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Engineering Internships


Students, who are following a Master program in a domain leading to an engineer title, are obliged to complete an industry internship before graduation. Engineering internships are regulated by EPFL. Their goal is to give the students the opportunity to immerse into industry practice and to familiarize with working life. Furthermore, internships should stimulate the development of the student's professional competence and interpersonal skills, which they need for their future career. The companies, on the other hand, benefit from highly qualified students of a variety of cutting-edge technology specializations. In order to engage an intern, companies have to clearly define the content of their internships, which has to be aligned with the respective master program. Furthermore, companies are expected to pay their interns a salary, which covers living cost during and travel expenses that arise by reason of the internship.

 
You are a company that would like to offer one or several engineering internships?

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You are an EPFL student looking for an engineering internship?

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Internship types during the master program

  • Short internship (duration 2 months): has to be completed either before or during the master thesis.
  • Long internship (duration 4 to 6 months): has to be completed before the master thesis.
  • Master thesis project in industry (duration 25 weeks).
 

The engineering internships form an integrated part of the EPFL study programs in engineering. Their goal is to help the students to grow in their:
  • Technical competence
  • Industry knowledge
  • Preprofessional experience

You will find more information here.
 

Courses and masters

Contact
     Civil Engineering
Environmental Science & Engineering
internships.enac@epfl.ch
  Chemical Engineering
Mathematical Sciences
Computational science and Engineering
Physics
Nuclear Engineering
internships.sb@epfl.ch
+41 21 693 79 72
  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Microengineering
internships.sti@epfl.ch
  Communication Systems
Computer Science
internships.ic@epfl.ch
+41 21 693 56 41
  Life Sciences & Technologies internships.sv@epfl.ch
  Financial engineering
Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship
internships.cdm@epfl.ch
 
(For more information on the technical skills of the students and the internship possibilities, please click on the respective master program)
 

Short list of companies which already offered internships to EPFL students

 
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH La Poste Suisse, Berne, CH Qualcomm, Inc, US
CERN, Geneva, CH Logitech, Inc., US Siemens Corp. Research, Princeton, US
CSEM, Neuchâtel, CH Microsoft Schweiz GmbH Skyguide, Geneva, CH
Dartfish, Fribourg, CH Mitsubishi Electric Res. Lab., US Sony Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart, DE
Doodle AG, Zürich, CH NEC Corporation, JP Swisscom Innovation & Strategy, CH
ELCA Informatica SL, Madrid, E NEC Europe Ltd, Heidelberg, DE Swissquote Bank, Gland, CH
Ericsson, Herzogenrath, Germany NEC Labs America, Princeton Thomson Technology Paris Lab., F
IBM Zürich Research, CH Nokia Research Center, Lausanne, CH Ubisoft, Montpellier, FR
ID Quantique, Geneva, CH NTT DocoMo USA VTX Services SA, Pully, CH
IDIAP, Martigny, CH Orange Communications SA, CH ...