Bern University
of Applied Sciences

• Event for specialists

Sustainability Day of the Bernese Universities 2025 Save the date

The motto of this year's Sustainability Day of the four Bernese universities is ‘Rethinking the future: universities, politics and society working together for change’.

31.10.2025, 8.45am–5pm – Hochschulzentrum vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6/8, Bern

• Event for specialists

Forum Innovation Sociétale

The Forum Innovation Sociétale, organized by the University of Lausanne and supported by BFH, addresses the question of how the healthcare system can be made more socially sustainable.

30.04.2025, 3.30pm–7.45pm – UniL, Amphimax 351, Rte de la Sorge 9, 1015 Lausanne

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Open source software: added flexibility to gradually break free from vendor lock-in

11.04.2025 Open source solutions and open standards help companies curb vendor lock-in, implement technological sovereignty and retain control over their data.

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Improving the quality of life of elderly people with music

10.04.2025 Using music to engage the minds and emotions of elderly people: the cross-disciplinary optional programme ‘BFH diagonal’ has a new module that teaches interdisciplinary skills from the fields of music and...

• News

The photovoltaic barometer 2025 provides valuable information for the energy transition

01.04.2025 The photovoltaic barometer 2025, published for the first time, shows the main trends in the photovoltaic industry: higher efficiencies, larger modules and optimised temperature coefficients are driving...

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Digitalisation simplifies the renovation of historic windows

31.03.2025 BFH has optimised and in part digitalised the renovation process of historic windows. This saves time and money, making the energy-efficient renovation of old windows more attractive.

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AI-supported home care for heart failure patients

11.03.2025 A project of the Swiss Center for Care@home is investigating whether patients with heart failure can be cared for in their homes. AI-supported remote monitoring devices should make this possible.

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Social assistance: a “change in direction” to overcome feelings of resignation

10.03.2025 People who have been receiving social benefits for an extended period of time develop feelings of resignation as they see no prospect of improvement. BFH conducted a trial on a counselling approach called...

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Care@home: “Guests in their patients’ homes”

06.03.2025 Care could change radically in the next few years. Experts Friederike J.S. Thilo, Kerstin Denecke and Manuela Grieser discuss the role that further education can play in this change.