War in Ukraine

• Requests for support of researchers go to the "International Office" (ukraine@unibas.ch). This unit registers requests and clarifies whether there are suitable fields of activity in the faculties and refers the applicants to the corresponding faculties (Dean's offices), if existing. Unfortunately, practically all funds were already used for such purposes.
• For researchers with S status who could be hosted by a researcher or research group at our university but do not receive financial support, support is primarily provided through emergency aid (social assistance) financed by the federal government and the cantons.
• The financial support options for researchers from Ukraine are very limited (as of April 2024). The SNSF Scholars at Risk fellowships, which were specifically aimed at refugee researchers from Ukraine, have finally expired and will no longer be extended. Researchers from Ukraine - like researchers at risk from all over the world in general - can apply for funding under the regular Scholars at Risk programme.
• Researchers from Ukraine can also apply for open positions at the University of Bassel (see vacancies/quick links).

The University of Basel offers Ukrainian students/doctoral candidates at Bachelor, Master and PhD level to study/research at the University of Basel as visiting students. This was decided by the President's Board of the University at its meeting on March 15, 2022. In doing so, the President's Board relies on the Switzerland-wide recommendations of the Commission for Admissions and Equivalences (KZA) of swissuniversities, which provide for easier access for Ukrainian students to Swiss universities.
 

Admission to guest studies for Ukrainian students

The University of Basel offers Ukrainian students and doctoral candidates fast and unbureaucratic access to the University of Basel by granting them guest status according to § 31 of the Student Regulations (document in German).
 

The following requirements for admission to guest status must be met:

• Proof of university matriculation at a Ukrainian university.
• Proof of the protection status S
• in case of guest doctorate: confirmation of a first supervisor at the University of Basel
   

Enrolment takes place at the level and in a comparable subject corresponding to the proof of enrolment at the Ukrainian university. Enrolment in guest status is generally limited to three semesters in accordance with § 31.

Excluded from the regulation of the guest status are the admission-restricted subjects of the Faculty of Medicine (human medicine and dentistry as well as sports science and nursing science).

Provided that third-country nationals who were enrolled at a Ukrainian university have a protection status S, they can also apply for guest studies at the University of Basel. 
 

Personal advice by the Basel Student Advice Center

The Basel Student Advice Center provides personal and confidential advice to students and secondary school pupils from Ukraine about their options at the University, the University of Applied Sciences and High Schools.

Financial aid in connection with the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian or other students who are experiencing financial difficulties due to the war in Ukraine are welcome to contact the Social Services.

 

• Offers of the Coordination Office for Refugees
• Offers of the Open Auditorium
• Information on the Faculty Fund for Ukrainian Researchers at Risk of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Offers of the Language Center of the University of Basel
• Information and support on behalf of the Welcome & Euraxess Center

The Basel Student Advice Center provides personal and confidential advice to students and secondary school pupils from Ukraine about their options at the University, the University of Applied Sciences and High Schools.

The academic initiative "Ukrainian Research in Switzerland" (URIS) at the Department of History of the University of Basel is contributing since years in furthering Ukrainian expertise in Switzerland, fostering the next generation of scholars, and promoting the international networks of Switzerland-based university research on Ukraine. URIS offers among others a data base with regards to the Ukraine-research in Switzerland, a newsletter, Ukrainian language courses, lecture series or summer schools in Ukraine. URIS is financially supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.

sciCORE supports the SUCHO initiative, aiming at protecting the Digital Heritage in Ukraine. sciCORE preserves a secondary copy of cultural resources from thousands of institutions in Ukraine in a coordinated effort with the University Library and DaSCH, the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities.

The University Library provides information in Ukrainian about offers, locations, workstations and more.

• Swiss Euraxess: #StandWithUkraine
  Overview Services & Resources - Euraxess Switzerland
   
• SAR-Switzerland
  Scholars at Risk - Switzerland
   
• swissuniversities
  Statement & Overview Swiss Higher Education Institutions - swissuniversities

If you have a concern or would like to help refugee students or researchers, please contact us via the email address ukraine@unibas.ch.

If you would like to offer accommodation: Please, register your offer online with the GGG Benevol (Unterkunft Ukraine).

Please send further content additions for this website also to ukraine@unibas.ch

February 28, 2022. The University of Basel is following with great concern the developments in Ukraine following Russia's military intervention, directed not only against the sovereignty and self-determined development of a country, but also against the democratic and liberal growth of a young European state.

The University fully supports the  Statement of solidarity with Ukraine and the supports and endorses the protests of other universities.

The University of Basel stands for open exchange and the freedom of research and teaching, for principles of democracy, tolerance and cooperation across all borders. The University appeals to all the relevant and responsible bodies in Switzerland to work towards ending this blatant and unique disregard for the guarantees of international law in Europe and to support the people affected.

 The university management shares the concerns for the well-being of students, academics and researchers in Ukraine, which is under military attack, and will do its utmost to support all academic colleagues affected by the military actions.