Internships Abroad
Funding opportunities via the University of Freiburg
Intenships outside the Erasmus+ area and Switzerland
For self-organized internships outside the Erasmus+ area and Switzerland, you may be eligible to apply for a DAAD PROMOS Scholarship.
Internships in the Erasmus+ area and Erasmus+ Worldwide
For internships in one of the Erasmus+ program or partner countries, you can apply for an Erasmus grant.
Organization of the internship
You will have to organize the internship, yourself. You are welcome to ask your institute, department or student council, as well as fellow students if there are any contacts abroad.
In addition, you can take a look at the IO's experience reports to get ideas what other students have already done abroad and how it was a organized. The reports are organized by country and then again by type of stay and subjects.
Further sources:
- DAAD experience reports (German Academic Exchange Service, currently only in German)
- Country-specific information provided by the DAAD (currently only in German)
- DAAD information on internships abroad (currently only in German)
- Brochure „Wege ins Auslandspraktikum“ (currently only in German)
- Federal Employment Agency University Team
In addition, you can ask at the cultural and educational departments of the embassy or at the chamber of commerce of the target country; sometimes they have lists of internship providers.
Exchange Associations
Here are some examples (not a full list):
- AIESEC
- IAESTE (for students from the fields of engineering and natural sciences)
- RISE Programme – Research Internships in Science and Engineering (for bachelor students from the fields of natural and life sciences or engineering)
- Carlo-Schmid-Program (for internships at international organizations, EU institutions and selected NGOs)
- Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland e.V. (for medical students)
- Zahnmedizinischer Austauschdienst (for dentistry students)
- Deutsch-Chinesische Gesellschaft für Medizin (for medical students)
Further associations can be found in the brochure „Wege ins Auslandspraktikum“.
Further options
Here are some examples (not a full list):
- Kombinierte Studien- und Praxissemester im Ausland für Studierende und Masterstudierende (combination of a semester of studying and a practical semester)
- Programm "Kurzstipendien für Praktika im Ausland" des DAADs für Praktika an bestimmten Einrichtungen (DAAD scholarship program for internships at certain institutions abroad)
- „Lehramt International“ - Auslandspraktika für Lehramtsstudierende (internships abroad for student teachers)