In addition to special internships, you can participate in projects at political agencies, NGOs and other institutions as well as other qualified activities in politics, business and law.
As a first priority, Practice Credits are credited to Leaderhip Skills; as a second priority to Electives. BIA students may apply for 4, 6 or 8 Practice Credits.
In the past BIA students have earned Practice Credits for their work at the following institutions. Please note that the list is not exhaustive:
- Caritas Schweiz
- Swiss Embassy San José, Costa Rica
- Swiss Mission to the UN, New York
- Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Department of Disarmament, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
- Austrian Consulate General, New York
- DEKRA e.V. Brussels
- United Nations Relief Works Agency in the Near East, Lebanon
- NGO SUTRA, India
- Thura Swiss Ltd, Myanmar
- Internationale Organisation für Migration (IOM), Tadzhikistan
- SAP Schweiz AG
- arf GmbH Nürnberg
- Hans Seidel Stiftung, Lima, Per
- Schweizer Paraplegiker-Vereinigung
- UBS Wealth Management & Swiss Bank
- Credit Suisse Private Banking
- KPMG Zürich
- PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zürich