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Career Services for students

Entering the job market? BFH helps you with a job portal, career events, advisory services and specialist information on each school.

You can use the portal to find suitable positions, participate in our career events or seek advice and mentoring opportunities. Furthermore, our links offer you specialist information on each school, the alumni network and myAbility, the programme for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses.

Looking for a job?

Find current job vacancies in no time on Studentjobs, BFH’s user-friendly dedicated job portal, and sign up to our email job alerts.

Looking for a part-time job, an internship or a first job after graduation? Studentjobs is BFH’s employment portal for students. You will find current vacancies from companies that specifically target students and graduates. For this, you can use filter functions for specialist area, level of employment or location and sign up to our email job alerts. The portal is available free of charge to all BFH students and graduates.

CareerBooster events

The CareerBooster events help you build up career-relevant skills that are practice-oriented, free of charge and tailored to your everyday study life.

The CareerBooster Events help you build up targeted, career-relevant skills. These include time management, job application training and stress management. The workshops take place online or on site in the early evening. Free of charge, they are conducted by experienced career coaches. You will find all relevant information in the BFH Campus app.

Next Career Events

  • Event for specialists

Career Day: Technik und Informatik

Der Career Day vernetzt Nachwuchskräfte, Industrie und Wirtschaft. Student*innen erhalten die Gelegenheit, Unternehmen aus Technik und Informatik kennenzulernen und persönlichen Kontakt mit...

05.05.2026, 1pm–6pm – Online (Talentefinder) und im Switzerland Innovation Park an der Aarbergstrasse 46 in Biel

Career opportunities and contacts in your school

For students: you will find here the contact information for your school’s Career Services and offers for targeted support as you begin your career.

Use the direct links to access contact information, the Career Services and specific offers such as events, mentoring or advice at your school. You will receive tailored support for your career planning and starting a career in your field of study.

Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering

  • Event for specialists

Unternehmenstag Holz Biel 25. März 2026

Der Unternehmenstag Holz Biel ist der in der Schweiz einzigartige Treffpunkt für Studierende und Arbeitgeber*innen aus der Holzwirtschaft.

25.03.2026, 9.30am–5pm – Biel, Solothurnstrasse 102

Sarah Althaus

  • Leiterin Eventmanagement
  • +41 32 344 03 15
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Mentoring programme and contact person at the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL

Mentoring programme at BFH-HAFL

The move from studying to the world of work throws up lots of questions. Join BFH-HAFL’s mentoring programme and benefit from the knowledge of experienced professionals.

Prof. Dr. Roland Stähli

  • Leiter Ressort Lehre
  • +41 31 910 21 25
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Business Lab and contact persons at Bern University of the Arts

Christoph Marc Jenny

  • Koordinator HKB-Business Lab
  • +41 31 848 56 41
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Claire Emmanuelle Brawand

  • Leiterin Career Skills Music
  • +41 31 848 62 24
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Student advisory service Bachelor and mentoring programme at the School of Social Work

Prof. Salvatore Cruceli

  • Dozent
  • +41 31 848 36 43
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Pascal Wyssling

  • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
  • +41 31 848 58 23
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Mentoring programme

In collaboration with the association Alumni  BFH Social Work , the School of Social Work offers a one-year mentoring programme designed to support students in the transition from studies to work. Participants benefit from the professional experience and networks of former graduates.

Programme structure

  • Duration: 12 months, with at least 6 face-to-face meetings
  • Framework: kick-off event, mid-term meeting and joint closing event
  • Content: the topics are chosen individually, e.g. exchange of experience, career planning or insights into a vocational field.
  • Mentors: mentor and mentoree are matched based on the latter’s interests and goals.

Further links

Career Services and contact person at the School of Engineering and Computer Science

Bettina Katharina Huber

  • Product Managerin
  • +41 32 321 63 79
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Career Services and Mentoring Programme at the Business School

Career Services at the BFH Business School

The BFH Business School’s Career Services is your steppingstone from university to the world of work. Our services will help you start your career or find the right internship for you. Career Services...

Mentoring Programme BFH Business School

Gain valuable experience, make important contacts and benefit from the experience of renowned experts: The mentoring programme of the BFH Business School offers a lot to help students to support them...

Alumni BFH: network, mentoring & job portal for your career start

The umbrella organisation Alumni BFH connects graduates and promotes mentoring programmes. Its job portal offers concrete support for the start of your career and a salary overview.

The umbrella organisation Alumni BFH brings together all graduates of BFH’s bachelor’s, master’s or continuing education programmes. Membership is free of charge. More than 10 specialist alumni organisations collaborate to form a multidisciplinary network that fosters interdisciplinary exchange. If you are seeking networking opportunities and wish to benefit in the long term from the expertise of our former students, this is the right place.

Mentoring, job portal and salary overview

To support your career entry, the BFH Alumni umbrella organisation collaborates with the university of applied sciences to develop mentoring programmes. The portal ‘Alumni Jobs’ connects graduates with employment opportunities. In addition, the FH-Lohnstudie, a salary study for UAS graduates, offers transparent insights into the going salaries in different sectors – a valuable tool to help you plan your career.

Alumni organisations

External support services for studies, career launch and inclusiveness

External services such as the Counselling Centre Universities of Bern and myAbility support students during their studies and career launch.

Personal advice on studies and career

The Counselling Centre Universities of Bern provides students and employees free, confidential support with career-related issues. Overview of the topics:

  • Choosing a study programme and combining disciplines
  • Review of your situation and competence profile
  • Changing disciplines, compatibility and financing
  • Career entry and application process

Career and development workshops

In addition to one-to-one advice, the Counselling Centre offers workshops every semester, e.g. on career launch, application dossiers or key skills for your studies. The goal is to empower students in their personal and professional growth. In addition, the website offers a variety of self-coaching tools and additional resources.

myAbility – for an inclusive career start

The myAbility Talent Programme is aimed at students with disabilities or chronic illnesses. It provides individual practical support for your career start, free of charge. The offer includes:

  • Job application coaching and communication training
  • Career workshops and job shadowing
  • Access to a strong network

Further information