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University of Bern Data
Total number of students
11,740
Number of international students
1,963
Total number of academic staff
682
Number of international staff
324
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
1,539
Number of master's degrees awarded
1,558
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
746
Number of research only staff
636
Number of new undergraduate students
1,884
Number of new master's students
1,116
Number of new doctoral students
730
University of Bern Rankings
University of Bern is ranked #107 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
University of Bern Rankings
University of Bern Subject Rankings
- #164in Arts and Humanities
- #181in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #26in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
- #141in Cell Biology
- #454in Chemistry (tie)
- #69in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #480in Computer Science (tie)
- #92in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- #73in Environment/Ecology
- #45in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- #55in Geosciences
- #122in Immunology
- #63in Infectious Diseases (tie)
- #39in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
- #77in Microbiology
- #176in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie)
- #139in Neuroscience and Behavior (tie)
- #131in Oncology (tie)
- #98in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- #498in Physical Chemistry (tie)
- #101in Physics (tie)
- #86in Plant and Animal Science (tie)
- #136in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #132in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
- #65in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- #205in Social Sciences and Public Health
- #112in Space Science
- #56in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Bern's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
69.3
Global research reputation
#270
Regional research reputation
#119
Publications
#146
Books
#186
Conferences
#747
Normalized citation impact
#129
Total citations
#114
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#120
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#129
International collaboration - relative to country
#778
International collaboration
#71
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#153
Arts and Humanities overall score
46.7
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#271
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#61
Arts and Humanities publications
#189
Arts and Humanities books
#164
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#91
Arts and Humanities total citations
#156
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#162
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#114
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#188
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#29
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
45.7
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#403
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#102
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#239
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#47
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#132
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#201
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#204
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#365
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#39
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#164
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#159
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
72.9
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#38
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#94
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#62
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#34
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#30
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#47
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#123
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#7
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#24
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#37
Cell Biology overall score
42.4
Cell Biology publications
#194
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#145
Cell Biology total citations
#168
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#157
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#118
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#183
Cell Biology international collaboration
#14
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#114
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#71
Chemistry overall score
45.9
Chemistry global research reputation
#309
Chemistry regional research reputation
#284
Chemistry publications
#458
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#516
Chemistry total citations
#444
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#460
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#602
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#329
Chemistry international collaboration
#75
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#468
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#626
Clinical Medicine overall score
72.4
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#91
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#12
Clinical Medicine publications
#95
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#324
Clinical Medicine total citations
#88
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#76
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#160
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#432
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#42
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#71
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#196
Computer Science overall score
32.0
Computer Science global research reputation
#452
Computer Science regional research reputation
#176
Computer Science publications
#563
Computer Science conferences
#587
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#174
Computer Science total citations
#417
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#383
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#91
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#462
Computer Science international collaboration
#82
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#487
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#398
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
57.9
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#152
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#25
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#95
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#140
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#134
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#116
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#7
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#109
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#83
Environment/Ecology overall score
75.1
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#113
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#73
Environment/Ecology publications
#133
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#67
Environment/Ecology total citations
#88
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#96
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#114
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#306
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#26
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#68
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#86
Gastroenterology and Hepatology overall score
64.1
Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications
#109
Gastroenterology and Hepatology conferences
#6
Gastroenterology and Hepatology normalized citation impact
#7
Gastroenterology and Hepatology total citations
#59
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#75
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#27
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration - relative to country
#146
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration
#17
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#13
Geosciences overall score
68.9
Geosciences global research reputation
#82
Geosciences regional research reputation
#66
Geosciences publications
#68
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#64
Geosciences total citations
#48
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#60
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#146
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#307
Geosciences international collaboration
#65
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#51
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#115
Immunology overall score
38.4
Immunology global research reputation
#146
Immunology regional research reputation
#38
Immunology publications
#74
Immunology normalized citation impact
#123
Immunology total citations
#81
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#77
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#94
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#205
Immunology international collaboration
#27
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#165
Infectious Diseases overall score
58.5
Infectious Diseases publications
#70
Infectious Diseases conferences
#31
Infectious Diseases normalized citation impact
#52
Infectious Diseases total citations
#64
Infectious Diseases number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#59
Infectious Diseases percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#63
Infectious Diseases international collaboration - relative to country
#156
Infectious Diseases international collaboration
#46
Infectious Diseases number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#50
Infectious Diseases percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#55
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences overall score
71.4
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences regional research reputation
#1
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences publications
#48
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences conferences
#122
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences normalized citation impact
#18
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences total citations
#36
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#41
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#71
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#118
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration
#42
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#31
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#17
Microbiology overall score
46.6
Microbiology global research reputation
#58
Microbiology regional research reputation
#1
Microbiology publications
#92
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#173
Microbiology total citations
#117
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#135
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#181
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#213
Microbiology international collaboration
#56
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#146
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#169
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
43.2
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#34
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#180
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#163
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#159
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#149
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#146
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#267
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#40
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#130
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#134
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
43.7
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#192
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#52
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#101
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#149
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#105
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#109
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#165
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#285
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#32
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#100
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#152
Oncology overall score
49.3
Oncology publications
#179
Oncology conferences
#7
Oncology normalized citation impact
#162
Oncology total citations
#161
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#158
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#159
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#271
Oncology international collaboration
#20
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#139
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#139
Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score
55.8
Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation
#221
Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation
#46
Pharmacology and Toxicology publications
#314
Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact
#8
Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations
#146
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#225
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#96
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration - relative to country
#265
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration
#30
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#127
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#58
Physical Chemistry overall score
36.0
Physical Chemistry publications
#573
Physical Chemistry conferences
#158
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#456
Physical Chemistry total citations
#572
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#530
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#416
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#111
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#21
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#517
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#491
Physics overall score
69.7
Physics global research reputation
#111
Physics regional research reputation
#47
Physics publications
#243
Physics normalized citation impact
#110
Physics total citations
#151
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#145
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#106
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#452
Physics international collaboration
#96
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#117
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#116
Plant and Animal Science overall score
72.2
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#113
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#12
Plant and Animal Science publications
#81
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#225
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#75
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#111
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#373
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#434
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#113
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#124
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#327
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
49.0
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#230
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#101
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#117
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#173
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#117
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#100
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#130
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#232
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#21
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#87
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
53.3
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#252
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#36
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#184
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#247
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#202
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#59
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#221
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#24
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#123
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#18
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
60.3
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#70
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#92
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#82
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#65
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#54
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#56
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#143
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#27
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#77
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#122
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
51.1
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#575
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#175
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#226
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#87
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#179
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#169
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#93
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#384
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#33
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#144
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#76
Space Science overall score
48.7
Space Science global research reputation
#57
Space Science regional research reputation
#46
Space Science publications
#88
Space Science normalized citation impact
#109
Space Science total citations
#100
Space Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#80
Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#91
Space Science international collaboration - relative to country
#220
Space Science international collaboration
#110
Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#129
Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#153
Surgery overall score
61.2
Surgery publications
#104
Surgery conferences
#124
Surgery normalized citation impact
#35
Surgery total citations
#77
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#205
Surgery international collaboration
#12
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#50
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#45