HES-SO Genève

Tips

Buy a computer, go on a language study trip, or even open an account at a favourable rate: view our range of deals available to all the HES-SO Genève students. Have fun without breaking the bank !

Ads for free tickets or student discounts are also available on the intranet (via login SWITCH edu-ID).

Bank accounts

  • The Swiss Alternative Bank offers an account with no management fees for people in education aged 16 to 30. For foreign students, the compulsory residence permit should be presented when applying. More information: Training account

IT

  • Microsoft Office Suite: install the Office 365 ProPlus suite free of charge, offered by HES-SO to all students and employees through its “campus” contract with Microsoft. More information: Terms and how to get the installation
  • Computers at cheap prices:  buy a computer at a very attractive price and benefit from free support from the Poseidon project, for universities and colleges in Switzerland. More information: Poseidon products and loans
  • Recycled Computers:
    • The Itopia cooperative, working in favor of free, ethical, sustainable and civic computing, offers affordable prices on upgraded computer equipment, repair and IT support. 
    • Via fairstore, the company réalise reconditions computer equipment recovered from companies or individuals (smartphones, desktop computers, laptops, screens and tablets) to then resell them at the best quality/price ratio.
  • Computer repairs: in collaboration with Itopie, the association Home Informatique, which aims at bringing a human dimension to computing, takes care of the main repairs and support at home.

Books and magazines

  • Bookstores: present your student card and enjoy a 10% discount in several bookstores:PayotFahrenheit 451.
  • Monlivre.ch gives the option of printing books on demand from pdf files.
  • Hémisphères Journal: free subscription for students. Requests can be sent to hemispheres@hes-so.ch from your school e-mail address.

Leisure

  • Aquatis / Aquarium-Vivarium : reduced rate on admission to the Aquarium-Vivarium
  • Yverdon-les-Bains Thermal Baths: for students: reduced rate on individual admissions to the baths on Tuesdays only, and on presentation of your student card. For employees and teachers: on presentation of documentation from the HES-SO (displaying the Haute École logo, for example), reduced rate on individual admissions or annual subscriptions to the baths, as well as half-yearly or annual subscriptions on "Fitness & Baths" / "Relaxation & Baths" / "Fitness & Relaxation & Baths". A 10% discount also applies for treatments at the Beauty Centre.

Transport

  • Mobility: take advantage of the advantages offered to students for mobility car rental.
  • SBB: general discount of CHF 500 (GA for 25-year-olds) for young people under 25, regardless of their professional or private situation. The offer is valid only until the day before the 26th birthday.

Language learning

  • EF Education: 10% discount on stays in over 50 destinations around the world. More information: Terms and conditions
  • Maison des Langues” of the University of Geneva: improve your foreign language skills by attending one of the courses offeredat student rate in English, German, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, or Russian.

  • Linguistic tandems: two platforms offer HES students the opportunity to learn and practice a foreign language (access with your SWITCH edu-ID account ): https://tandems.unige.ch and https://edu.e-tandem.ch

Campus Life

  • Student meals at student rate: meals at preferential rates are offered daily to all people who can certify their HES student status in the cafeterias of the HES-SO Genève (HEPIA, HEdS-Champel, HEG and HEAD): 5.90 CHF for pasta dishes, 5.90 for toppings (vegetables + carbohydrate ) and 8.90 CHF for dishes with the “fourchette verte” label.