Foreign students

Eligible foreign students from countries for which a visa is required to enter Switzerland must apply in a timely fashion for a visa at the Swiss Consulate or the Swiss Embassy in their country/region of residence. They should assume sufficient processing time and apply ahead of time.

Documents required for the Schengen/Swiss visa application for Chinese passport holders:

Berne University is organizing a group visa application and therefore needs to collect all the documents hereunder from all the students.

The following documents are the responsibility of the applicant:      

• 1x official, own personal passport
• 1x photocopies of the first 6 pages and all further visa and stamps in the passport
• Official Hukou document (residence permit), and copies from the pages that contain information, as well as a translation into English

The following documents will be provided by the university (BUAS), once the applicant has fulfilled his obligations 

• Travel insurance, coverage at least 30,000 Euro
• Signed confirmation by the University (BUAS) of your full tuition payment
• Letter of acceptance/invitation of the chosen school (Factsheet of the study program)

Living in Switzerland

Further information about Switzerland in Chinese and English:

http://www.myswitzerland.com.cn/

http://www.swissworld.org

Link to Swiss Embassy in Beijing:

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vchn/embbei.html

Link to Swiss Consulate General of Shanghai: http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vchn/cncgsh.html

Link to Swiss Consulate General Guangzhou:

http://www.dfae.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vchn/cncggh.html

Please inform us of any changes in name, address or civil status.

 * If you have not yet received your residence permit, please send us a copy upon receipt of your permit.