MILSA

Agenda

MILSA Inbound Program Agenda 2023/2024

Workshops and outings

Compulsory attendance

Date and time

Events

Location

Date: 20 October 2023

Time: 9:30-12:00

Introduction event and Smart Minds - Smart Locations university tour

Room 331, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern (main building)

Date: 03 November 2023 

Time: 14:15-17:30

Workshop Intercultural Learning in Switzerland I

Room 304, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern (main building)

Date: 19 November 2023 

Time: 13:45-15:15

Guided tour "The Road to Modernity - Berne and the 20th Century" at the Historical Museum Bern

Historical Museum, Helvetiaplatz 5, 3005 Bern

Date: 26 November 2023

Time: by midnight

Blog 1: Reflection on a particular aspect of life in your host country/or: Reflection on language

Send your blog post to tina.gantenbein@unibe.ch and annie.cottier@unibe.ch

Date: 3 March 2024

Time: by midnight

Blog 2: Familiarising the unfamiliar

Send your blog post to tina.gantenbein@unibe.ch and annie.cottier@unibe.ch

Date: 1 March 2024,

Time: 18:00-19:15

Guided tour at Feuerwehr Viktoria

Viktoriastrasse 70, 3013 Bern

Date: 26 May 2024

Time: tba

Light hike in the surroundings of Bern

Twannbachschlucht hike with a ferry ride on the Bielersee.

Date: 31 May 2024

Time: 14.15-17.30

Workshop: Intercultural Learning in Switzerland II

Room 115, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern (main building)

 

Date: 3 June 2024

Time: tba

Goodbye lunch

Tba

(optional attendance)

 

MILSA Monday lunches

Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3001 Bern, 12:15

Optional attendance

You can either bring your own lunch from home or get something in the cafeteria. There are 3 menus, a vegetarian menu is always available. The prices range from 7.20CHF to 8.50CHF. 

  • 30 October 2023
  • 13 November 2023
  • 27 November 2023
  • 11 December 2023
  • 22 January 2024
  • 5 February 2024
  • 19 February 2024
  • 4 March 2024
  • 18 March 2024
  • 1 April 2024
  • 15 April 2024
  • 29 April 2024
  • 13 May 2024
  • 27 May 2024
  • 3 June 2023 good-bye lunch
© Universität Bern, Corina Liebi

Note on eligibility, attendance and requirements

You can register until 30 September, 2023.

In order to be eligible for this program, you must be a regular international degree-seeking student or a two-semester exchange student.

Between October 2023 and May 2024, you will attend a number of workshops, outings and social meet-ups and write a couple of blog posts.

Please note that in order to receive the Intercultural Learning Certificate issued by the University of Bern, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

  • Attend both workshops
  • Hand in both blog posts
  • Attend at least two of the four events

If you cannot make it to an event, please let us know at your earliest convenience.

You may also attend the program if you cannot fulfil all the requirements for the Intercultural Learning Certificate