ETH Zurich - Center for Security Studies (CSS) Summer 2025 Internship Program

Deadline: April 07, 2025

Internships

NGO & Institutes

Location(s)

  • Switzerland
Zurich

Overview

The Center for Security Studies (CSS) offers a total of 4 internships each year to graduate and undergraduate students in their final year. 

We hope to be able to offer the program again in 2025.The next recruitment window is expected to open in January 2025.

Details

Program

CSS internships are only available during summer holidays and last six weeks. Interns will be invited between mid May and early October, depending on the applicant's semester holidays and the availability of internships at the Center. The place of work will be the CSS offices in Zurich. All interns will be provided with office space and facilities as appropriate for their work.

Work

Applicants choosing to intern with the CSS are expected to play an active role in the work of the Center by:

  • Contributing to the CSS’s existing research projects; interns will be allocated to a project based on their experience and the needs of the CSS.
  • Assisting senior researchers with their research, editorial, and networking activities.
  • Co-authoring articles with CSS researchers.
  • Assist in the organization of courses or events.

How to apply

If you would like to apply for a CSS internship, please submit your complete online application including the following:

  • Application letter: a one page statement of purpose outlining your research interests and why you would like to work at the CSS
  • Resume (max. 2 pages)
  • Copies of academic transcripts and/or certificates
  • A writing sample in English, e.g. a university paper, an article
  • Two letters of recommendation, preferably academic, should be sent directly by the refrees to the CSS Institute Manager by e-mail or regular mail:
    Center for Security Studies (CSS)
    Institute Manager
    Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW
    8092 Zurich
    Switzerland
    daniel.frey@sipo.gess.ethz.ch

About us

The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich is a center of competence for Swiss and international security policy. It offers security policy expertise in research, teaching, and consulting activities. The CSS promotes understanding of security policy challenges as a contribution to a more peaceful world. Its work is independent, practice-relevant, and based on a sound academic footing. It combines research and policy consultancy and, as such, functions as a bridge between academia and practice. It trains highly qualified junior researchers and serves as a point of contact and information for the interested public.  

Since 2002, Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger has headed the CSS, which is part of the Department of Humanities, Social, and Political Sciences (D-GESS) at ETH Zürich and was founded in 1986 by Prof. Dr. Kurt Spillmann. Together with the political science professorships at ETH Zürich and the University of Zurich, it makes up the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS). Read more

The CSS has maintained a strategic partnership with the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection, and Sports (DDPS) since 2004 and a similar partnership with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) since 2012.

Opportunity is About


Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Who are we looking for?

Graduate students or undergraduate students in their final year with the following skills:

  • Excellent English
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
  • The ability to read and analyze content quickly and objectively
  • A detailed knowledge of current affairs
  • A strong work ethic and the ability to learn quickly
  • Initiative and a willingness to participate in, and contribute to, the activities of the CSS.

Dates

Deadline: April 07, 2025


Cost/funding for participants

  • The CSS pays an appropriate salary. However, the CSS recommends that all applicants apply for an additional scholarship before coming to Zurich. 
  • The Institute does not have the ability to assist applicants in finding housing, but refers to the appropriate ETH websites. Interns are asked to make the necessary arrangements before joining.
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