Berner Fachhochschule, Departement Architektur, Holz und Bau (BFH-AHB)

Switzerland

Address: Solothurnstrasse 102, 2504 Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland

Architecture, Wood Engineering, Civil Engineering

The Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering at Bern University of Applied Sciences provides education in architecture, wood engineering, and civil engineering, with a strong emphasis on sustainable construction and use of wood as a material.

Domains taught:

Civil Engineering, Engineering, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Structural Engineering, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of BFH, collaborates closely with the construction, timber, and planning industries. International exchange opportunities.

Research:

Research focused on sustainable architecture, timber construction, building technology, energy efficiency in buildings, and civil infrastructure.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

200

Current students***:

1000

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

5000

Pros

Specialized programs in wood engineering and sustainable construction, strong practical orientation.

Cons

More focused on building-related engineering and architecture.

Best For

Students interested in architecture, civil engineering, or particularly wood engineering, with a focus on sustainability and practical application.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Hochschule Luzern, Departement Technik & Architektur takes a similar route through quality, geotechnics and industrial design, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers metrology and nanotechnologies as well.
FHNW Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik follows much the same lines as this institution, with quality, geotechnics and industrial design as common ground, and it covers metrology and optics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 1,000 here.
Berner Fachhochschule, Departement Technik und Informatik takes a similar route through quality, thermodynamics and project management, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture Fribourg follows much the same lines as this school, with quality, geotechnics and industrial design as common ground, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,000 students, and is also a public institution.
SUPSI Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design is the closest domestic counterpart for quality, geotechnics and industrial design; it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Looking internationally, Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics Anglet in France is where quality, geotechnics and industrial design get a comparable treatment; it is also a public institution and does not run the bachelor's programmes found here.
Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg in Germany is the nearest foreign match on geotechnics, industrial design and civil engineering; it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ávila brings a Spain setting to the same core fields, geotechnics, civil engineering and manufacturing, and it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
For a study option in France with a comparable spread of quality, industrial design and civil engineering, ISFATES is the reference point: it covers logistics and transportations as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 1,000 here.
For quality, geotechnics and industrial design outside the home country, Hochschule Biberach in Germany is a natural reference; it is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Design for Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Practices

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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