Career Prospects

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 conducted by the USI Career & Alumni Service in 2022. 

 

1 year after graduation

Employed

100%

Time to job

0
(81% before or immediately after graduation)

Salary
Average/100% gross annual salary in CH

CHF 76'000.-

   

Place of work

%

Switzerland

  • Ticino
  • Other Swiss Cantons

30

  • -
  • 30

Other Countries

40

Italy

30

   

Industries (main)

%

Informatics, Technology, Web

82

Consulting

9

Industry

9

   

Function (main)

%

IT, Engineering, Web, Data Scientist

56

Research & Development

22

Business Development, Strategic Consulting

11

Teaching & Training

11

Source: 2022 USI Master Survey (Alumni 2021)

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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.