Published on 8 January 2024

Graduate internship

Discover your future with our fascinating graduate internships! Dive into our world of geodata. Take on responsibility, expand your knowledge and make valuable contacts.

With us, you not only gain forward-looking practical experience; through your work, you also make an important contribution for the general public. In doing so, you benefit from an interesting working environment, a high degree of flexibility and varied opportunities for continuing education.

My Master’s thesis on the tectonics of the Jura mountains enabled me to help design the project for 3D geological modelling of the Swiss Jura during my graduate internship in the Swiss Geological Survey. My graduate internship also acted as a bridge between my studies and my career, as I then got a permanent position as a Scientific Editor 3D at the Swiss Geological Survey.

Anina Ursprung, Scientific Editor 3D, former graduate intern, Swiss Geological Survey.

“After getting my Bachelor’s degree, I wanted to find out in more detail how the Confederation works and how it handles the tasks entrusted to it. I was lucky to be employed as a graduate intern in geodesy and to be involved in projects at national level!”

Alexis Bart, graduate intern, geodesy

What does the internship offer?

• Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working
• A highly diverse development programme
• An attractive internship salary
• An interesting, multilingual working environment
• Fascinating work that makes an important contribution to our country as regards education, the environment, mobility and security

To the Terms of employment

The internship in detail:

• Duration

  12 months

• Level of employment

  80-100%

• Salary:

  Students and university graduates

• Requirements

  • University degree (Bachelor’s/Master’s/doctorate) è The internship must begin within 12 months of graduation, starting from the first month after the date of your degree.
  • Less than 12 months of professional experience in the Federal Administration
  • EU/EFTA citizen or B or C permit
  • Active knowledge of two official languages

• Our fields

  • Earth sciences, geology
  • Geography
  • Geomatics and planning
  • Information technology
  • Communication and media studies
  • Business IT

Interested? You can find our graduate internship vacancies at https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/job-vacancies or www.stelle.admin.ch. Would you like to receive regular information about our internship vacancies? Then set up your personal job alert.