Deadline: 15/02/2010
The School of Computer and Communication Sciences in Lausanne (Switzerland) provides internship opportunities in the Summer period for students enrolled in BSc, MSc, or equivalent programmes in Computer Science or Engineering, Telecommunications, or Electrical Engineering. Internships are assigned competitively to students with excellent academic results.
During a period of at least two months and including the whole month of August, internship students get the chance to learn new skills and to gain hands-on experience in their chosen field while working personally with leading senior scientists. Participating students will work in a research unit, typically to solve problems which are usually part of major research efforts. Often, this will lead to performing challenging programming or design tasks to prove new concepts.
Eligibility
Applicants must be enrolled in a 3- or 4-year BSc programme or a 1- or 2-year MSc programme (or equivalent undergraduate programmes) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Communications, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.. Students enrolled in PhD programmes are not eligible.
Application procedure
Applicants need to submit following documents:
1. application form
2. 1-page Letter of Motivation in PDF or ASCII (no other formats accepted), in which you should describe your scientific interests and the reasons that made you apply
Financial matters
* Scholarships: CHF 1,600.- per month (CHF 400.- per week).
* Refund of travelling cost (2nd class train ticket or low-cost/economy airfare, only after written approval by the hosting laboratory)
