Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)

The University Center of Patos de Minas (UNIPAM), through its Internationalization and Academic Mobility Office (NIMA), signed a partnership agreement in May 2026 with the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), a public higher education institution located in the city of Bern, the capital of Switzerland.

The purpose of this agreement is to promote academic mobility for students, faculty members, and researchers, as well as to establish an interinstitutional cooperation framework that enables the development of joint projects, scientific research, technological innovation, and knowledge exchange between the two institutions.

The partnership covers several fields of knowledge, with emphasis on Engineering, Information Technology, Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Business, Social Sciences, and Arts.