Kontaktparty 2026

The VIS Kontaktparty is the largest academic IT job fair in Switzerland and primarily addresses students and graduates from the ETH Department of Computer Science. The event takes place yearly during the Spring semester and is organized by the Kontaktparty Committee (KPK) of the VIS. The mission of the Kontaktparty is to enable students and company representatives to connect and get to know each other in a casual way.

The next Kontaktparty takes place on Saturday, 14th of March 2026 from 11:00 to 17:00, in MM, the building of the Polymensa. There are more than 100 companies joining from many different fields, so don't hesitate to check it out.

Even at the very beginning of your career, you will certainly profit from joining the event -- it is never too early to start your professional network!

• The Kontaktparty is an event for all students, both from BSc. and MSc. (or even alumni!).
• Students from all universities and departments are welcome, but the focus lies primarily on computer science students.
• Even if you are a second semester student, you can come by and get a feel for the industry by talking to companies.
• You can even land yourself an internship or maybe even a full time job.
• The companies also have Bachelor and Master theses positions available.

How you can prepare yourself beforehand

The Kontaktparty provides you with an informal way to interact with lots of companies. Therefore you might want to prepare yourself for it -- even if you don't have a certain goal in mind.

• You can take a look at the Kontaktparty Fairguide to get informed about the companies attending the Kontaktparty. That way you can pick and choose the companies that you want to talk to and plan your time at Kontaktparty in a better way.
• If you are actively looking for a job or internship, make sure that your CV is good enough so that you can confidently hand it to interested company representatives. Get advice from experts at our CV-Check events (before and during the Kontaktparty).
• The ETH Career Center & Recruiting offers services to help you improve your job applications.
• The Visionen has published articles related to recruting. Check out following articles: How To KP (Visionen 1/2014, German), Curriculum Vitae (Visionen 5/2013, German), Stellensuche und Bewerbungsschreiben (Visionen 6/2013, German), Der letzte Meilenstein – das Vorstellungsgespräch (Visionen 1/2014), The Kontaktparty — A glimpse of the professional IT Scene. For everyone from fresh person to graduate. (Visionen 6/2021, English).
• Take a look at the side events page to see the side events at the Kontaktparty, or the official Kontaktparty website to get more information.
• You want to see how the event looks like? You can take a look at the Aftermovie of 2019.

This year companies will even offer on-site get to know each other interviews. You can register for them here: https://kontaktparty.ch/interviews.html

Want to help organize the Kontaktparty?

You can join our Kontaktparty Committee (KPK). You would get to know how a big event like the Kontaktparty gets organized and also have some fun while doing it.

We also need helpers for our event. You get T-Shirt, a fancy dinner and our thanks.

Contact

If you're interested in joining KPK, have an exciting side event idea, or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at: info at kontaktparty.ethz.ch.