BNF - National qualification programme

What is important when looking for a project?

Participation in a BNF project is intended to position you ideally in the Swiss job market. It is therefore very important to precisely define your objectives before you start and to decide on what you wish to achieve. What new experience or skills do you want to gain? Do you have skills that are not documented in your resume with a certificate? Who are the key people in your future job market? How do you get to know them? ...

Terms and conditions of BNF project work:
Project work is voluntary and is provided free of charge. BNF is primarily concerned with the benefits that project work can have for job seekers. However, our project partners should also benefit. Project participation may not compete with conventionally paid work. It is a temporary commitment and can be cancelled at any time in favour of a job.

As a national qualification programme, we have an extensive network of excellent project partners in renowned institutions and companies throughout Switzerland.

Here are a few examples of institutions with BNF projects:

  •     Universitäten Bern, Fribourg, Zürich, Basel, Lausanne, Genève, Neuenburg
  •     Diverse Universitätsspitäler
  •     ETH Zürich, EPF Lausanne
  •     Fachhochschulen Bern, Zürich, Ostschweiz, Nordwestschweiz und Westschweiz
  •     Pädagogische Hochschule PH Bern
  •     Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)
  •     Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen
  •     EMPA, Dübendorf oder Thun, EAWAG, Dübendorf
  •     Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Krebsforschung (SAKK), Bern
  •     Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG), Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
  •     Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (BABS), Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
  •     Agroscope, Changins-Wädenswil, Liebefeld-Posieux oder Reckenholz-Tänikon
  •     Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FIBL), Frick
  •     Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne

You can find a detailed list of available projects in our project database or on our internal information page. You will receive access from your BNF consultant after registering with BNF.