BeNeFri

Student Mobility

If you would like to take courses at another Swiss university, you can participate in a partial mobility program.

The BeNeFri network brings together the Universities of Bern, Neuchâtel and Fribourg. The Institute of English Studies currently holds an agreement with the English Department of the University of Fribourg.

All practical information for UniNE students is available on the BeNeFri intranet page.

Details about ECTS recognition and other practical matters can be found on the faculty’s intranet page Mobilité suisse partielle.

All practical information for UniFr students is available on the BeNeFri page of the University of Neuchâtel’s website.

Courses open to BeNeFri students during the academic year 2025–2026:

Each seminar is worth 6 ECTS.

Autumn semester 2025

Lecture course 1: Advanced Linguistics : Sociolinguistics – Correia Saavedra David, Ma 8-10h
Seminar 1: Linguistics : Pragmatics – Bourgeois Samuel, Jeu 16-18h
Seminar 2: Medieval Literature : Heroes and Villains – Rupp Katrin, Je 14-16h
Seminar 4: Modern and Contemporary Literature : Americans Abroad – Vincent Patrick, Ma 10-12h
Seminar 4: Modern and Contemporary Literature : Indigenous Literatures – Zanella Patrizia, Je 12-14h

Spring semester 2026

Seminar 1: Linguistics : Language and humor – Bourgeois Samuel, Je 16-18h
Seminar 1: Linguistics : Morphology – Correia Saavedra David, Ma 16-18h
Seminar 3: Early Modern Literature : Christopher Marlowe: Poet, Playwright, Translator – Depledge Emma, Je 10-12h
Seminar 3: Early Modern Literature : Three early modern ‘Taming’ Plays: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Lacy – Depledge Emma, SP, Lu 10-12h
Seminar 4: Modern and Contemporary Literature : Domestic Dramas – Vincent Patrick, Ma 14-16h
Seminar 4: Modern and Contemporary Literature : Victorian Things – Vincent Patrick, Ma 10-12h

NB MA seminars are part of the Littératures MA / Sciences du Language et de la Communication MA

Littérature anglaise et américaine, autumn semester 2025

Sém. Ang. I/TC/TG : Narrative Transgressions: Writing Queer Subjects in Eighteenth-Century Britain – Kukorelly Leverington Elizabeth, SA, Je 10-12h, 5 ECTS
Sém. Ang II/TC : Literature and Liberty – Vincent Patrick, SA, Lu 12-14h, 5 ECTS

Littérature anglaise et américaine, spring semester 2026

Sém. Ang. I : Vibrant Matter: Stones and Bones – Rupp Katrin, SP, Je 10-12h, 5 ECTS
Sém. Ang. I/TC/TG : John Milton’s Drama – Depledge Emma, SP, Ma 10-12, 5 ECTS
Sém. Ang II/TC : The Wordsworth Circle – Vincent Patrick, SP, Lu 12-14h, 5 ECTS

Sciences du Language et de la Communication, autumn semester 2025

Seminar 1: Linguistics : Pragmatics – Bourgeois Samuel, Je 16-18h, 6 ECTS
Methodological Foundations Methodological Foundations – Correia Saavedra David, Me 10-12h, 5 ECTS

Sciences du Language et de la Communication, spring semester 2026

Seminar 1: Linguistics : Language and humor – Bourgeois Samuel Je 16-18h, 6 ECTS
Seminar 1: Linguistics : Morphology – Correia Saavedra David, Ma 16-18h, 6 ECTS