[RETROSPECTIVE] A look back at the Transalpine Graduate Conference: “Prepare for your future career!”

From June 25, 2025 to June 27, 2025

The Université de Lyon, in partnership with the University of Turin, the Conference of Western Switzerland’s Universities (CUSO), the University of Brescia and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, organized the Transalpine Graduate Conference with the following theme: Prepare for your future career.

A quick look at the Graduate Conference

Held on June 25, 26 and 27, 2025, the multicultural, multidisciplinary and bilingual graduate conference aimed to help PhD students prepare for their future careers outside of academia.

It brought together around forty PhD students from the Université de Lyon, the University of Turin, the universities of Western Switzerland, and for the first time this year, students from the University of Brescia and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa.

► On the agenda: practical workshops on career prospects outside academia and job application tools, as well as opportunities to talk to PhD graduates and company representatives during a business dinner on June 26.

An additional event will be held in the fall with mock interviews with professionals.

This event is funded by the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and by the project’s partner institutions.