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International Internships/Volunteer Opportunities

Sharpen your work place and people skills, gain industry-relevant experience in your field of study, explore different career paths within your major, experience what it is like to work for different companies, and increase your self-confidence by participating in an internship.  Internships can be a summer or semester in length.  Intern at Mercedes-Benz, work for the international Olympic Committee, be a photographer at the United Nations, create window display designs for Harrod's in London, or work with a trekking agency in Nepal, to name a few excellent opportunities.

Below see the chart for a list of which programs offer internship opportunities, and in what countries.  This list is subject to change, and you should contact the program directly to learn about any new opportunities.

KEY:  "I" stands for Internship Available.  "V" stands for Volunteer Opportunities Available.  Click on the program name for more information.

Programs

 

AEC

AIU-
London

 Austra
Learn		 CIEE

IFSA-
Butler

 INPG ISA

ESC-
Chambery

FHTW-
Berlin

ITESM

 KEMU- Kenya

PUCE-
Ecuador

SANN-
Nepal

UAG

USC

U of
Zaragoza

USAC
Argentina         V   V/I                    

Australia

I

 

 I V

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I

 

I
Belgium             I                    

Chile

         V   V/I                   I

China

       V                         I

Costa Rica

             V/I                   I

Czech
Republic

                                 I
Denmark                                 I
Dominican
Republic		             V/I                    

Ecuador

                       I/V         I

England

   I     I   I                    

France

       V   I   I                  

Germany

                 I               V

Ireland

         I                       I
Italy       V                          
Kenya                     I/V            

Mexico

       V     V/I     I/V       I      

Nepal

                         I/V        
New
Zealand		     I                            

Scotland

         I                        

Spain

             V                 I I


VOLUNTEER ABROAD!!

PUCE (Pontifícia Universidad Católica del Ecuador)
Volunteer and take a Service-Learning course while studying on exchange in Quito, Ecuador!

  • The UI Exchange Program to PUCE includes a Cross-Cultural Service-Learning course which covers social, cultural, economic and ecological issues in Ecuador and the Ecuadorian Amazon.  This course includes a trip into the Ecuadorian Amazon where students will participate in a community project with the Cloud Forest community of Santa Lucia.
  • The UI Resident Director in Quito will arrange volunteer projects working with:

Art Administration • Education • Children • Natural Resources • Gender • Human Rights • Medicine • Peasant Workers • Tourism

SANN – Kathmandu, Nepal
Volunteer while studying abroad!

  • The local SANN Resident Director can organize volunteer projects for you within Kathmandu Valley!  Some available project fields are:

Natural Resources • Agro Forestry • Health • Sustainable Development • Education • Children • Environmental Science • Gender • Human Rights • Legal Aid


USAC (University Studies Abroad Consortium)
Volunteer while studying abroad!

  • Lüneburg, Germany: volunteer in a local charity, environmental organization, church, etc.  The local staff in Lüneburg will help you set something up according to your interests.
     

CIEE (Council for International Educational Exchange) www.ciee.org/volunteer
Live like locals with paid room and board • in places ranging from tents to community centers to farmhouses • work with locals and international volunteers • even become a group coordinator on a U.S. project see service-learning for yourself with projects that run from 2 to 12 weeks

  • Global Volunteer: help on one of more than 800 projects—social services, cultural, environmental, archaeology, and conservation—in Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and North America
  • Conservation Australia: travel to one of ten gateway cities and protect the nearby awe-inspiring environment
  • Volunteer South Africa: improve the lives of its people, animals, and environment on one of seven projects
  • Volunteach China: work with students in school-based camps to improve their conversational and written English
     

IFSA-Butler (Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University)
Volunteer while studying abroad!

  • Volunteer opportunities are available in conjunction with the Chilean Universities Program in Valparaíso, Chile. In the past, students have worked with agencies serving children and adolescents, as well as with shelters. Placements are arranged after your arrival in Chile.
  • Volunteer opportunities are available in conjunction with our Argentine Universities Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Past placements have included work with: The Buenos Aires Herald, Argentina’s premier English-language daily newspaper; the commercial section of the United States Embassy; and nongovernmental organizations such as Puna Huasi, an organization that deals with Aboriginal issues.
     

If you would like more in depth information about internships and cooperative education opportunities at the University of Idaho, you can visit their program website by clicking here.