A Doctor for Arts

It is now definitely possible to earn a doctorate in Bern at the combined Graduate School of the Arts of the University of Bern and the Bern University of the Arts. This artistic/creative-scientific doctoral programme is one of a kind. The transdisciplinary Graduate School of the Arts (GSA) brings art and science together: For the first time art academy graduates can study for a doctorate in the joint programme of the University of Bern and the Bern University of the Arts (BUA). After a three and a half year trial phase, the head of the University and the BUA have now decided to definitely continue with the model launched in 2011. 26 doctoral students from design, dance, conservation and music are currently registered for the Bernese doctoral programme. 16 of them are either students or staff at the BUA, ten come from various universities - from Bern to Zürich to Harvard in the USA. 'Students from the art academy come with specific questions and issues and want to become scientifically qualified while graduates from the university seek proximity to the practice of arts', says head of GSA and head of the BUA research department Thomas Gartmann.
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