Worldwide internships for VET graduates
NextStep Mobility Program
The NextStep program offers young graduates of the Swiss vocational and educational training (VET) internships abroad. The program was initiated by the cantons of Zurich and Vaud in collaboration with Swissnex.
Financial support for their internships abroad is provided by Movetia, the national agency for the promotion of exchanges and mobility.
In short
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Interns are VET graduates with a Swiss federal vocational baccalaureate (FVB).
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Interns have at least 4 years of vocational work experience.
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Internships last between 3 and 12 months.
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Professions cover economic, artisanal, and industrial activities (administration and business, technical professions, information technology, hospitality, healthcare, applied arts...)
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Program participation is free of charge for companies. Interns are insured and financially supported by the program.
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Selected candidates demonstrate excellent professional skills and have a firm grasp of the English language.
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Participating companies benefit from the individual competence and work ethics intensively fostered at Swiss VET institutions and from insights into the Swiss and European market and culture.
NextStep 2024 in numbers
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4 global destinations
Participants are hosted across four countries worldwide.
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29 participants
A diverse group of 29 VET graduates from Switzerland take part in this enriching program.
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17 host organizations
From multinational companies to schools and cultural venues, our host organizations partner to provide hands-on experiences.
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15 professions
From watchmaking to hospitality, participants bring expertise from diverse fields.
Participants 2024
The Swiss VET system enables young people to enter the labor market and ensures that there are enough skilled workers and managers in the future. It has a high labour market relevance and is an integral part of the education system, spanning both upper-secondary and tertiary level.
The Swiss VET system is based on the duality between theory and practice. At upper-secondary level, this duality can be seen in the distribution of training content across different learning locations: classroom instruction takes place at a vocational school (theory) and workplace training takes place at a host company (practice). For some occupations, there is a third learning location, which is designed to complement the other two: these branch courses take place at a branch training centre. At tertiary level, this duality is expressed through a combination of classroom instruction and the previous and current work experience of participants.
