Going abroad

Why Choose a Study or Internship Mobility?

• Develop a global perspective on health and build your professional identity in a different socio-political context.
• Benefit from expertise in specific health fields to enhance new professional and personal skills.
• Broaden your career prospects.
• Improve your language skills.
• Strengthen your CV.
• Facilitate your mobility through the ECTS credit recognition system.

Hundreds of students have embarked on a mobility programme in recent years across five continents—so why not you?

HEdS-Geneva has around 30 institutional partners (universities and universities of applied sciences) and more than 180 practical training institutions in the field of health worldwide.

Students planning a mobility project for a study semester or a practical training period can proceed as follows:

Conditions

• Successful completion of the first year of the Bachelor's programme, with no remediation or ongoing repetition (mobility possible from the 3rd semester).
• Compliance with specific conditions and deadlines set by the degree programme.
• Administrative planning (e.g., visa, accommodation, insurance).
• Proficiency in the host country’s language or English (minimum B2 level).

Where?

In Switzerland (outside the HES-SO network), in Europe, or worldwide.

When?

Mobility dates will be communicated by your degree programme. They will also be presented during the International Relations information session at the start of the first year. Please check with your designated mobility contact person if needed.

How?

Submit a complete application file to the International Relations Office before 31 January preceding the academic year of mobility.

1. Select a destination from our practical training catalogue or the list of institutional partners, along with the mobility dates.
2. Complete the application form, including:
   • CV
   • Motivation letter
   • Pre-project form (available on Moodle)
3. Send the documents to:
   • relations.internationales.heds@hesge.ch
   • Your degree programme's mobility contact person

All information is available on the HEdS-Geneva intranet.