Finding an internship

The easiest way to look for internships abroad is to check internship platforms on the Internet. The DAAD offers a comprehensive collection of international internship platforms, sorted by country or field of studies:

DAAD internship platform[in German only]

Another possibility is to use the ErasmusIntern.org internship platform, where students can also post their own profiles:

ErasmusIntern.org internship platform

For many fields of studies, there are organisations and representations that can help you find an internship abroad. You can find a list with contact persons on the DAAD website:

Searching for a specialist internship [in German only]

You can also benefit from contacts abroad maintained by a German company or from contacts of lecturers and institutes at TU Braunschweig. If you have already worked in your field at a German company, you can ask them about existing international contacts. When applying, you can mention the German company or institute as a reference, which significantly increases your chances compared to an application without references.

TU Braunschweig promotes the internationalisation of teacher education and offers prospective teachers various opportunities to gain teaching experience abroad. You can find all the important information on the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Education:

International teacher education - internships abroad

Placement programmes are scholarship programmes that not only offer financial support for internships abroad, but also arrange internships:

• The DAAD’s Carlo Schmid Programme arranges internships in international organisations, EU institutions and NGOs.
• RISE worldwide (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) arranges research internships at universities and non-university research facilities abroad for students from the natural, life and engineering sciences.

• More information on the respective scholarship and placement programmes can be found on the website related to the topic:

Financing the internship abroad

These non-profit placement organisations offer placement services at moderate fees:

AIESEC

AIESEC is an international exchange organisation that arranges internships and social projects for young people abroad. Teaching English, raising health awareness, promoting environmental protection projects, networking with NGOs—anything goes. Advice on this is provided by AIESEC; please also send your application directly to AIESEC.

Internships abroad with AIESEC

IAESTE

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE), arranges subject-related internships in the fields of engineering and natural sciences, agriculture and forestry. IAESTE operates a worldwide network of national committees in more than 80 countries, which offer support programmes in the target country and can arrange suitable accommodation on request.

Internships abroad with IAESTE

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

GIZ (the German Agency for International Cooperation) is a non-profit limited liability company engaged in international training and development. They arrange work-related internships abroad for students, graduates and young professionals. The focus is on overseas programmes and internships in developing countries. You pay a participation fee, and in some programmes you also have to cover your own living expenses abroad. In most cases, it is possible to apply for partial or travel grants from GIZ. The costs for preparatory language courses are also often covered.

Internship programmes of GIZ

Numerous commercial placement agencies on the Internet offer their support in organising an internship abroad. This can greatly simplify the search for an internship and the overall organisation of your stay, but also has its disadvantages, too.

Offers are often relatively pricey and you will rarely find a paid internship through a commercial agency. Moreover, the agency decides which companies to place you with. These are not always the ones that best fit your field of study. If you decide to use a commercial agency, please carefully check if the provider is reputable and if its services and prices are transparent; the differences are sometimes considerable. DAAD also offers an overview here:

Commercial agencies[only in German]