From Dies Academicus to childcare - the University of Basel offers its employees numerous benefits and discounts:

Service anniversary

Employees with 10 or more years of service are entitled to a bonus of up to CHF 5,000 every 5 years

Parenthood

• Childcare
• Generous maintenance allowance
• Four weeks paternity leave
• 16 weeks maternity leave

Additional Fridays off

• Dies Academicus (last Friday in November)
• Friday after Ascension Day as a bridge day

Continuing education and training

• wide range of continuing education opportunities
• Language courses
• Advanced Studies
• Course auditors

Home office / flexible working

• Home office offer
• Flexible working hours (depending on type of employment)

Health insurance (collective)

There are collective agreements with CSS, Sanitas and Swica in the area of supplementary health insurance. These open up a wide range of options for employees to take out supplementary health insurance for themselves and other persons living in the same household with a maximum of 10 per cent (from 1 January 2017) reduction in premiums.

Interested parties can find out more about the various offers at the following links:

CSS
Theaterstrasse 18, 4010 Basel
Telephone 0844 277 277 / contract no. 2025937

Sanitas
P.O. Box 309, 8304 Wallisellen
Telephone 0800 22 88 44 / Contract no. K004070

Swica
Aeschenplatz 2, 4010 Basel
Telephone 0800 809 080 / contract no. 170 / 3003 / 1498797

IT / licenses (private use)

Software offer

Microsoft 365

Linkedin Learning → Courses on various subjects (IT, management, communication, photos and many more)

Project Neptune → Hardware from Apple, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung

Adobe Creative Cloud → Creative Cloud with all applications and 100GB (for the use of non-commercial employees)

Press reader → Read numerous newspapers and magazines free of charge (e.g. Neue Zürcher Zeitung)

Telephony / Internet / TV

Employees of the University of Basel can receive discounts with the following telecommunications providers in Switzerland:

• Sunrise
• Swisscom
• Wingo

Unpaid leave of absence

Possibility of up to 6 months unpaid leave of absence

Accident insurance

"Private" insurance cover for hospitalization

University sports

Whether dynamic moves in sport climbing, multi-layered rhythms in modern african dances, balanced poses in power yoga or relieved tension in massage – Unisport offers university members a colorful program with over 120 disciplines in sports, exercise and body awareness.

Discounts

• 10% discount at the Labyrinth bookstore
• Catering in the university student cafeterias
• Fleet discount when buying a car from various garages/dealerships
• Account management with the Basler Kantonalbank