Switzerland is internationally renowned for its excellence in the field of research and teaching. In a highly-competitive global market, and in a context of increased academic staff mobility, the country has to facilitate professional opportunities for mobile couples, so that partners are not disadvantaged in their careers paths. The effectiveness of dual career support programmes can make a difference in recruitment procedures when it comes to attracting the best researchers – it’s a new challenge for university institutions.
The Career2 initiative aims at creating synergies with other public and private projects that promote highly skilled employees mobility. The aim is also to support best practices, especially in the area of recruitment procedures that take into account the needs of both partners who wish to pursue their career.
Useful links
- ETH Welcome Center career page
- ETH Application guide
- Young academics
- Forum for young academics
- Academia Net
- Fondation WISH de l’EPFL
- Teljob Academic job centre
- My Science
- SNSF careers (general information)
- Glassdoor ( in French only)
Innovation
Network of Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences and arts
Universities in French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland that partner with the Career2 programme
- University of Geneva
- University of Lausanne
- University of Fribourg
- University of Neuchâtel
- Università della Svizzera italiana
- CUSO Conférence des Universités de Suisse occidentale (in French only)
- CRUS : Conférence des Recteurs des universités suisses (in German or French)
Universities of applied sciences and arts
Research Centres
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- Aramis database on the Swiss Confederation’s research projects
- SNSF Programmes
- InnoSuisse Swiss Innovation Agency
- My Science
- Genetic research (in French only)
- Western Switzerland Micro-nanotech Cluster
Funding
- BNF – National qualification programme
- BRIDGE – SNSF and Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency
- Funding of research projects
- Research funding
- Marie Heim-Vögtlin – Supports female doctoral students and postdocs in Switzerland
- The database P3 contains data on research projects approved by the SNSF
- Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF)
- PRIMA
- EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion is a unique pan-European initiative delivering information and support services to professional researchers
- Fondation Hedwig Widmer (site in German but contact possible in French)
- Grants and student loans
- Foundation Indexes of University of Basel