Bernhard Studer, Hugo von Mohl, Heinrich von Wild, Hugo Hadwiger Economics Alfred Amonn, Max Weber Others Theodor Oskar Rubeli Students The following prominent persons studied at the University of Bern: Researchers Sir Paul Nurse – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 Honorary doctorates In the course of its history, the University of Bern has awarded honorary doctorates to outstanding people for contributions in different fields of society. Medicine Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, César Roux, SIr Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Georg von Békésy, Stephen W. Kuffler, George Emil Palade, Willy Burgdorfer, Iván Böszörményi-Nagy, David Sackett, Luc Pettavino Natural sciences Johann Büttikofer, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Gerold Schwarzenbach, Richard R. Ernst, David Southwood Economics and business Ernst Karl Abbe, Auguste and Louis Lumière, Jean-Daniel Gerber, Thomas J. Sargent, Maureen O'Hara (professor) Humanities Albert Samuel Gatschet, Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht Art Joseph Simon Volmar, Albert Anker, Cuno Amiet, Rudolf Münger, Alberto Giacometti, Walter Linsenmaier, Ilya Kabakov Literature Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, René Gardi, Kurt Marti, Stefan Heym, John Edgar Wideman, John le Carré, Eveline Hasler Politics Charles Albert Gobat, Rudolf Minger, Annemarie Huber-Hotz, Adolf Ogi, Angela Merkel, Prince Albert II of Monaco Others Hermann Müller-Thurgau, Eduard Herzog, Mathis Wackernagel, Heidi Tagliavini, Hannah Cotton, Stephen Kosslyn Rankings Today the University of Bern is one of the top 150 universities in the world. In the QS World University Rankings 2023 it ranked 120th. The Shanghai Ranking (ARWU) 2022 ranked the University of Bern in the range 101st–150th in the world. In the Leiden Ranking 2021 it ranked 180th in the world. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings it ranked 94th in 2023. See also List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) List of universities in Switzerland Notes and references Bibliography Im Hof, Ulrich et al. (ed.). Hochschulgeschichte Berns 1528–1984. Zur 150-Jahr-Feier der Universität Bern 1984. Bern: Universität Bern, 1984. Im Hof, Ulrich et al. (ed.). Die Dozenten der bernischen Hochschule. Ergänzungsband zu: Hochschulgeschichte Berns 1528–1984. Bern: Universität Bern, 1984. Rogger, Franziska. "Die Universität Bern und ihre gesammelte(n) Geschichte(n)", UniPress, 139 (December 2008), pp. 12–31. Rogger, Franziska, and Bankowski, Monika. Ganz Europa blickt auf uns! Das schweizerische Frauenstudium und seine russischen Pionierinnen. Baden: Hier + jetzt Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte GmbH, 2010. External links University of Bern University of Bern University of Bern History of the University of Bern Website of the Swiss National