diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "zhaw_snippets",
+  "engines": {
+    "vscode": "^1.11.0"
+  },
+  "contributes": {
+    "snippets": [
+      {
+        "language": "vhdl",
+        "path": "./snippets/vhdl.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "language": ["c", "cpp"],
+        "path": "./snippets/c.json"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/snippets/c.json b/snippets/c.json
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+{
+  "zhawh": {
+    "prefix": "inesh",
+    "body": [
+      "${BLOCK_COMMENT_START}*-----------------------------------------------------------------",
+      " * --  _____       ______  _____                                   --",
+      " * -- |_   _|     |  ____|/ ____|                                  --",
+      " * --   | |  _ __ | |__  | (___    Institute of Embedded Systems   --",
+      " * --   | | | '_ \|  __|  \___ \   Zurich University of            --",
+      " * --  _| |_| | | | |____ ____) |  Applied Sciences                --",
+      " * -- |_____|_| |_|______|_____/   8401 Winterthur, Switzerland    --",
+      " * ------------------------------------------------------------------",
+      " * @file ${TM_FILENAME}",
+      " * @author ${1:<author>} <${2:<email>}@zhaw.ch>",
+      " * @copyright ${CURRENT_YEAR} ZHAW Institute of Embedded Systems",
+      " * @date ${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}",
+      " * @brief ${3:<brief description>}",
+      " *",
+      " * ${4}",
+      " * ------------------------------------------------------------------",
+      " ${BLOCK_COMMENT_END}",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "The InES file header"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/snippets/vhdl.json b/snippets/vhdl.json
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+{
+  "zhawh": {
+    "prefix": "inesh",
+    "body": [
+      "-- ------------------------------------------------------------------",
+      "-- --  _____       ______  _____                                   --",
+      "-- -- |_   _|     |  ____|/ ____|                                  --",
+      "-- --   | |  _ __ | |__  | (___    Institute of Embedded Systems   --",
+      "-- --   | | | '_ \\|  __|  \\___ \\   Zurich University of            --",
+      "-- --  _| |_| | | | |____ ____) |  Applied Sciences                --",
+      "-- -- |_____|_| |_|______|_____/   8401 Winterthur, Switzerland    --",
+      "-- ------------------------------------------------------------------",
+      "--! @file ${TM_FILENAME}",
+      "--! @author ${1:<author>} <${2:<email>}@zhaw.ch>",
+      "--! @copyright ${CURRENT_YEAR} ZHAW Institute of Embedded Systems",
+      "--! @date ${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}",
+      "--! @brief ${3:<brief description>}",
+      "--!",
+      "--! ${4}",
+      "---------------------------------------------------------------------",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "The InES file header"
+  }
+}