Information on Polymesse
Polymesse is a 3-day job fair at ETH Zurich, where more than 120 national and international companies can get in touch with interested students and doctoral candidates of all disciplines. The focus is on personal and direct contact between students / doctoral students and companies.
The majority of the companies participate in 1 day of the fair, optionally it is also possible to participate in 2 consecutive days of the fair.
Polymesse is organised annually in spring by Forum&Contact, a committee of VSETH (Association of Students at ETH Zurich). The organisation committee is a team of 6-8 students, who all organise Polymesse on a voluntary basis in addition to their studies at ETH. The team will be supported by a part-time employee of VSETH.
Our steps towards Sustainablility
In order to bring greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, we as organizers also feel obliged to reduce our emissions. These are our first steps, which are being implemented for Polymesse 2024:
- We are reducing the number of printed exhibition guides from 3,200 to 2,000 copies.
- We are ordering vegetarian and vegan catering from the ZFV-Unternehmungen cooperative (ZFV).
- We recommend using public transportation or car sharing to get to the fair.
- We rely on the alternative to PET bottles: Fountain
Natural essences are added directly to the tap water and filled into your reusable bottle.
In cooperation with ETH Sustainability, we are striving to comply with the Sustainable Events Guide.
In this context, we have introduced the Sustainability section in the exhibition guide.
We are pleased that all companies are pulling in the same direction.
Web shop: Order additional equipment (printed backwalls, carpet, etc.)
Additional furniture (tables, chairs, brochure stands, etc.) can be ordered directly from our boothbuilder. You may also have printed backwalls of your booth.
-> link to Web shop
Please note :
- Billing is done directly via the boothbuilder.
- Dark grey carpet will be layed by us as standard on all booths (except booths no 1 - 5).
- Please note: All companies that already booked a rental booth (incl. rental furniture) when registering online do not need to order it again!
- Webshop will be closed on 11th March 2024
Fire safety regulations
Tablecloths, posters and additional decorative material must belong to the fire indicator group RF2 or at least have a fire indicator BKZ 5.2. All exhibition infrastructure (excl. exhibits) must have at least a fire indicator BKZ 6q3 or belong to the fire indicator group RF1.
All exhibition furnishings must comply with fire regulations. The relevant proofs and certificates must be brought by the company on the day of participation. The ETH Fire Protection Office may carry out an inspection at any time.
In case of non-compliance, we will unfortunately have to remove the respective items.
Main building - booths no. 6 – 17
For safety reasons, company-own booths are not allowed at booth locations no. 6 - 17. Each company will be provided with a rental booth and additional furniture including 1 high table, 2 high chairs,1 cabinet and a grey carpet. Banners/rollups, cabinets, tables, chairs are allowed as far as they meet the fire safety regulations. Please note that all additional furniture brought along must comply with fire regulations. The corresponding proofs and certificates must be carried along on the day of participation in the trade fair. The ETH Fire Protection Office may carry out an inspection at any time.
In case of non-compliance, we will unfortunately have to remove the respective items.
General terms and conditions for participation
Booth location overview and Participation fees
| Category | Purple Booth no. 1 empty area bring your own company booth |
Red Booth no. 2-5 empty area bring your own company booth |
Blue Booth no. 6-17 incl. booth (labelled with company logo) provided by the organisation as well as furniture (1 high table, 2 high chairs, 1 counter) Attention: in this zone it is not possible to bring your own company booth |
Green Booth no. 20-51 Option 1: empty area bring your own company booth Option 2: incl. booth (labelled with company logo) provided by the organisation as well as furniture (1 high table, 2 high chairs, 1 counter) |
| Area (LxWxH) |
area: 20m2 5m x 4m x 4m |
area: 14m2 4m x 3.5m x 4m |
area: 12m2 4m x 3m x 3m |
area: 8m2 4m x 2m x 2.5m |
| Participation fees (per day) | 11 500 CHF (excl. 7.7% VAT) |
7 900 CHF (excl. 7.7% VAT) |
7 000 CHF (excl. 7.7% VAT) |
Option 1: 3 300 CHF (excl. 7.7% VAT) Option 2: 4 500 CHF (excl. 7.7% VAT) |