IAESTE at a glance Founded in 1948 by Switzerland (ETH Zurich) and 9 other european countries Remunerated practical experience abroad for about 140 Swiss Students per year. Places international students in Swiss companies – free of charge Today 87 member countries Independent non-profitorganization Technical and science fields 1:1 exchange of internship placements More than 350’000 alumni Annual participation of 3’000 students, 4’000 companies and 1’200 universities IAESTE… …connects students with academic institutions and companies …facilitates relevant …offers companies access practical experience abroad to students from more than for students 1000 universities worldwide …prepares the next generation of scientists and technical experts for their professional careers Association of IAESTE Switzerland National Committee (61 Members out of politics, industry, Swiss associations, Universities/Universities of applies sciences, students, LCs, Alumni) Board (12 Members, President Andreas Hugi) Local committee Basel (6 Members) Local committee Bern (8 Members) Local committee Lausanne (7 Members) Local committee Zurich (22 Members) National Office ZH (4 Employees) Zweigstelle Lausanne (1 Employee) Board Andreas Hugi President IAESTE Switzerland Furrer Hugi & Partner AG Martin Ghisletti Career Center ETHZ Head of Career Center Dr. Kathy Riklin National Councillor Canton Zurich Stefan Arquint Swiss Engineering General Secretary Juliana Meier ALSTOM Switzerland Head of University Relations Claude Holenstein President LC Zürich Sandro Crameri Novartis Pharma AG Head HR Service Center Switzerland Philipp Oertle President IAESTE LC Basel Dr. Dieter Wüest ETH Zürich Head of Rectorade Philip Hrisastov President IAESTE LC Lausanne Armin Züger ZHAW School of Engineering Roman Braun President IAESTE LC Bern Founding of IAESTE Switzerland IAESTE Switzerland is an independent non-profit organization Contribution of outgoing students and their Universities Other Services Partnerships & Sponsoring Existent Partnerships Premium Partner •Companies: •Educational Field: Alstom, Novartis SERI, ETH Board, ETHZ, ZHAW Partner Juliana Meier, University Relations, Alstom: «Alstom supports the international IAESTE internship exchange, because through it we greatly enhance the mobility and practical experience of Swiss students. On the other hand IAESTE provides us with foreign interns who fit very well into our international working environment. IAESTE takes care of the administrative work and the social integration of the interns.» •Associations: Swiss Engineering, SIA, SATW Participating Universities Support of the placement of their students in IAESTE internships •ETHZ, EPFL •UniBS, UniFR, UniGE, UniLA, UniLI, UniNE, UniZH •BFH, FHNW, FHO, HES-SO, SUPSI, ZHAW Dr. Angelika Wittek, Head of Student Exchange Office, ETH Zurich: «The interest of ETH Zurich is to provide internships for our students that are of high quality standard with reliable industry partners and at the same time to avoid time consuming administrative processes. For both purposes IAESTE offers professional support.» Premium Partner Premium Partner Package CHF 20’000 Benefits (e.g.) Free of charge placement of IAESTE interns at your company (unlimited) Free of charge membership of IAESTE Switzerland IAESTE newsletter and invitation (incl. voting right) to GA incl. Trainee Award Board of IAESTE Switzerland Membership: direct influence on the association Online media Logo and link on IAESTE homepage, quote in email signature of all employees (> 20’000), promotion on social media Print media (logo, statements, articles) Brochures for companies (2300), folder for students (2600), Annual Report (1800), poster (1000), stationery Access to Swiss students IAESTE events (e.g. info events at Swiss Universities with up to 300 participants), CV Booklet, Mailings Access to students worldwide Company visits for international IAESTE trainees, IAESTE Alumni Network, international IAESTE events, international print media Visa Service Reduced fee CHF 500.- instead of CHF 980.- (max. 15 a year) Partner Partner Package CHF 5’000.- Benefits (e.g.) Free of charge placement of IAESTE interns at your company (unlimited) Free of charge membership of IAESTE Switzerland IAESTE newsletter and invitation (incl. voting right) to GA incl. Trainee Award Website / Annual Report Logo and link on homepage / logo in Annual Report Access to Swiss students CV booklet, IAESTE events Access to students worldwide Company visits for international IAESTE trainees, IAESTE Alumni Network Membership CHF 100.- Benefits Free of charge placement of IAESTE interns at your company (max. 5 a year) Membership of IAESTE Switzerland IAESTE newsletter and invitation (incl. voting right) to GA incl. Trainee Award Contact www.iaeste.ch IAESTE Switzerland Sabine Lenz Weinbergstrasse 41 Managing Director/National Secretary 8006 Zürich [email protected] Tel: 043 244 93 13 Tel: 043 244 92 79 Annex Member countries & study fields Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Ecuador Egypt Estonia Finland France Gambia Georgia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Netherlands Nepal Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey UAE Ukraine United Kingdom USA Uzbekistan Vietnam West Bank Aeronautical Engineering Agriculture Architecture Automotive Engineering Biochemistry Bioengineering Biology Biotechnology Brewing Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science Dairying Economics Electrical Engineering Electronics Environmental Engineering Environmental Science Food Technology Forestry Geodesy Geography Geology Horticulture Hotel Management Industrial Engineering Material Science Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Media Studies Metallurgy Microbiology Pharmaceutical Studies Physics Power Engineering Process Engineering Telecommunications Textile Technology Veterinary Science Wood and Paper Technology Swiss employers with IAESTE interns in 2014 Feedback from Employers «Good opportunity to introduce international spirit in our team and to evaluate educational level in other countries.» «Simply the best I’ve ever had. Thanks IAESTE for this trainee student.» «This was the sixth IAESTE student that worked in my lab in the past 24 years. In all cases, I got the strong impression that the selection of the candidates by the organisation had been very good.» «IAESTE Switzerland does a great job. They help to keep administration for the companies as low as possible.» «The IAESTE programme gives motivated students the chance to visit a foreign laboratory for some months. In our case this has always been a successful experience at the human as well as at the professional level.» «The outside‘ view and mentality of the trainee was very well appreciated.» Feedback from Students «The traineeship was a great experience which I would recommend to any student. Thanks to IAESTE Switzerland for the great support I always got» «I learnt a huge amount while I was there and it gave me a real taste of reserach life.» «Thank you IAESTE for this great opportunity» «Awesome social program, amazing weekend trips, very friendly and active local committee, give them all a medal…seriously». «This was definitely the best summer experience I could possibly do both academically and socially. I feel this summer has given me more confidence in myself and I really enjoyed it.»
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