Jobs & Internships in Switzerland

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📍 Zürich, SwitzerlandEquityHard

#Engineering

Apply → arbeitnow.ch

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MassChallenge Accelerator (Early Stage / Switzerland / UK)

MassChallenge

A zero-equity accelerator network offering mentorship from hundreds of experts and access to cash prizes, with no application fees. The flagship early-stage track is open to startups from any industry and geography with less than $1M raised and under $2M in revenue.

📍 Global (programs in Switzerland, UK, and other regions)UnpaidMedium

Apply → masschallenge.org

Student

United Nations Internship Programme

United Nations

Internships at UN Secretariat offices (New York, Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi) and various UN agencies, giving students hands-on experience in research, policy work, and international affairs. Secretariat internships are unpaid; some agencies (like UNDP) provide a stipend.

📍 New York, Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi, and other UN duty stationsUnpaidMedium

Apply → un.org

General

Carouge International Ceramics Competition

City of Carouge / Musée de Carouge

A biennial international ceramics competition running since 1987, with exhibited works shown at the Musée de Carouge.

📍 Geneva, SwitzerlandPaidHard

#competition#ceramics#craft

Apply → ceramicsnow.org

Early Career

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (ESKAS)

Swiss Confederation (Federal Commission for Scholarships)

Swiss government research scholarships for early-career foreign researchers holding a master's degree, plus a separate art-scholarship track, open to applicants from 183 countries.

📍 SwitzerlandPaidHard

#scholarship#switzerland#research

Apply → sbfi.admin.ch

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Cartier Women's Initiative Regional Award

Cartier Women's Initiative

A global award for women-led impact businesses, providing cash grants plus a leadership program across nine world regions.

📍 Global (Switzerland-based)PaidHard

#award#women-entrepreneurs#funding

Apply → cartierwomensinitiative.com

Early Career

Translation House Looren Translation Grants

Übersetzerhaus Looren

Grants tied to a one-month residency at Looren or Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, supporting professional literary translators, with a separate track for first-time translators.

📍 Wernetshausen, SwitzerlandStipendMedium

#grant#translation#residency

Apply → looren.net

Early Career

Château de Lavigny Writer's Residence

Fondation Ledig-Rowohlt

A four-week residency (May-October) for published writers, translators, playwrights, and scriptwriters in a medieval chateau in the Swiss countryside.

📍 Lavigny, SwitzerlandStipendMedium

#residency#writing#europe

Apply → chateaudelavigny.ch

General

Fondation Jan Michalski Writing Residency

Fondation Jan Michalski

A two-week to three-month residency for writers and translators in purpose-built cabins in the Swiss Jura foothills, open to beginners and established writers alike.

📍 Montricher, SwitzerlandStipendMedium

#residency#writing#translation

Apply → fondation-janmichalski.com

Early Career

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

Swiss Confederation (Federal Commission for Scholarships)

Scholarships for foreign postgraduate researchers and artists to pursue research or further study at Swiss universities, covering living costs and tuition.

📍 SwitzerlandPaidHard

#scholarship#switzerland#europe

Apply → sbfi.admin.ch

Student

UNIDIR Global Disarmament Essay Competition

UN Institute for Disarmament Research

An essay competition inviting young people to write on disarmament, arms control, and international security, with a funded trip to Geneva for the winner.

📍 Global (online); winner trip to GenevaPaidMedium

#competition#essay#disarmament

Apply → unidir.org

General

GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

A prize for innovative concepts addressing global peace and security challenges, with winners receiving a funded incubation period at GCSP in Geneva.

📍 Geneva, SwitzerlandPaidMedium

#competition#peace#security

Apply → gcsp.ch

Student

ETH Zurich Student Summer Research Fellowship

ETH Zurich (Department of Computer Science)

A two-month fellowship giving undergraduates their first hands-on research experience in computer science, working directly with an ETH Zurich research group.

📍 Zurich, SwitzerlandStipendHard

#fellowship#research#computer-science

Apply → cse.ethz.ch

Student

The Geneva Challenge

Geneva Graduate Institute

An annual team competition inviting graduate students worldwide to propose pragmatic, evidence-based solutions to a pressing global development problem, judged by an expert panel in Geneva.

📍 Geneva, SwitzerlandPaidHard

#competition#policy#graduate

Apply → thegenevachallenge.ch

Student

CERN Beamline for Schools Competition

CERN

An international competition where teams of high schoolers design a real particle-physics experiment, with winning teams traveling to run their experiment on an actual CERN beamline.

📍 Geneva, Switzerland (winning trip)PaidHard

#competition#physics#team

Apply → beamlineforschools.cern

Early Career

World Trade Organization Young Professionals Programme

World Trade Organization

A structured placement within WTO Secretariat divisions in Geneva that builds practical expertise in international trade law and policy for early-career professionals.

📍 Geneva, SwitzerlandPaidHard

#internship#trade-policy#geneva

Apply → wto.org

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