Supervision

High-quality supervision of doctoral candidates constitutes an integral part of supporting early-career researchers at the University of Bern, and ensuring quality in research. The scope and quality of the supervision play an important role in the quality and duration of a doctorate. These factors have a direct impact on the doctoral candidates’ well-being and level of satisfaction, as well as on their personal and professional development.

Dual control principle

The University of Bern applies the dual control principle: Every doctoral candidate is supervised by at least two supervisors. The rules for supervision are stipulated in the regulations governing doctoral studies of the respective faculties.

Support at various levels

Doctoral candidates at the University of Bern receive comprehensive and individual supervision that supports them at various levels: The supervisors ensure subject-specific knowledge-sharing, provide content-related input and methodological advice, help with structuring the doctorate, promote the acquisition of important additional qualifications and facilitate networking within the scientific community; they are also there to support with personal challenges.