Bachelor of Science Medical Informatics

You want to help shape the digital future of healthcare? In this course, you will learn how medical informatics can be used to create greater safety, efficiency, and quality of treatment for patients.

Unique in Switzerland, this bachelor’s programme combines medical process knowledge, computer science and management skills, making you a highly sought-after professional. Your studies are practice-based and include project work on a full-time or part-time basis, partly in hybrid and online classes.

“My highlight: participating in the DMEA in Berlin.” Student testimonies on the BSc Medical Informatics.

Start your studies in autumn 2024.

Factsheet

Title/Degree Bachelor of Science in Medical Informatics (BSc)
Specialisations Advanced Data Processing
Design Thinking
Mode of study Full-time (6 semesters)
Part-time or work-study programme (8 semesters)
Start date 16 September 2024
Application deadline 31 July 2024

ECTS credits 180 ECTS credits
Teaching language German
Location Biel
School School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Main areas of study

Data-based medicine and user-friendliness of smart applications in hospitals, medical practices or private households are two of our focal points. The basics: Medicine, Informatics, Design and Processes.

What you will gain your degree

You design forward-looking IT and digitalisation solutions for our healthcare system, and you build and implement prototypes. In the course of your practice-based studies, you will have an exclusive access to our Living-Lab, unique in Switzerland, which includes all stations of the healthcare system.

Your future professional activities are in project management teams or in the management and development of medical applications.
Your employers are hospitals, industry, public authorities, and consulting offices.

Career prospects

As a Bachelor in Medical Informatics, you design medical software and ICT architectures, are responsible for the further development and operation of medical applications or the implementation of integration projects of various hospital software.

You are familiar with medical processes and combine these with your IT, digitalisation and management skills in project and development management & management functions in hospitals, industry, government, insurance companies and research. Thanks to our integrated research institute, you also benefit from BFH’s large network.

Admission requirements

Many paths lead to the Bachelor of Science in Medical Informatics. The work-study bachelor degree programme (PIBS) lets you study even if you’re coming straight from school or if you’ve completed your vocational training in an unrelated profession.
If you’re uncertain, there is the ‘sur dossier’ admission procedure. Please contact us about this.

Your academic requirements

Any one of the following qualifications satisfies the academic requirements:

Federal vocational baccalaureate
Matura (baccalaureate)
Specialised baccalaureate
Degree from a higher technical school (HF) in the field of technology, health or business (recognition of previous academic achievements may also be possible here. This would allow you to start in a higher semester or take fewer modules than in the normal curriculum.)
Swiss or foreign equivalent to the Swiss vocational baccalaureate (Secondary Level 2)

Professional prerequisites

One of the following professional achievements qualifies you for this bachelor’s degree programme at Bern University of Applied Sciences:

Completed vocational training in a profession related to the field of study
Completed vocational training in an unrelated profession plus a one-year internship completed prior to commencing studies
Specialised baccalaureate in the field of health plus a one-year internship completed prior to commencing studies
Swiss baccalaureate plus a one-year internship completed prior to commencing studies, or start studying right away with the PIBS
Regulations on Related Professions, with list
Work-study bachelor degree programme (PIBS)
Passerelle Scheme

Language of study

At the Biel location, you will complete your entire studies in German.

Preliminary courses

Depending on your educational background, we recommend the following two preliminary courses to prepare you for the programme:

Vorkurs Mathematik

In diesem Kurs wird in 84 Lektionen der Mathematikstoff der technischen Berufsmaturität repetiert und vertieft. Studienbewerbern, welche in ihrer Vorbildung im Fach Mathematik eine Note unter 5.0 haben,...

Vorkurs Programmierung für Informatik, Data Engineering und Medizininformatik

In diesem Kurs werden in 48 Lektionen grundlegende Kenntnisse einfacher Elemente der Programmierung vermittelt, welche Ihnen den Studienstart in Informatik, Data Engineering oder Medizininformatik erleichtern.

Other degrees

You are also welcome to apply if you hold a foreign degree (‘sur dossier’ admission procedure).
Do you have a degree from a traditional Swiss university, ETH or another university of applied sciences in a related discipline? Provided you have not been exmatriculated for unsatisfactory performance, you can continue your degree with us and parts of your previous academic achievements may be recognised (application after successful matriculation). Depending on your professional experience in the field of your degree, you may be required to obtain additional practical experience through a vocational internship or work-study bachelor degree programme.

Advice + information

Still have questions about the programme? The head of the degree programme, lecturers and students will be able to answer your questions at one of our information events.

Advice

Choosing a degree programme is an important decision. We will be happy to arrange a face-to-face chat to answer your questions and advise you on the requirements for your chosen programme.