University of Bern — Rankings, Score and Subject Positions

Key facts

Figures as published by the institution or the ranking publishers.

Location: Bern, Switzerland

University of Bern in the four world rankings

Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.

QS World University Rankings 2027

#191

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2026-06-18

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025

#151-200

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-08-15

U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026

#114

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-06-25

ARWU indicator breakdown

The six indicators ShanghaiRanking uses to build its overall score, each out of 100.

Alumni 11.4

Award 0

HiCi 17.4

N&S 23.9

PUB 45.6

PCP 32.7

Subject rankings

QS subject positions, best first.

Dentistry #8

Life Sciences & Medicine #105

Medicine #117

Biological Sciences #184

Natural Sciences #207

Arts & Humanities #265

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Sources & verification

Every figure on this page is reproduced from the publisher's own release. Nothing is estimated.

QS World University Rankings · 2027 edition · Published 2026-06-18
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) · 2025 edition · Published 2025-08-15
U.S. News Best Global Universities · 2026 edition · Published 2025-06-25

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