Transferable Skills

Transferable skills are cross-disciplinary competencies—such as communication, project and time management, leadership, data literacy, research integrity, and intercultural collaboration—that help you thrive within and beyond academia. The University of Bern offers a Transferable Skills Program for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, designed to complement your subject expertise with practical, career-enhancing training.

Transferable skills

transferable skills

The University of Bern offers a transferable Skills Program for (Post)Docs. Please find more information on the transferable skills website of the University of Bern:

University Library of Bern UB

A collection of courses concerning research methods, academic writing and reference management.

University Library: Courses

Language Courses

The University of Bern provides extracurricular language and scientific writing courses. 

Academic Language Services

Center for Continuing Education ZUW

The Zentrum for universitäre Weiterbildung ZUW (German) offers a variety of CAS, DAS and MAS courses and singular modules.

Zentrum für universitäre Weiterbildung ZUW