Editing Bern (section)

== Education ==
The [[University of Bern]], whose buildings are mainly located in the ''Länggasse'' quarter, is located in Bern, as well as the [[Bern University of Applied Sciences|University of Applied Sciences]] (''Fachhochschule'') and several vocations schools. In Bern, about 50,418 or (39.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 24,311 or (18.9%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 24,311 who completed tertiary schooling, 51.6% were Swiss men, 33.0% were Swiss women, 8.9% were non-Swiss men and 6.5% were non-Swiss women.<ref name="STAT2000" /> The canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[kindergarten]], followed by six years of primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower secondary school where the pupils are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower secondary pupils may attend additional schooling or they may enter an [[apprenticeship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernardeschi |first=Federico |date=2023-05-11 |title=ibet |url=https://ibet19vn.net/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=ibet19vn.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |title= Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |access-date= 24 June 2010 |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706224542/http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 10,979 pupils attending classes in Bern. There were 89 kindergarten classes with a total of 1,641 pupils in the municipality. Of the kindergarten pupils, 32.4% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 40.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 266 primary classes and 5,040 pupils. Of the primary pupils, 30.1% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 35.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 151 lower secondary classes with a total of 2,581 pupils. There were 28.7% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 32.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language.<ref name="School">[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Schuljahr 2009/10 pdf document] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602073606/http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html |date=2 June 2012 }}{{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref> Notable schools in Bern include [[Gymnasium Neufeld]]. Bern is home to 8 libraries. These libraries include; the Schweiz. Nationalbibliothek/ Bibliothèque nationale suisse, the ''Universitätsbibliothek Bern'', the ''Kornhausbibliotheken Bern'', the ''BFH Wirtschaft und Verwaltung Bern'', the ''BFH Gesundheit'', the ''BFH Soziale Arbeit'', the ''Hochschule der Künste Bern, Gestaltung und Kunst'' and the ''Hochschule der Künste Bern, Musikbibliothek''. There was a combined total ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 10,308,336 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 2,627,973 items were loaned out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160824112833/http://www.bfs.admin.ch:80/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |archive-date=2016-08-24 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch |language=de}}</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 9,045 pupils in Bern who came from another municipality, while 1,185 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>