Euroculture Internships - Professional Track



Euroculture, with its emphasis on developing practical and applicable skills, combines its academic education with an education containing professional experience within a supervised, integrated internship of twenty to twenty-four weeks for students who choose to participate in the professional track.

Click on the pictures below to learn more about some first-hand internships experiences.


Headquarters of UNIDO
Vienna, Austria
Gulnur Telibayeva

3

COMECE
Brussels, Belgium
Emilio Dogliani

1

Alliance Française
Edmonton, Canada
Richard Blais

2

The internship is aimed at giving students an insight into the relation between his/her academic training and social reality. It can be done at any institution, either in the country of the home university or abroad. This includes public or private sector institutions, such as government organizations, NGOs, research institutions, the media or international companies. An internship should connect as closely as possible to the goals set for the Euroculture programme. Students usually agree that internships are a good way of getting to know their professional options, and it has been shown that following an internship can increase one's chances of finding suitable employment following graduation.


Below is a sample list of organisations and businesses in which Euroculture students did their internships:


  • AEC - Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Berlin Partner GmbH Corporation for Economic Development and Location Marketing, Berlin, Germany
  • bikup gGmbH: International Association for Education, Culture and Participation, Cologne, Germany
  • Consultancy office based in Strasbourg specialized in European Affairs, Strasbourg, France
  • CNN, Berlin, Germany
  • Deutsche Bank AG, Corporate Center, Corporate Social Responsibility, Project office 'Land of Ideas', Frankfurt, Germany
  • Euractiv (EU News & Policy Debates), Brussels, Belgium
  • Europe Weekly, Vienna, Austria
  • Hewlett-Packard, Stuttgart, Germany
  • ICUnet.AG in Passau, Bavaria, Germany
  • NETVACATION GmbH
  • Media Research/Analysis Company, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • PMR Ltd. (British-American publishing, consulting and market research company), Poland
  • Publistat Media Onderzoek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Volkswagen Group Communication Division, Wolfsburg, Germany
  • World Secretariat of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Bonn, Germany

  • Dutch National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme, the Netherlands
  • Stiftung Leben und Umwelt, Hanover, Germany
  • "Young Professional" at the German UNESCO-Commission in the cultural department, Berlin, Germany
  • Goethe-Institute, Administration, Göttingen, Germany
  • Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker, e.V. (GfbV), Göttingen, Germany
  • Griechische Kulturstiftung Berlin, Germany
  • Polish Robert Schumann Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
  • Museum of European Cultures, Berlin, Germany (visited the museum as an integral part of Eurocompetence II.: Project Management in June 2009)
  • Confey Community College, Ireland
  • Info-Point Europa, Hamburg, Germany
  • Goethe-Institute, Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch, Germany
  • YATF (Youth Arab Theatre Funds) AMA (Art Moves Africa), Brussels, Belgium
  • Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe (Krakow Festival Office), Poland
  • Goethe Institut Nancy, France
  • SIETAR-Europe, France
  • Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden
  • International Migration Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Netherlands House for Education and Research, Brussels, Belgium
  • European Movement International, Brussels, Belgium
  • Center for International Relations, Warsaw, Poland
  • Council for Assisting Refugee Academics & Network for Education and Academic Rights, London, UK
  • Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeenten Internationaal (VNG International), the Hague, the Netherlands
  • Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT, Chisinau, Moldova
  • Fundacion Dinosaurios, Burgos, Spain
  • Spanda Fouindation, the Hague, the Netherlands
  • EUROPE DIRECT, Trencin, Slovakia
  • Club of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • British Council, Berlin, Germany
  • National Museum Krakow branch, Krakow, Poland
  • Villa Decius Association, Krakow, Poland
  • Information Office of the Council of Europe, Warsaw, Poland
  • Adama Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  • Finnish Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium
  • European Association of Conservatoires, also known as AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen), Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Multikilturní Centrum Praha (Multucultural Centre in Prague), Prague, the Czech Republic
  • Mossutställningar (a non-profit organization working with public art), Stockholm, Sweden
  • The Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
  • The Museum of Japanese Art and Technology 'Manggha' (Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japoñskiej 'Manggha’), Krakow, Poland
  • Berlin Partner GmbH

  • Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nourishment, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection in the Department for International Trade Organisations
  • Commercial Section, the Austrian Embassy to Ukraine, Kiew, Ukraine
  • Royal Thai Embassy and Mission of Thailand to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
  • Polish Parliament at the German-Polish Group of Parliamentarians, Poland
  • Translation Directorate General of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam at the Secondary Education Department, the Netherlands
  • Fins Cultureel Instituut voor de Benelux Institut Culturel Finlandais pour le Benelux, Brussels, Belgium
  • Staatskanzlei NRW, Referat für Europaangelegenheiten, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • State chancellery of North Rhine Westfalia; Department for bilateral relationships within the EU, Benelux Cooperation, interregional cooperation, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Royal Thai Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Embassy of the Philippines, Stockholm, Sweden
  • German Embassy, New Zealand
  • German Embassy, Panama
  • The European Commission Delegation in Jordan
  • International Social Science Council, Paris, France
  • Romanian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
  • Youth in Action National Agency, Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver, Canada
  • The European Comission Delegation in Jordan, North Abdoun-Amman, Jordan
  • European Union Delegation of the EU to Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • EU-Japan Centre for Industry Cooperation, Department of Marketing and Intercultural Communication, Brussels, Belgium
  • Press & Culture Department of the Dutch Consulate in Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Public Affairs office of the United States Embassy in Berlin, Germany
  • Mayor's office in the town of Boras, Sweden
  • Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
  • Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Amman, Jordan
  • TUSIAD - Turkish Industry & Business Association, Representation to the EU and BUSINESSEUROPE, Brussels, Belgium
  • Consulate General of Greece in Hamburg, Germany
  • Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Office for International Relations of the Region Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in Udine, Italy
  • German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm, Sweden

  • Research Center for East European Studies, Bremen, Germany
  • Euroculture Office(s) Göttingen, Germany and Groningen, the Netherlands
  • Institute for Ecumenical Theology and Oriental Church and Mission, Göttingen, Germany
  • Bremen University, Germany
  • Centre for Multiethnic Research, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Centre for European Security Studies, Groningen, the Netherlands
  • Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)/The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands
  • International Office, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
  • Relaciones Internacionales-Universidad de Deusto, Kiev and Bilbao, Ukraine and Spain
  • Universidad de Deusto, San Sebastian, Spain
  • Institute of European Studies, Krakow, Poland
  • Center for Japanese Studies in the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
  • The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Volkshochschule Göttingen, Germany


  • Students will be expected to play an active role in finding an internship. In other words, they will have to look and apply for it themselves, though Euroculture staff may be able to provide some suggestions and advice. During the internship, students will be supervised by the Euroculture Internship Supervisor (at the home university) and by the supervisor of the organisation providing the internship. The internship will be rounded off by writing an internship report in English (10 - 15 pages). This report should largely be written during the internship itself. Internship reports have to be handed in to the Euroculture Internship Supervisor no later than two weeks after completing the internship.


    Other helpful sources that can give you an overview of your broad carreer opportunities are the website of the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) and the Euroculture Consoritum website.