IAESTE A.s.b.l., the umbrella organisation of IAESTE Switzerland, is an international exchange organisation which provides students primarily from technical and science departments with internships abroad.

IAESTE was founded by ten European higher education institutions in 1948, including ETH Zurich. Today, IAESTE has more than 80 members across the globe and covering every continent. More than 300,000 students have already benefited from the unique opportunity to complete an internship abroad with IAESTE.

IAESTE Switzerland is a member of the IAESTE A.s.b.l. international exchange organisation and is a non-profit association. IAESTE Switzerland was once part of ETH Zurich, which was one of the founding members of IAESTE in 1948.

Every year, the association provides around 120 internships abroad for students from Swiss higher education institutions and just as many internships for international students at around 100 Swiss companies, research institutions and higher education institutions.