Frequently Asked Questions

Studyond is completely free for students, with all features and no subscription or hidden fees.

Sign up with your official university email address and confirm your account using the verification code. You can then immediately discover opportunities and apply.

Our AI recommends suitable opportunities for thesis topics, industry partners, internships, or interview partners based on your degree program, interests, and skills. You can also filter manually by industry, university, and field if you prefer to browse yourself.

Applications are limited at certain points to ensure quality and fairness. We recommend focusing on one opportunity per company that genuinely matches your interests and goals.

Contact the Studyond team at hello@studyond.com; we will help you find suitable opportunities or companies from our wider network.

Yes. You can contact professionals directly through the expert directory or the relevant company profile to request an interview or research support.

Yes, completely. Job searches, applications, and profiles are free for students. The platform is funded by our partner companies.

No. Any student with a verified university email address can apply. However, if you have already completed a project, thesis, or internship with a company through Studyond, the company already knows how you work, giving you a clear advantage.

Internships, working-student roles, and graduate positions at companies ranging from SMEs to large corporations that actively collaborate with universities and universities of applied sciences.

Every company on Studyond actively invests in university collaboration. Your academic background, projects, and research interests matter, not only keywords on your CV.

Significantly. A multi-month project is a work sample under real conditions, the strongest predictor of job performance and far more informative than CV screening or interviews. Companies that already know you can make a decision more easily.

Apply directly with your Studyond profile in one click, including your university, degree program, projects, skills, and interests. No separate cover letter or CV formatting is required.

Ideally, start during your studies, whether for guest lectures, applied projects, interviews, your thesis, or career entry. The earlier your profile is ready, the stronger your position when you are ready.

Yes. Alongside applied projects, interview requests, and jobs, thesis topics are a core part of Studyond. A project or thesis is often the best first step before applying for a full-time position.

Studyond is a quality-assured platform that connects students, universities, and companies for guest lectures, applied projects, theses, internships, interview partners, entry-level positions, and many other use cases.

The Studyond platform grew out of an Innosuisse research project initiated by ETH Zurich, the University of St. Gallen (HSG), and Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST). The Swiss Employers' Association and economiesuisse took part as implementation partners. Today, Studyond is an official HSG Spin-Off and ETH Startup. In 2026, it was accepted into the MITdesignX Startup Accelerator Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The entire Studyond platform is developed and operated in Switzerland. All development work is carried out by teams in Switzerland; no development is outsourced abroad. This enables us to maintain the highest standards of data protection, security, and software quality.

Yes. studyond complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA). Personal data is processed transparently and in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

All data is stored in AWS data centers located in Frankfurt, Germany, ensuring data residency within the European Union.

We use industry-standard security, including encryption and secure communication protocols. The database is isolated in a private cloud network.

Yes. Users may delete their account and personal data at any time via their profile settings or by contacting privacy@studyond.com. Deletion requests are handled in line with legal and regulatory obligations.

Authentication is provided by Clerk, an enterprise-grade identity provider. Secure tokens manage authenticated communication between platform services.

If a data breach occurs, Studyond will notify affected users and relevant authorities within 72 hours, in accordance with applicable regulations.

Studyond is currently web-based. The platform's architecture is designed to support future mobile applications if required in the future.

Updates are deployed continuously to the cloud, typically without service interruption, ensuring users always have access to the latest features and improvements.

Yes. Studyond is cloud-native and uses automated scaling mechanisms to adjust system resources based on usage and demand.

Cloud-native backup and recovery solutions are used to regularly back up data and support restoration in the event of a system failure.