About Alumni BFH
Alumni BFH connects former students all over the world and supports them with mentoring and continuing education programmes, among other things. The new alumni video explains what else Alumni BFH does and offers.
Profile + Organisation
As an alumni organisation, we primarily network people and promote the exchange of knowledge among them. Our aim is to continuously develop the alumni organisation and to strengthen and support BFH. This is what our mission, our values, our President and our Board stand for.
Our vision
“Alumni BFH – Linking people and knowledge”
Our mission
We support students taking their first step into the working world and follow our former students in their professional development.
We promote the exchange of knowledge across disciplines and offer a platform for networking.
We strengthen the reputation of BFH and support its work.
We bring the alumni community up to date and help it grow with a focus on the future.
Our values
- Linking – We offer platforms for exchange and networking
- Flexible – We are agile thinkers and our offerings are current
- Curious – We have a positive attitude towards new ideas
- Versatile – We are open to different ideas and solutions
- Transparent – Our conduct and communications are open and comprehensible
Our events
Alumni BFH networking night
The annual go-to event of the Alumni BFH umbrella organisation brings together alumni, students and lecturers once a year at the Bierhübeli in Bern. You can expect an exciting programme on current topics of interest, along with valuable networking opportunities.
Knowledge and pleasure
This exclusive, semi-annual series of events for BFH alumni offers inspiring insights and culinary delights in a friendly and intimate setting.
Impact & Connect
Bringing together knowledge, practice and networking in one place, this series of events is designed for students, alumni and anyone interested in sustainability. Discover inspiring real-world examples and the latest research in sustainability, and connect with people who are actively shaping the future of sustainability.
Find an overview of our upcoming event on the event page.
Organisation
Find information on the President of Alumni BFH and our Board Members here, along with the contact details for our Office.
President Alumni BFH
Ernst Hegg studied at the HSG and BFH with an EMBA degree in General Management. He was president of the association Unternehmensführung Alumni BFH EMBA for several years, and worked as IT training manager for the SBB and is a part-time board member of Nexplore AG and Logjob AG.
As a fervent supporter of swiss dual education system, he is committed to new, practice-based training models aimed at a tertiary degree. He does this, on the one hand, as president of the Association for Digital Integration and Translation and, on the other hand, as a business representative of the project "IT Training 4.0" and the sub-project "Integra". He also supports the joint "BeLEARN" project of EPFL, UniBe, BFH, PH Bern and SVUFET with great enthusiasm. In his view, sustainable, value-creating and interdisciplinary networking is the key to success and innovation.
Board Members
| Christoph Räss | Students concerns |
| Thomas Dalla Vecchia | Alumni EHSM-HEFSM |
| Marc Germann | Representative «Alumni direct» |
| Robert Reinecke | Representative of the BFH |
| Martin Schopfer | Representative of the Vice-Rectorate Teaching |
| Michel Stämpfli | Alumni BFH Social Work |
