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Work experience Learning by doing!

In order to study Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering, you need relevant work experience, which you are required to complete before the start of the second year of study.

If you have no or no relevant prior work experience, you will be asked to complete our bespoke technical training of four weeks at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In order to obtain a total of at least twelve months of work experience, you will conclude the technical training with an internship before the first year of study (or, at the latest, before the start of the second year). Finding a placement for your internship in Switzerland or abroad is your own responsibility. However, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts can help you to find a placement. 
You need to submit for approval a description of the planned professional activity to the head of the study program. At the end of the internship, you will receive a work certificate from your employer, which includes a brief description of your responsibilities as well as your working hours. You will then have to submit this work certificate to the senior assistant.

Technical training

Depending on professional experience, a customized technical training is required. It lasts four full-time weeks (160 hours) and is taken before the start of the first semester. Offered in the summer between mid-July to mid-August, students devote themselves to the areas of Safety instructions (1 day), Technical drawings (1 week), Machine Manufacturing Milling & Turning (1 week), Metals and Welding (1 week) and Electronic (1 week).
For organization reasons it is not possible to attend only parts of the training.

Duration

Monday, Juli 10th until Friday, August 4th, 2023 (4 weeks, Tuesday August 1st is a public holiday). 

Location

Schindler Aufzüge AG, Zugerstrasse 13, 6030 Ebikon 

Registration

You can register online with your new HSLU login via the following link: https://www.hslu.ch/apps/weve?anlassID=455418

Registration deadline: Monday July 3rd 2023
The fees will be charged after the registration deadline. They are also due in case of cancellation after the deadline or unsuccessful completion by the participant and will not be refunded.

Internship – Working in a company

To reach 12 months of work experience in total, including the technical training, students may be required a proportional internship. Qualifying work covers experience and participation in a work process in areas such as manufacturing, assembly, product development, design, or product management, sales, or project management. The organization should be related to engineering, ideally operating in the energy or environmental field. The workplace can be anywhere in the world.

The student is to provide a description of the job tasks to the Head of the Bachelor’s Program for approval. At the end of the work experience, the student is to obtain an official «Certificate of Work» from the organization, which is to include a brief description of the activities as well as the working hours per week. The student is to provide this to the Senior Assistant.