Internship characteristics

It is up to each student to approach potential employers. The placement must be in line with the theory acquired and the position offered by the company.

The internship can be completed:

• 4 weeks full-time, or the equivalent pro rata temporis (6 ECTS) or
• 8 weeks full-time, or the equivalent pro rata temporis (12 ECTS). The internship may be divided into two 4-week periods and must be carried out in the same company.
• in Switzerland or abroad.

The internship is supervised by a company tutor and a FSE professor.

Student formalities

1. Find an internship.
2. Contact a professor to agree on the research topic and the content of the report.
3. Fill in the Internship/Research application form and give it to the secretariat of the Faculty of Economics and Business (at the latest two weeks before the beginning of the internship).
4. Have the Convention de stage signed by the company, yourself and the supervising professor and give it to the secretariat of the Faculty of Economics and Business (at the latest on the first day of the beginning of the internship).
5. Once the internship is finished, ask the company to fill in the Internship certificate and give it to the secretariat of the Faculty of Economics and Business (at the latest two weeks after the end of the internship).
6. Register in IS-Academia, tab “Cours” (Mémoire) for the session in which you wish to have your credits validated.
7. Hand in one copy of the internship report, using the Cover page, as well as the Pledge of honour to the supervising professor within a deadline set by him/her.

Company tutor formalities

Complete the Evaluation du stage and send it to the supervising professor.