ANNUAL REPORT2014

We are glad to look back at a successful exchange year 2014. We managed, once again, to place even more motivated foreign interns at Swiss companies than we did last year. As well the number of Swiss students which we could successfully send for an internship abroad is similar as in the previous year.

This is even more enjoyable considering that the exchange year 2014 proved to be a particularly turbulent year. At the international level, many innova­tions have been pushed forward and structures have been changed. The im­plementation of the new Intraweb (our essential exchange tool), for exam­ple, turned out to be more difficult than initially assumed. However, it is a pleasure to see the strong commitment to achieve our common goals.

At the National Office in Zurich, several personnel changes have occurred. Marianne Steinemann has handed over her position as Managing Director to Sabine Lenz in May. On behalf of the Board, I would like to take the opportu­nity to thank Marianne for her outstanding work. Victor Varga, Gaby Hilpert­shauser and Barbara Lingel still be­long to the staff of the National Office. We warmly welcome Barbara Widmer as a new member of our team.

The loyal support from our long la­sting partners is essential for IAESTE Switzerland. For this reason, we would like to cordially thank them for the good cooperation and their commitment.

Special thanks belong also to the volunteers of our Local Committees. They always take care in such a wonderful way of the foreign interns coming to Switzerland. This spreads the IAESTE spirit to the rest of the world.

Andreas HugiPresident

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International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience

INTRODUCTION

Andreas Hugi President of IAESTE Switzerland

«The organisation of work permits and all administrational activities

were carried out very seamlessly by IAESTE, thank you!»

IAESTE Employer 2014

Partners of IAESTE Switzerland

Premium Partners of IAESTE Switzerland

IAESTE Switzerland Team 2014

Swiss Outgoer Event 2014Early June IAESTE Switzerland had the pleasure to invite all outgoing

students, who already have been accepted for an internship abroad to

our annual Outgoer Event, which was held in the ETH Alumni Pavillon in

Zurich. Former Outgoers (alumni) and current members of our Local

Committees were invited as well to share their experience with the

«greenhorns».As for most of the present Outgoers this year’s IAESTE

internship will be their first work experience abroad, they were

very happy to receive some information about preparation for their

stay in a foreign country. Therefore, Victor Varga, our current Outgoing

Exchange Coordinator, started the event with a presentation covering some basic

information about how to plan their trip, the work & life in a foreign country and gave them some

“tips & tricks” for their stay abroad. Rui Xue, a Chinese intern at Novartis, and Yazan Al-Saif

from Jordan, who is employed at Alstom, told us about their own experiences and pointed out some

cultural differences between Switzerland and their home countries.

Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a delicious BBQ where the Outgoers of 2014 had the

opportunity to exchange some specific information within special

country groups. The event was a big success and

we hope that afterwards our Swiss Outgoers were

well equipped and prepared with a lot of helpful

information to enable them a great stay abroad!

This year’s IAESTE Annual Conference took place

in Quito. At an altitude of 2800m, 77 member

countries came together to celebrate the biggest

and most important conference of the year within

the IAESTE community. All participating countries

were excited to join the conference and having

a fruitful exchange of internship offers.

This year IAESTE Switzerland was able to

exchange 130 Swiss internship positions

with interesting offers abroad for Swiss

outgoing students. Moreover, we were very proud

beeing one of the top ten countries with the

highest exchange numbers!

Last year the General Assembly of IAESTE Switzerland took place at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur. Every year, the «Trainee of the year Award» is celebrated on this occasion as well.As our exchange is always done on a 1:1 basis, two incoming and two outgoing students held a small presentation about their own experiences in a foreign country, personalizing the exchange between the countries Panama &

Switzerland respectively Spain & Switzerland. Hearing interesting stories about their internships and

work or special experiences such as the first snowfall in their life here in Switzerland, getting used to the Spanish siesta or the humid weather of Panama, gives us always great motivation to do our job as good as we can. It is really amazing to see how our work helps young persons to develop new abilities and to grow personally.

This year we have a special gift for some of

our incoming students: with a bit of luck they

can win a bike-rental for the period of their

internship stay here in Switzerland. Sergio

Rodriguez from Spain, current intern at Paul

Scherrer Institute in Villigen, was the first one

in receiving this great prize and

was very excited about it.

Sabine Lenz participated in SID 2014 at the beginning of

April as Swiss representative. As every year, different workshops (e.g. about IAESTE strategy for 2020, finance, marketing & communication or IT development) were held to implement and discuss new strategies and guidelines for the further development and improvement of IAESTE International. Participating in SID is always a good way of contributing to make IAESTE globally even better. It is amazing to see how many persons from all over the world are heading towards the same goal: international exchange and comprehension!

Annual Conference 2014

in Quito, Ecuador

General Assembly and Trainee Award 2013

The IAESTE Switzerland bike drawing

Seminar on IAESTE Development (SID), in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

IAESTE «EN SUISSE ROMANDE»

The IAESTE office in Lausanne was founded al­ready 7 years ago. During this time we success­ fully extended our network in the French speaking part of Switzerland.Due to our presence at events such as the Fo­rum HES­SO or Forum EPFL in Lausanne, two of the biggest career fairs in this region, as well as giving information events at different universities and universities of applied sciences, we were able to increase our publicity amongst the students.Furthermore, we initiated different coopera­tions such as with CERN or the «International Link» from the Chamber of Commerce from the Canton of Vaud and also in the area of uni­versities. We are, for example, about to estab­lish our exchange as well with the «Faculté des hautes études commerciales» from the Univer­sity of Lausanne. Their students are very inter­ested in internships in business or economics. During the past few years IAESTE was able to offer more and more placements in these study fields.Remarkable is as well the extension of our net­work concerning Swiss employers in this region who are interested in hiring an international intern at their company. We’re very happy to tell that we managed to offer over 20 intern­ship placements in the Romandie in 2014 – as many as never before!Barbara Lingel, Responsible for Romandie

Filipa Oliveira, IAESTE Alumna from Portugal, came to Switzerland in 2011. She stayed at her internship place and is now regularly employed at Burckhardt + Partner, an architecture office in Lausanne:

When I came to Lausanne, it was supposed to be only for 6 months and I had no great expecta­tions. Right after my first month in the office, I felt that this country was THE country to work abroad. I loved the working environment and the projects; having colleagues from all over the world and especially the trust and responsibility they gave me from the beginning on, even as an intern. Almost 3 years later, I am still at the same place and I still love my work. I don't plan to stay in Switzerland my whole life, but surely the day I will leave, a truck will be necessary to transport all my «Swiss life»: all the knowledge (profes­sional and personal) I gained, my Swiss and in­ternational friends, the Swiss culture which I re­ally like and specially my new love for the mountains and nature.

Filipa Oliveira

Mr Heinrich Hofmann, Professor at EPFL in Lausanne and Mr Guido Schenk, Head of the Quality Management Department at Nestlé PTC in Orbe are happy to answer our questions:

What motivated you to let foreign IAESTE interns work with you?Mr Hofmann: As a Swiss university, it is part of our culture to have the best possible exchange of students. Students from other countries are al­ways a scientific and cultural enrichment for our own research group. New ideas can be tried out and interesting projects can be prepared in this way. In addition, with each invited student we give a Swiss student the possibility to partici­pate in the program. Consequently, we have a double benefit: exchange students who come back to Switzerland are usually highly motivated to finish their studies successfully and have ac­cumulated quite a lot of «life experience».

Mr Schenk: There are several reasons. Firstly, young persons must have the opportunity to get in contact with professional life. Secondly, it is also a pleasure to work together with young and motivated students who have a different cultur­al background. Thirdly, it is always beneficial if more experienced persons share their way of working with others. Only by explaining their own way of thinking, people start to reflect whether a solution is really the best way to han­dle something or not.

What do you appreciate most about the IAESTE service?Mr Hofmann: The most important thing is the good selection and pre­selection of the students. The assistance in finding an accommodation is also very positive. Promoting the integration of students into the university and lots of activi­ties offered by IAESTE give the students an ad­ditional insight into the local way of life, which is also very valuable.

Mr Schenk: It is serious, fast and reliable.

We have asked employers and one former intern of the region about their experiences with IAESTE Switzerland.

An IAESTE internship widens the horizon and provides professional chances – Filipa with her employer Burckhardt + Partner

Get in contact with the Romandie’s office:

IAESTE SwitzerlandBarbara Lingel

Bd de Grancy 371006 Lausanne

Tel: +41 21 601 79 93romandie@office.iaeste.ch

An IAESTE internship is beneficial for both sides – Paulina Jakubczyk with her employer Professor H. Hofmann, EPFL Lausanne

Barbara Lingel at the regional career fair Forum HES-SO

TWINNING WITH LITHUANIAEvery year one LC from Switzerland is travelling to another country for a so called Twinning with another IAESTE LC. The purpose is to learn more about the differences in their work and organisa­tion and to exchange experiences, to make the LC work in the own country more efficient.In June 2014, the LC Zurich met the Lithuanian LC in Kaunas. The LC Kaunas only consists of five people (one National Secretary and four volun­teers) and, apart from taking care of the interns, the LC is also responsible for all administrative issues. In Switzerland it is the National Office that takes over all administrative tasks. This shows how different IAESTE can be organised internationally because in Switzerland the Na­tional Office and the Local Committees do most­ly act independently. Besides workshops and discussions, we had the opportunity to travel to the most beautiful pla­ces in North and West Lithuania. Furthermore, we could also taste some traditional food and learn a traditional dance. This was really exciting. We had the opportunity to get a good sense of Lithuanian food, nature, culture and, of course, the IAESTE work.

With this in mind «I sveikata» and «iki»! («Cheers» and «Bye, bye»!)Lena Arent

INTERNATIONAL ZURICH WEEKENDThe International Zurich Weekend 2013 was re­vived after a gap of a few years and was a great success with over 50 people from different IAESTE organizations in Europe joining in. The key high­lights of the event were the Zurich city rally, the Rhine falls, the Üetliberg hike and enjoying Swiss food, such as Raclette, Fondue, Rösti, Bratwurst and a lot more. All participants gave a very positive feedback and suggested to do the International Zurich Weekend every year. Based on the positive experience from last year, the In­ternational Zurich Weekend was planned even larger this year with more participants and activities like the International Food­ & Drink Night.

Jwalit Patel

JUMP IN MALTAJUMP (Join Us to Motivate People) is a yearly Mo­tivation Seminar. Nine members from different Swiss LCs represented IAESTE Switzerland at JUMP in Malta. The location was an inland holiday apartment complex on the beautiful island of Gozo, the smaller of the two Maltese islands. Al­ready on the way on the ferry we met some other JUMPers from all around the world.

We had different seminars on motivation, leading a LC and the structures of IAESTE during the day time and socialized in the evening, either in the swimming pool or in the party room. Our LC mem­bers made friends not only with the Maltese or­ganizers, but also with the IAESTE people from all over the world. The IAESTE International Evening with food and drinks from all around the world was the highlight of our social exchange. The Mal­tese host organized a sightseeing tour on the beautiful Mediterranean island with its unforget­table landscapes and we were impressed about the gigantic rocky coast line formations.

Participating at JUMP increased our already high motivation and we are ready to use it for future IAESTE activities and services. We continuously support JUMP and do recommend this motivation event to every new LC member as this is a good chance to get into the IAESTE spirit.

Hisashi Saito

EVENTS 2014 – ORGANIZED BY OUR LOCAL COMMITTEES

Hölloch Day, Sledging Day, Appenzell Weekend, Sechseläuten, Rheinfall Day, Klettersteig Day, Liechtenstein Day, Rafting Weekend, Basel Weekend, Davos Weekend, Bern Weekend, Lausanne Weekend, Ticino Weekend, Wellness Weekend, Swiss National Day, Zurich Street Parade, Geneva & CERN Weekend, International Zurich Weekend, Biking Weekend, Zermatt Weekend, Jura Weekend, Rebsortenwanderung Weekend, Hard Hiking Weekend, Vineyard Weekend, International Party, Chocolate & Cheese Weekend, OLMA Day, Industrial Sight Feldschlösschen, Industrial Sight Google, Ski Weekend

LC BaselPresident: Philipp OertleMembers: 5Countries of origin: Switzerland

LC BernPresident: Roman BraunMembers: 9Countries of origin: Switzerland, Germany, Spain,

Thailand

LC LausannePresident: Filip HrisafovMembers: 9Countries of origin: Switzerland, Macedonia, Brazil,

France, Belgium, Tunisia, China

LC ZurichPresident: Claude HolensteinMembers: 26Countries of origin: Switzerland, Greece, Germany,

Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Italy, Jordan, India, Slovenia, Japan, France

Apart from volunteering for a good thing, being a member of the Local Committee (LC) means having a lot of fun, meeting people from all over the world and travelling to other IAESTE countries to join interesting events. Three LC members report:

Performance of a traditional dance from Lithuania Interns and LC members at the International Zurich Weekend

International Motivation Seminar on the idyllic island Gozo

Are you interested in joining a Local Committee?p newmembers@iaeste.ch

Christoph Bucher from Switrzeland, Outgoing IAESTE intern at Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co., Ltd in Changzhou, China:

Zhihao Yang from China, Incoming IAESTE intern at Whitebag GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland:

general, a lot of bikes are on the road, but you can relatively safely join the bike crowd and drive with the flow.

Did the internship influence your future plans so far? What positive experiences can you take home?You learn to be patient and serene. Due to com­munication problems the work flow is slowing down and you just have to take into account more time to reach the goal. Both the development and production was introduced in detail, therefore I could learn a lot about the industrial production of plastic parts. Based on my independent work with the latest version of the OrCad program I can prepare myself for future projects. In addition, I can learn about circuits in real life practice which where only theoretically explained at the Univer­sity.

Does your in-ternship so far correspond to your expecta-

tions? Absolutely! I work

in the electronics de­partment and was as­

signed to a project that has the aim to form a constant luminous

intensity of the LEDs in headlights for cars. I can independently design a new layout for the Print­ed Circuit Board and develop enhancements to the existing circuit with the help of a new soft­ware. In addition, I am also involved in current events, occasionally support team members with translations and can participate in the English­Corner (team members meet to practice English). My colleagues seem to have great pleasure in working together with a foreigner and they are treating me very friendly.

What was the biggest surprise so far? As a European, you still have the status of an exo­tic person in China. On one’s way you attract of­ten curious glances and locals request you to take a group photo with them while they ask you to hold their children in your arms. Therefore, you are regularly surrounded by a group of pedestri­ans causing a small spectacle.

What was so far the most difficult thing to get used to in China?You have to get used to the traffic! Especially on multi­lane intersections a safe crossing without horning is hardly possible despite the traffic lights. Since I have received an old bike from the company to go to work, I quickly got used to it. In

Even on hiking trails there is a lot of «traffic» in China

Does your internship so far correspond to your expectations?It’s even better than I expected. Whitebag GmbH is a start­up using the cutting­edge technology to build up business through simplicity. I am working on a mobile app which allows users to buy wine by just scanning the wine bottle using your smart phone, receiving it automatically to your home. Although only an intern, I am fully in charge of the iOS app development. Thanks to the team, I can always receive help when I get stuck in the code and I also learn how to be more professional during the development. The first version of my “Vinyo” App is already available in the Apple store, which gives me a strong sense of achievement and confi­dence.

What was the biggest surprise so far? There are always a lot of surprises happening in daily life, even though some of them may just be small things. One of the biggest surprises was my phone being found again after I lost it in the bus on my way to work. I got a mail from the lost­and­found office of Zurich and was informed to pick it

up. This is Switzer­land! In my home country such things never hap­pen!

What was so far the most difficult thing to get used to in Switzerland?The most difficult thing to get used to is the incredibly high living standard in Switzer­land. In the first months, it's so hard to accept such high prices in the supermarket. But now, since I get a salary every month, which is quite enough for my living, travel and some other costs, I am getting used not to put the price first into consideration when buying something.

Did the internship influence your future plans so far? What positive experiences can you take home? Thanks to this internship, which opens my eye on an international field, I can better evaluate myself especially concerning my professional skills and personal interests. I am not only learning how to build a software out of an idea to a released prod­uct, but I also learn the thinking pattern and the way to work by talking and discussing with my colleagues. I can learn a lot: being ready and bold to express your own ideas, willing to respect the work habits of different kind of people, and being passionate and patient to work together in a team with a common goal.

The IAESTE exchange is always based on a 1:1 system. This enabled Zhihao Yang from China to come to Switzerland and to under-take an internship at Whitebag GmbH in Zurich.

With my colleagues from Whitebag GmbH at IAESTE BBQ on the rooftop terrace

IN OUT

On the other hand we could send Christoph Bucher to China where he could gain insight into Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co., Ltd in Changzhou.

Mitko Tanevski from Macedonia is our oldest and a particularly loyal member of the Local Committee (LC) Lausanne since many years. He already joined IAESTE in the year 2000 and is still active. He is talking about his positive experiences.

I became a member of IAESTE already in 2000 in Macedonia where I come from. Two years later I did my first IAESTE internship and in 2006 I fin­ished my third, which I completed at Hilti AG in Schaan, Liechtenstein. During this stay I got to know Switzerland as well and some years later I got the opportunity to do my PhD at the Insti­tute of Microengineering in Neuchâtel. So since 2008 I am a member of the LC Lausanne and by now I became the oldest one – both by age and by the time being a part of it.

Although not a student anymore, I am still in­volved taking care of the Web&IT issues of LC Lausanne. Lately I am not active in organising events but the Web&IT tasks enable me to still keep IAESTE in my life. I know IAESTE for more than 14 years now, I have been in and out, but I never lost the connection to it completely. So it is like a long­lasting, but still passionate rela­tionship we are having, IAESTE & me.

How does it come? Becoming a part of it is al­ways a win­win situation: as a student one finds appealing the idea to gain some work experi­ence while living and travelling in another country. And as IAESTE always provides paid in­ternships, you have much less to worry about financing your stay and travel. On top of that, you have the opportunity of becoming a mem­ber of a LC, to gain experience and to immerse yourself in the work of a non­profit organiza­tion. And last but most important, you are do­ing all of that with great people that share your interests.

Reflecting about IAESTE, I always took the founding values of it at face value: IAESTE was formed in 1948 after the Second World War as one of the many efforts to prevent national iso­lation that might lead to wars and conflicts. Nowadays, we still face problems at an interna­tional level, based on differences in nationality, language or religion. I do believe that IAESTE creates a bridge across those differences and di­rectly impacts the future of the world. For me, the existence of IAESTE is a great blessing for all of us.

Mitko Tanevski, LC Lausanne

14 YEARS AT IAESTE – AN EXCITING PERSONAL REPORT

As President of the LC Lausanne participating at the Annual Conference 2012 in Skopje During the internship in Liechtenstein on an excursion to the castle of Vaduz

SWISS UNIVERSITIES

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ETH Zürich 57 52EPF Lausanne 16 17Total 73 69

From Universities

Basel 6 7Bern 0 1Fribourg 0 2Genève 1 0Lausanne 1 1Liechtenstein 1 1Neuchâtel 3 2Zürich 3 2Total 15 16

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From Universities of Applied Sciences

Berner Fachhochschule BFHBerner Fachhochschule, Technik und Informatik, Biel & Burgdorf

3 6

Berner Fachhochschule, Architektur, Holz und Bau, Biel & Burgdorf

0 0

Berner Fachhochschule, Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Zollikofen

0 1

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Muttenz & Windisch 8 4

Fachhochschule Ostschweiz FHOHochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Chur 0 0Hochschule für Technik, Rapperswil 1 3Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik, Buchs 0 1

Hochschule Luzern 1 0Haute ecole spécialisée de Suisse occidentale HES-SO

Haute école ARC – Ingénierie, St.Imier & Le Locle 2 1Haute école d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du canton de Vaud, Yverdon-les-bains

1 0

Ecole d’ingénieurs et d’architectes de Fribourg 6 3Haute école valaisanne – Science de l’ingénieur, Sion 0 0

EXCHANGE FIGURES 2014

TOTAL STUDENTS SENT ABROAD 122 121

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Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, Manno SUPSI

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Zürcher Fachhochschule ZFHZürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, School of Engineering, Winterthur

8 14

Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Life Sciences and Facilty Management, Wädenswil

4 3

Total 34 36

COUNTRIES 2013 2014

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Albania 0 0 0 1Argentina 2 2 2 3

Armenia 0 0 0 0

Australia 2 2 3 3Austria 5 3 4 4Bangladesch 1 0 0 0Belarus 0 0 0 0Belgium 3 1 1 1Bolivia 0 0 0 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 2 0Botswana 0 0 0 0Brazil 10 5 11 8Bulgaria 0 0 0 0Canada 0 0 2 3Chile 0 0 0 0China incl. Hong Kong & Macao 5 5 5 5Colombia 2 1 3 1Croatia 2 1 1 1Cyprus 1 0 1 2Czech Republic 5 7 3 6Denmark 5 1 2 2Ecuador 1 1 1 0Egypt 0 0 0 0Estonia 0 0 0 0FYR Macedonia 1 2 3 2Finland 3 2 2 1France 0 0 0 0Gambia 0 0 0 0Germany 4 6 7 5

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Ghana 0 0 1 1Greece 2 1 0 1Hungary 2 2 4 2Iceland 0 0 0 0India 5 4 3 2Indonesia 0 0 0 0Iran 0 0 0 0Ireland 1 1 0 2Israel 0 0 0 1Italy 0 0 0 0Jamaica 0 0 0 0Japan 4 1 4 0Jordan 1 1 1 2Kazakhstan 1 2 0 1Kenya 0 0 0 0Latvia 0 0 0 0Lebanon 0 0 0 0Liberia 0 0 0 0Lithuania 0 1 0 2Malaysia 0 0 0 0Malta 1 2 1 1Mexico 1 1 0 0Mongolia 1 1 0 0Montenegro 0 0 0 0Nigeria 0 0 0 0Netherlands 0 1 1 1Norway 5 2 5 2Oman 1 1 0 0Pakistan 0 0 0 0

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Panama 2 2 2 2Peru 2 2 2 0Philippines 0 0 0 0Poland 5 5 7 10Portugal 2 2 1 1Republic of Korea 4 6 6 5Romania 0 0 0 2Russia 1 1 2 1Serbia 0 1 0 1Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0Slovakia 2 1 0 3Slovenia 1 6 2 3Spain 7 3 4 13Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1Sweden 1 4 1 2Syria 0 0 0 1Tajikistan 1 1 1 1Tanzania 0 0 1 0Thailand 2 0 1 1Tunisia 0 1 2 0Turkey 2 1 3 1Ukraine 0 2 1 1United Arab Emirates 0 0 1 1United Kingdom 8 5 6 4United States 1 2 2 2Uzbekistan 0 0 0 1Vietnam 2 2 2 0West Bank 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 122 108 121 124

STUDY FIELDS

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Aeronautical Engineering 1 2 0 0Agriculture 2 2 0 2Architecture 4 9 1 13Architectural Studies 0 0 0 0Automotive Engineering 1 0 0 0Bioengineering 0 0 0 3

Biochemistry 2 2 0 1

Biology 9 3 11 1Biotechnology 3 1 0 0Chemical Engineering 3 2 1 6Chemistry 5 8 8 2Civil Engineering 5 6 7 5Computer Science 7 17 0 28Economics 0 0 0 1

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Electrical Engineering 8 13 16 13Electronics 2 2 1 2Environmental Engineering 6 2 8 1Environmental Science 2 0 0 2Food Technology 5 2 4 1Forestry 0 0 0 1Geodesy 0 3 0 0Geography 1 0 1 0Geology 4 0 1 0Industrial Engineering 0 4 3 3Material Science 2 2 1 7Mathematics 0 1 3 0Mechanical Engineering 31 17 31 16Mechatronics 0 2 0 3

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Pharmaceutical Studies 1 0 3 1Physics 8 3 7 4Power Engineering 0 1 0 1Process Engineering 0 0 0 0Telecommunications 1 0 1 1Wood & Paper Technology 0 0 0 0Other 9 4 13 6

Total 122 108 121 124

FOREIGN STUDENTS EVALUATE THEIR INTERNSHIP IN SWITZERLAND

EXCELLENT

GOOD

FAIR

POOR

100% 39 Students

Was your training in accordance with the experience offered?

Was the payment sufficient to cover the cost of living and provide some pocket money?

Did you have any influence on the training program?

How would you describe your relations with management and other employees?

Was your knowledge in the required language good enough?

Did the over-all performance of your sending country satisfy you?

Did the over-all performance of your receiving country satisfy you?

Would you recommend this offer for next year‘s exchange? YES NO

«I can only recommend to everyone the IAESTE programme! It is a chance, it is a challenge and

you can only profit!»Foreign Intern 2014

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EXCELLENT

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100% 46 Employers

Over-all performance

Relation with others

Attitude / application to work

Ability to learn

Dependability

Quality of work

Language fluency

Flexibility

General impression of the IAESTE program

General impression of IAESTE Switzerland

Willing to participate again next year YES NO

SWISS EMPLOYERS EVALUATE FOREIGN STUDENTS

«The student performed excellent and went beyond expectations

of a trainee. The team could always rely on his work and commitment.»

Swiss Employer 2014

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SWISS STUDENTS EVALUATE THEIR INTERNSHIP ABROAD

EXCELLENT

GOOD

FAIR

POOR

100% 76 Students

Was your training in accordance with the experience offered?

Was the payment sufficient to cover the cost of living and provide some pocket money?

Did you have any influence on the training program?

How would you describe your relations with management and other employees?

Was your knowledge in the required language good enough?

Did the over-all performance of your sending country satisfy you?

Did the over-all performance of your receiving country satisfy you?

Would you recommend this offer for next year‘s exchange? YES NO

«I learnt many new things. It was a very good opportunity to

improve my English skills and to meet many other international students.»

Swiss Intern 2014

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EXCELLENT

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100% 17 Employers

Over-all performance

Relation with others

Attitude / application to work

Ability to learn

Dependability

Quality of work

Language fluency

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FOREIGN EMPLOYERS EVALUATE SWISS INTERNS

«The performance of the student was excellent. She showed a proactive

attitude and was always willing to learn and participate in any task she

was assigned to.»Foreign Employer 2014

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SWISS EMPLOYERS OFFERING INTERNSHIPS IN 2014A

A.I.A. GmbH ZurichABB Medium Voltage Drives TurgiACTIS-DATTA SA RenensAgroscope ZurichAscomp ZurichAlstom (Switzerland) Ltd Baden / Birratelier ww Architekten SIA AG ZurichAtus AG NeerachB

Bachema AG Schlieren

Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) BurgdorfBiognoSYS AG SchlierenBiotronik AG Buelach

Burckhardt Compression AG WinterthurBurckhardt+Partner AG Zurich / Basel / Bern / Lausanne

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Camlin Technologies (Switzerland) ZurichCeleroton AG ZurichComerge ZurichConsultinform AG ZurichCERN Geneva

CES Creative Electronic Systems Grand-LancyCPI Crane Payment Innovations Plan-les-OuatesCREALOGIX AG ZurichD

Dacuda AG ZurichDätwyler Sealing Solutions International AG Schattdorf

digitalSTROM AG SchlierenDoodle AG ZurichE

Eawag KastanienbaumÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne / NeuchatelEmpa Duebendorferdmannpeisker GmbH BielEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH Zurich) Zurich

FFKH Fachkommission für Hochspannungsfragen DaenikenFrontiers Media SA LausanneH

Herzog & de Meuron BaselHHF Architects Basel

Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR) RapperswilHochstrasser Glaus & Partner Consulting AG ZurichHotel Harder Minerva InterlakenI

ID Gebaeudetechnik AG OftringenINFICON AG Balzers (LI)

Informaticon AG ThunInstitute for Applied Plant Biology SchoenenbuchL

LK Luftqualität AG LucerneLonza AG VispLuescher Bucher Theiler Architekten gmbh LucerneM

MD Systems ZurichMedos Codman (Johnson & Johnson group) Le LocleMettler-Toledo AG NaenikonMillform AG, Gbanga Zurichmvt architectes MiesN

Nestec Ltd Nestlé PTC Konolfingen KonolfingenNestlé Suisse S.A. RorschachNexus Telecom AG ZurichNovartis Pharma AG BaselP

Paul Scherrer Institut Villigen PSIProse AG WinterthurQ

QualySense AG DuebendorfR

Rapp Arcoplan AG Basel

SSchiller AG BaarSensirion AG StaefaSkyepharma AG MuttenzSMA und Partner AG ZurichSolcept AG WetzikonSt. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG St. GallenSwisslog AG BuchsSyngenta Crop Protection AG BaselU

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) WindischUniversity of Bern, ARTORG Center for Computer Aided Surgery BerneV

vario-optics ag Heiden

Vistaprint WinterthurVitaPlant AG UttwilW

Waldhauser + Hermann AG Baselwhitebag GmbH ZurichZ

Zulauf AG Schinznach-DorfZurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) Winterthur