Virtual International Work Experience (IWE)

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City: Berlin, Grenoble Country: Germany, France

Overview

The Education Abroad office works closely with in-country liaison officers who will be able to provide support in a number of areas. These may include:

Conducting an initial interview with the student
Resume review
Contacting potential internship hosts/sourcing the placements
Facilitating interviews
Pre-departure preparation for the students (including general country advice and more specific things like differences in workplace etiquette and expectations

What the Program has to offer:

Virtual Internships that help students achieve personal and professional growth and competitive advantage in the global workforce
Matches students to virtual internship experiences offering rich opportunities for growth in a wide range of fields
Virtual Intern placements are based on each student's aspirations, skills, program of study and experience

Why don't you combine your participation in this internship with participation in an exchange as well? We could send you on exchange to any one of our partners in Germany, Brazil or France either before or after this internship. If you are interested in going out on both programs, contact us for more details

When Can I Go?

Terms Offered: Winter, Fall, Summer

Duration: 2 months - 8 months

Eligibility Requirements

Open to: All Faculties (including students completing the Certificate in International Learning)

Level: Undergraduate, Graduate, Graduated

Language: English is required. In some cases it would be to the applicant's advantage to have some ability in the language of the host country, but this is not required.

Current Postings:

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Above postings not in your area of interest? Our in-country liaison can search for a virtual internship opportunity that fits your program of study, interests and experience.

Deadline to apply: Rolling

See Eligibility.

Application Process

Step 1 - Applicant emails unofficial transcript, resume and a brief letter of intent to trevor.buckle@ualberta.ca indicating your interest in IWE.
Step 2 - Trevor will screen for basic eligibility and forward documents to in-country liaison.
Step 3 - In-country liaison will review documents and invite applicant to Skype or phone conversation to establish expectations (both for the applicant and the liaison).
Step 4 - If approved, applicant will be asked to complete the Virtual Internship application in the Horizons portal and pay program fees ($500).
Step 5 - Once program fees are paid, the in-country liaison will begin searching for a virtual internship placement.

Fees & Costs

One-time fee of $500. This fee covers the services provided by the in-country liaison as well as program administration, and it will be charged once you have preliminary approval from the in-country liaison.

NOTE: The program fees are only refundable in the case that the in-country liaison is unable to find any suitable (as collaboratively defined and agreed to in Step 3 of the application process above) position within 3 months of having paid the fee.