Internship search

• The DAAD offers a detailed collection of information and links on internship opportunities under the category internships abroad. In the brochure you will find all the important information.
• In 2020, the DAAD has published an informative brochure „Going abroad with a Scholarship.    Here you can also find programmes for work placements.
• The Zentrale Auslands- und Fachvermittlung (ZAV) of the Federal Employment Agency provides information on internship and work opportunities abroad.
•  Eurodesk offers a useful collection of information and links.
• Read through the h_da section Experience Reports and through the  experience reports of former students provided by the DAAD.
• You can also ask the lecturers about possible contacts abroad. In addition, it might also be a good idea to ask your friends and acquaintances.
• Academic/specialist counselling: the International Coordinator or the BPS/BPP representative of your department will help you with professional/academic questions such as
  • Is an internship abroad beneficial to my studies?
  • Do I study abroad or should I complete an internship abroad?
  • Is the internship abroad recognized as BPS/BPP? What are the requirements?

Here we present programs that include both the placement of an internship and financial support.

• The DAAD offers six-month internships in Russia with the program Russia in Practice and in cooperation with the Moscow Chamber of Foreign Trade. There are two application periods per year. The application for the summer semester 2021 (01.04.-30.09.2021) is possible between 06.10. - 18.11.2020. The internships will be held in German and you will simultaneously learn Russian.

• ASA participation includes two to three seminars lasting several days, a three- or six-month project phase in cooperation with partner institutions from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Southeast Europe and impulses for reflection and long-term commitment. Participation is open to 21 to 30 or 35 year-old students, students whose Bachelor's degree was completed no more than 18 months ago. Seminars and projects are currently held online and in person. Application is possible until mid-January

• RISE worldwide offers research internships during the summer months for Bachelor students enrolled in engineering and natural sciences. The call for applications is made annually on December 1st.

• In the New Kibbutz Programme, the DAAD supports internships in high-tech start-up companies in Israel that have been arranged through the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK). The funding lasts from 56 days to a maximum of six months.
  The application deadline for the internships is four months before the start of the internship. Applications for 2022 can be submitted from the end of July.
  The application for DAAD funding must be submitted on the DAAD portal no later than 32 days before the start of the internship.

• Mitacs Globalink Research Internship: 12-week-traineeships in Canada between May-October. Application period is in August/September.