Two months in a lab abroad, usually during your bachelor's, with a stipend and a final poster. Very selective: realistically, you would need an average above 28/30 to be considered in the selection.

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Swiss bureaucracy - great news!

While Swiss university offering these programs have cutting-edge facilities and exceptional position in the university rankings, Switzerland is known for its high cost of living and complicated bureaucracy when moving there to work. However, you really should not be scared — at least if you come from the European Union. The internship offers cover less than 3 moths, therefore your stay can be considered as a touristic stay.

Touristic stays do not require to be registered at the immigration office within 14 days from your arrival. Furthermore, you won’t be required to have your own Swiss insurance, since for EU countries with public health your EHIC (Tessera Sanitaria) covers the basic expenses. See more at this link.

General application process

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1. Ask for your reference letter first. Pick a professor whose exam or project went well and send programme, deadline, CV and transcript, at least three weeks before the application.
2. Pick two or three labs. Read a recent paper from each and be ready to justify why you’re expressing your interest towards that exact lab.
3. Prepare everything outside the form. Some forms, like EPFL's, cannot be saved.
4. Send your application form. Try to send it 1 week before the deadline if the referees are asked to send the reference letter on their own.

It takes 3 to 4 hours of work in total, spread over a couple of days.

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