Digital transformation

Digital transformation is a crucial component in achieving our overall strategy. In ensuring a balance between openness and security, we aim to create a digital working environment that is perceived as an asset rather than a burden.

Agility is an important factor that enables us to process research data quickly. Everyone should feel comfortable in the digital environment, regardless of their affinity for IT. We value equal opportunity, and we provide options for those who may face challenges. We invest in the further development of our employees' digital skills, while minimizing stress and ensuring a reasonable workload. Our approach to digitalization is critical and we always remember that people are at its center.

Our goals:

  • Digital transformation helps us achieve our overall strategy.
  • There is a balance between openness and security.
  • We are agile and research data can be processed quickly.
  • People feel comfortable in the digital environment and perceive the digital working environment not as a burden, but as an asset.
  • We continuously develop our skills.
  • We critically engage with digitalization.

Achievements (extract):

  • Initial versions of the medical research platform have been successfully tested. 
  • The peer review of the digitisation strategy has been carried out and the report is available. 
  • Portfolio management has been extended to the central administration in a basic version. Detailed validation and refinement is scheduled for 2026, as the current status has not yet been conclusively reviewed due to absences caused by illness. 
  • Governance: The inter-faculty boards Digitalisation Commission (DigiK) and Digitalisation Strategy Group (SDiG) have been successfully established; also a joint project governance between Insel Gruppe AG, the Faculty of Medicine and the central IT services has been set up.
  • Stimulating topic-related research/ transforming research digitally: Various funding lines have been established to support relevant projects in teaching and research.
  • Optimizing cooperation between MedFak & Klinik-ICT: Joint ICT governance has been established between the Faculty of Medicine and Insel Gruppe AG.

Digitalization at the University of Bern (in German)