mint & pepper

Empower future pioneers

Our aim is to awaken children's interest early and to boost teenagers’ enthusiasm for apprenticeships, research, and professional careers in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) fields – in German referred to as MINT (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und Technologie).
mint & pepper

Project Overview

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Project Description

mint & pepper is an outreach initiative designed for children and teens. The program introduces participants to the world of STEM, life sciences, and entrepreneurship through interactive workshops and summer camps.

In practical mint & pepper designed workshops, participants discover their individual strengths, develop solutions for real-world challenges and broaden their horizons for training and career choices. The program strengthens innovation in Switzerland and follows Switzerland’s “Lehrplan 21” curriculum project and the latest research on teaching and learning research, emphasizing creativity, teamwork, and personal discovery in a supportive environment.

Project Contact

Hanna Behles

Project Leader

Stefan Bertschi

Faculty Mentor

Project Updates

Youths bring hope to our world as agents of change for the future. This World Youth Skills Day (July 15), we want to celebrate and recognize the efforts of our outreach project, mint & pepper. mint & pepper is on a mission to empower future pioneers.
mint & pepper, the outreach project of Wyss Zurich, is delighted to invite young people from the age of 16 to apply for the unique talent program “Wyss Zurich BioSTARS”.
This National Future Day, Wyss Zurich had the pleasure of hosting 24 children at our offices to offer them a glimpse into the various fields of work that we support – robotics, biomedical and regenerative medicine.
BioSTARS summer camp in Zurich: A full immersion in the world of Life Science, Research and Entrepreneurship