Internships and cooperations

Cooperation with skilled personnel in the fields of science and research is essential for a professional qualification in the field of scientific communication. Project work and teamwork with institutions and experts from different fields are an integral part of the learning program. As a complement to intensive cooperation with specialists in the traditional fields of archaeology, medicine and biology, the course also places a particular emphasis on the life, environmental and cultural sciences.

This area of study regularly produces projects that address contemporary issues facing the profession. Students and lecturers jointly develop visualizations in close collaboration with scientific institutes, universities and private sector companies. Within the scope of cooperation, visualization strategies are evaluated, visualizations are conceived, and the effect and function of images and media are examined.

Cooperation partners

  • Department of Pre- and Early History at the University of Zurich
  • Anthropological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich
  • AO Surgery Foundation
  • Archaeological Service of Bern Canton
  • Cantonal Division of the Archaeological Institute
  • Bitrats – Information Design
  • Botanical Garden of the University of Basel
  • Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU)
  • Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE)
  • Federal Research Institute for Forestry, Snow and Landscape (WSL)
  • European Deep Sea Research Project (HERMES)
  • Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FIBL), Frick
  • Technical University of Rapperswil
  • Institute for Nature, Landscape and the Environment (NLU) of the University of Basel
  • Palaeontological Institute of the University of Erlangen
  • ArchimediX multimedia laboratory
  • Robert Collection of the Neuhaus Museum in Biel
  • Micronaut – Laboratory for Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig
  • Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Marine Microbiology in Bremen
  • Natural History Museum of London
  • Senckenberg Natural Science Museum and Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main
  • Natural History Museum in Basel
  • Neurosurgery Outpatient Clinic of the University of Zurich
  • Palaeontological Institute of the University of Zurich
  • Pro Natura, Switzerland
  • Swiss National Parks Office
  • University Eye Clinic, Basel
  • Vetsuisse – Veterinary Medicine Institute of the University of Zurich
  • Visual Cognition Research Group (VICOREG), University of Zurich
  • Centre for Graphic Data Processing, Darmstadt, Digital Storytelling Department
  • Zoological Institute of the University of Basel
  • Zoological Garden, Basel
  • Zurich Zoo

Internships

Bachelor's degree students must complete a practical work placement. Over the course of several weeks to months, students put what they have learned into practice together with partners from business or science. Working in a real professional environment provides students with an extension to their own personal technical and organizational “toolbox”, and represents a welcome change from their studies. Time and again, the experiences and contacts that students gain from practical work placements prove to be invaluable for the remainder of their studies and beyond.