For over 12 years, armasuisse has been offering students and university graduates the chance to put the knowledge they have acquired into practice. armasuisse offers a wide variety of challenges and diversified activities. The interns take on tasks in a specialist area and participate in projects.

Students from various different fields of study – architecture, computer science, engineering, law, business administration and many more – can do a graduate internship at armasuisse. Theoretical knowledge from studies can then be implemented in the following armasuisse areas:

Resources and Support

• Communications
• External Relations
• Personnel Development
• Legal Services/Transportations and Customs

Command and Control and Reconnaissance Systems

• Commerce

armasuisse Real Estate

• Competence Centre Ground
• Competence Centre Nature
• Communications

Science and Technology

• Explosive Materials and Ammunition Monitoring
• C4I Networks
• Sensor System

armasuisse’s wide range of offers is also reflected in the university internships. The students joining armasuisse come from various different academic backgrounds and from various different regions of Switzerland. Most of them have acquired a Masters or Bachelor degree at university, while others studied at a technical college.

Over the six to twelve months, the graduate intern, who is on average 27 years old, will receive an insight into the organisation of the Federal Administration, gain work experience and build up a network. The graduate internship offers an ideal introduction for a successful professional career at armasuisse, in the Federal Administration or in the private sector.

armafolio Article

In the latest edition of armafolio (No. 01 June/2020), you can find out more about the interesting and varied tasks of a graduate intern at armasuisse in the article “Das Umfeld ist wahnsinnig spannend und alles andere als alltäglich” (in German).