Peter Eigenmann

Peter Eigenmann is the current Head of the International Relations Office at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. He holds a BSc in Physiotherapy and a MAS in Medical Education (University of Berne). As a lecturer he was teaching neurological rehabilitation from 1991-2008. Since 1999 he was organising health students’ internships in Ethiopia, actively contributing to the building up of professional structures in physiotherapy, organising workshops and conducting a first joint research activities in the field of musculoskeletal disabilities in Eastern Ethiopia. After having set up the International Office of the Health Division he was appointed as Head of the Central International Relations Office of the Bern University of Applied Sciences in 2008. For the last three years he has chaired the Swiss professional’s network ‘International Relations of the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts’ (IRUAS.ch) and is a member of the ‘Internationalisation and Mobility Coordination Group of Swiss universities’ (swissuniversities.ch).