Joint Doctorate Programs (Cotutelle de thèse)

The University of Bern no longer supports individual joint doctorates. If such involve strategically important, longer-term international cooperation within which at least five joint doctorates are awarded, the University of Bern will support the drafting of a framework agreement.

If that is the case, the doctoral candidates will receive two diplomas, each with a note stating that it is a joint doctorate; they are supervised by a professor at each university and they conduct their research work in equal amount at both universities.

Supervising professors at the University of Bern may submit applications for drafting a framework agreement, including a detailed explanation of the strategic importance of the cooperation project for the university, and the scope of the project.

Existing framework agreements

• Federal University of Pará, Brazil (in computer science)
• Philipps University of Marburg, Germany (in the Faculty of Philosophy and History)
• Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (university-wide)
• University of Strasbourg, France (in the Faculty of Philosophy and History)
• University of Campinas, Brazil (in computer science)