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Roche Internships in Medicinal Chemistry (RiCH)

Master synthesis. Your internship in medicinal chemistry.
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The perfect start to your career at Roche with RiCH

The RiCH Programme is a high-impact, immersive professional assignment that places you directly within the forefront of pharmaceutical research at the Roche Innovation Center Basel.

As an intern, you will move beyond academic theory to achieve real-world impact by actively synthesising novel, small-molecule candidates for live drug discovery projects within our pRED labs. This hands-on experience allows you to master cutting-edge organic chemistry synthetic methods and purification technologies. Your practical work is complemented by a specialised tutorial program designed to deepen your understanding of medicinal chemistry and sharpen essential soft skills, such as scientific presentation.

Working alongside Roche's expert medicinal chemists, you will gain invaluable mentorship and become an integral part of a global innovation hub, ensuring your contribution is right at the core of drug discovery.
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.
We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. Innovation, collaboration, and diversity in skills, backgrounds and experiences help us come up with best possible solutions for patients.
Cell and gene therapies are one such area of innovation, and one that offers tremendous promise for the treatment of serious diseases.

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What you need to know

  • This is a full-time medicinal chemistry internship with a duration of 6 to 12 months
  • Location of the internship: Roche Innovation Center Basel, Switzerland
  • You must be a passionate and motivated Chemistry student who will be in the penultimate or last year of study, at the "Year in Industry" junction, or in a gap year before starting a PhD
  • A recommendation letter (academically relevant) must be provided upon application
  • You will receive a competitive monthly internship salary, with travel expenses, accommodation in a shared house, and Swiss work permit costs being covered/reimbursed
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.

Our wellbeing framework


We count on your energy and passion so that we as a company can make a difference in the lives of patients. We support a safe environment and work practices that foster individual and team wellbeing. We guide leaders in how to remove barriers to team wellbeing; offer tools, resources or sessions on healthy and successful collaboration, cultivating connections and gratitude, conducting healthy meetings, boosting team effectiveness and mindfulness. We help you understand how you can increase and sustain psychological safety at work, and offer a learning path through which you can learn simple tools or take a team challenge to boost your resilience.

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Recruitment process

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1. Application Window
Applications are typically accepted between September and October.
2. Interview Phase
If your qualifications match our needs, a recruiter will be in touch to initiate the interview process.
3. Start Dates
The program has two main intakes, starting in either September or March of the following year.

Story from the frontline

“Joining the RiCH program has been a gift that keeps on giving. Every day, I get to work alongside wildly intelligent, driven, and kind colleagues, all of whom are genuinely invested in my personal, scientific, and professional development. This has been a perfect next step after completing my Master’s.”
Mario
RiCH Alumni
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