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The Department of English is one of the seven departments of languages and literatures at the University of Bern. We are a lively, medium-sized department with currently around 600 students, five professors and more than a dozen teaching staff members. The fields covered in the department include a wide range of research areas in both literature, and language and linguistics. This website provides you with information regarding our study programs, courses, staff members, ongoing research projects and current events.

Student Life

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Information for New Students

For important information for new students, please click here.

Autumn 2024 Course Booklet

Latest update 18.09.2024

HELP Booklet 2024/25

A guide to English studies at the University of Bern 2024/2025.

2025 Spring Timetable

Latest update 26.02.2025

Student Consultation

International Coordinator, Stay Abroad Enquiries

Please find more information on planning your stay abroad, completing your stay abroad, and other students' experiences and reports on this page.

BA and MA Students A-L Consultation Hours

BA and MA students have the chance to sign up for in-person and virtual consultation hours with study counsellor MA Helen Shepherd. Students can select one time slot if it is not already taken by another student.

BA and MA Students M-Z Consultation Hours

BA and MA students have the chance to sign up for in-person and virtual consultation hours with study counsellor MA Sabine von Rütte. Students can select one time slot if it is not already taken by another student.

Events

Upcoming Guest Lectures

To see all upcoming guest lectures, click here

Stay Abroad Meeting

The Stay Abroad Information Meeting for this semester will be held on Monday, April 14th, 2025, at 16:15 in Unitobler, F-121. All first- and second-year students who are in the early stages of planning their Stay Abroad are strongly encouraged to attend.

SAMEMES Book Prize

Dr. Hannah Piercy was awarded the 2024 SAMEMES (Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English Studies) Book Prize for her monograph, 'Resistance to Love in Medieval English Romance: Negotiating Consent, Gender, and Desire'. Her books is available open access thanks to the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Let's talk about waste!

The UniAktuell features a new article in which Professor Crispin Thurlow and doctoral researchers Laura Wohlgemuth and Alessandro Pellanda talk about the SNSF-funded “Articulating Rubbish" project.