Employability
Students graduating from this program will develop a taste for working on complex problems. In their future careers they will be able to apply their knowledge in many interdisciplinary areas including robotics, business forecasting, intelligent search, video games, music and entertainment, chat bots, medical diagnostics, self-driving cars, to name a few.
The following data are based on the last USI Alumni Survey, carried out by the USI Career&Alumni Service and the USI Alumni DB.
| 1 year after graduation | |
| Employed | 100% |
| Time to Job | 0.8 (81% before or immediately after graduation) |
| Salary | Average/100% gross annual salary in CH 86.000 Chf |
Place of Work:
| Switzerland | 88,9% |
| Ticino | 44,5% |
| Other Swiss Cantons | 44,4% |
| Other Countries | 11,1% |
Employment Industries:
| Informatics, Technology, Web | 33,3% |
| Banking, Finance, Insurance | 33,3% |
| Education and research | 16,7% |
| Industry | 16,7% |
Employment Functions:
| IT, Engineering, web, data scientist | 44,9% |
| Teaching, training, academic research | 44,9% |
| Information technology, technology, web | 11,2% |
Source: 2024 USI Master Survey (alumni 2023) and USI Alumni DB
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Research summer internships for students - UROP Internships
The Faculty of Informatics encourages and promotes the talent of its Bachelor and Master students by offering them summer internships in academic research within the programme Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - UROP.
Internships are extracurricular, and access is on a competitive basis. Students work one-on-one with an advisor to develop a deeper understanding of both the concepts taught during the semester and the research topic. Students considering continuing in academia should seriously consider applying for a UROP position.
All research opportunities for this year are listed here.
See all the job and internship opportunities in the USI Job Bank.