FAQ

Creating an account and joining the Studyond network is free. Experts can post thesis topics or support students as interview partners at no cost. Enterprise customers benefit from advanced features, visibility, and controls - pricing details are available on our pricing page.

Yes. Companies can selectively restrict visibility of thesis topics and internships to specific universities, ensuring relevance and strategic focus.

Yes. Experts can join Studyond without publishing topics. This allows you to explore the ecosystem, monitor talent interest, and prepare internally before launching projects.

AI based matching algorithm based on profile, interest and skills.

Yes. Custom Single Sign-On (SSO) integration is available on request for Enterprise customers. This allows your teams to access studyond using existing corporate authentication systems, ensuring security, compliance, and minimal IT overhead.

Career fairs give one day at one university for CHF 5,000-20,000. LinkedIn reaches less than 20% of under-25s - and with GenAI-polished CVs, the candidates you do find are harder to evaluate than ever. Studyond gives year-round access to students across 20+ Swiss universities with AI matching and structured profiles - starting at CHF 4,900/year.

Job boards give you volume. Studyond gives you signal. Structured student profiles with academic context, AI matching by study program and skills, and optionally a 4-6 month work-sample evaluation through thesis collaboration. Research shows work samples are the strongest predictor of job performance - far outperforming CV screening or interviews.

No. Studyond runs in your browser. Live in 5 minutes. Connect to your ATS via link-based integration, or use standalone. No IT involvement needed.

Optional for critical hires. You scope a project, a student works on it under academic supervision for 4-6 months. Your involvement: 2-3 hours/month. You observe real output, collaboration, and delivery before making a hiring decision.

About 5 minutes. Choose a role, post it, go live. Professional+ clients get a dedicated CSM for onboarding support.

Thesis students do exploration, not execution. They bring academic methodology - literature reviews, structured data collection, documented analysis - supervised by experienced researchers. Your role is framing the problem and providing domain context. The output is peer-reviewed evidence, not junior opinions.

Your involvement is 2-3 hours per month. Academic supervisors handle methodology, timelines, and quality assurance. You provide problem framing and domain expertise - typically a kickoff meeting, monthly check-ins, and a final review.

Consultants deliver recommendations. Thesis projects deliver evidence - literature reviews, primary data, documented methodology, peer-reviewed conclusions. A typical consulting engagement costs CHF 50,000-150,000 for a slide deck. A thesis project costs a fraction of that and produces publishable-grade research you can build on.

Even "negative" results have value - they validate assumptions, eliminate dead ends, and document what doesn't work. That's intelligence you'd otherwise pay consultants to discover. The cost is fixed and low, so your downside is controlled. Compare that to a CHF 100,000 consulting engagement that may also produce inconclusive findings.

Market exploration, technology validation, competitive intelligence, business model testing, and process optimization. The key: projects that need structured investigation, not projects that need execution speed. If you need a report in two weeks, hire a consultant. If you need rigorous evidence to inform a strategic decision, a thesis project is the better investment.

Studyond is a collaborative platform supported by Innosuisse that connects students, academic supervisors, and industry practitioners to collaborate on theses and a broad range of university–industry collaborations, including seminars, applied research projects, and early-career academic–industry initiatives.

Yes. studyond is the new name for the platform formerly known as ThesisNavigator. While the brand has evolved, the core mission, connecting academia and industry through structured collaboration, remains unchanged.

Studyond is backed by Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, and leading business and industry associations, and Studyond AG ensuring neutrality, quality standards, and long-term relevance.

All software is developed in Switzerland. No development is outsourced to foreign teams, reinforcing high standards in data protection, security, and quality.