600d035. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
20. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2017". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_gb_jb_kombiniert_web.
21. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2018 | Rapport de gestion 2018". https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/bfh_gb_2018_einzelseiten.
22. ↑ "Geschäftsbericht 2019" (in en). https://issuu.com/bernerfachhochschule/docs/geschaeftsbericht-2019_bfh_interaktiv.

## External links

* Bern University of Applied Sciences website

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Universities in Switzerland

according Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA

Universities|

* University of Basel
* University of Bern
* University of Fribourg
* University of Geneva
* University of Neuchâtel
* University of Lausanne
* University of Lucerne
* Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)
* University of St. Gallen (HSG)
* University of Zurich
* Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
* Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)

Public Universities
of Applied Sciences|

* Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)
* Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
* University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
* University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (FHO)
* University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO)
* Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
* Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZFH)
* Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW (ZHAW)
* Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration (HWZ)
* Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
* Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH)

Private universities of applied sciences|

* Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences

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