Students' FAQ

What are the benefits of connectUS?

  • Meet companies and experts from a variety of industries who use their networks and cooperation's in order to create competitive advantages.
  • Realize the importance of personal and professional networks in career development and private matters.
  • Learn how to be more effective in business through professional networking.
  • Improve your English skills and learn how to present yourself in a real-life business context.
  • Get 1 ECTS for the “Professional Networking“ seminar and 3 ECTS for the On-Site Seminar in the USA
  • Last but not least: EXPAND YOUR NETWORK!
 

Who can participate?

  • FHNW students in their last year of studies
  • Students who
    • would like to increase their soft skills (networking, socializing, intercultural understanding, English skills, etiquette).
    • would like to establish, maintain and strengthen their own professional networking strategy
    • are interested in professional networking, business cooperations, the business relationship of Switzerland and the US
      and last but not least, New York.
 

What are the students tasks? What can I do?

  • Students have to
    • participate in all activities during the Preparatory Seminar and the On-Site Seminar
    • produce a paper on an assigned topic (length: ca. 2000 words / group member)
 
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