{"id":3846,"date":"2026-04-17T13:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:03:31","slug":"trainee-at-its-your-gateway-to-it-at-eth-zurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/2026\/04\/17\/trainee-at-its-your-gateway-to-it-at-eth-zurich\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainee at ITS: Your gateway to IT at ETH Zurich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three placements, 18 months, countless learning opportunities: the trainee programme run by ETH Zurich\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IT Services offers a varied start to your career with excellent prospects. Any questions about the role? Then come to Polymesse and meet the IT Services team directly at the ETH stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/files\/2026\/04\/Trainees_wanted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/files\/2026\/04\/Trainees_wanted-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"Trainees wanted\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/files\/2026\/04\/Trainees_wanted-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/files\/2026\/04\/Trainees_wanted.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical experience, insights and career prospects at ETH Zurich<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just want any old job after graduation, but a career start with real impact? Then the IT Services trainee programme is just right for you: over 18 months, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll undertake three exciting placements in different IT areas and work on topics such as DevOps, LLMs, service automation or digital teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Duration: 18-month fixed-term contract with the aim of a subsequent permanent position<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Period: 1 September 2026 to 29 February 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working hours: 80\u2013100%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your IT career starts here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobs.ethz.ch\/job\/view\/11568?mw_source=jobs_ethz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply now<\/a> and find out which IT area really suits you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you have any questions, why not pop in? At the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/id\/2026\/04\/16\/polymesse-2026-triff-die-informatikdienste-am-eth-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polymesse 2026<\/a>, you can meet the IT Services team in person and find out more about the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information is also available on the \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/staffnet\/en\/organisation\/departments\/it-services\/career-in-the-it-services\/trainee-programme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trainee Programme<\/a>\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three placements, 18 months, countless learning opportunities: the trainee programme run by ETH Zurich\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s IT Services offers a varied start to your career with excellent prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[302008,302010,302011,302012,302007,302009],"class_list":["post-3846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gateway-to-it","tag-insights","tag-it-career","tag-polymesse-2026","tag-trainee-at-its","tag-trainee-programme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}