Due to visa restrictions and cultural norms our internships are unpaid. Our mission is to facilitate accelerated professional development for international students and to provide them with the experience required to be successful in a professional environment at the end of their program.

• Professional Top Internship
• Accommodation
• Professional and cultural development tools
• A personalized, one hour session with an Alumni Success Coach
• Social, cultural and networking events
• Airport pick-up
• Local transport (use of the country’s metro, buses and train links – dependent on destination)
• 24/7 emergency assistance from local team
• Written pre-departure welcome pack
• In-person welcome orientation on first day delivered by our local staff
• An active international community of interns in the host city with
  regular social and cultural events and activities organized
• Visa assistance (where required)
• Academic credit assistance (where required)

Airfare, medical insurance, daily food and visa costs are not included.

The student will be given a private bedroom in a shared apartment where they will typically be living with other interns from the program and, occasionally, other international students. Housemate selection is determined by the time of year, availability and participants’ program specifics (such as duration of program). While we will assist in the case of serious problems, we expect all participants to display high levels of independence, responsibility and maturity.

We have sent candidates from over 100 countries to 6 diverse destinations. Nationality does in no way limit your chance to participate in our programs.

We place our program participants in leading organizations all over the world across all career fields. In each program destination our team has extensive networks in business, NGOs, and government.

We work with a wide variety of companies and organizations to best suit our participants’ needs based on career interests and academic/professional backgrounds. We are partners with some of the most prestigious organizations in the world, through to small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial startups.

If you are accepted onto our program we guarantee placement in your desired career fields.

Career Fields Available.

We only offer scholarships and discounts through agreements with partner universities. We recommend that students speak to their university to see if their university is a partner and what funding is available for our program.

Available funding varies from one university to another.

We do not offer scholarships to individuals who are not studying at one of our partner universities.

For those not studying at one of our partner universities, we direct them to the following links for 3rd party financial aid:

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship: Institute of International Education

International Education Financial Aid: Financial Aid College Scholarship Search | IEFA

IE Passport Study Abroad Funding Directory: Study Abroad Scholarships | Study Abroad Funding | Institute of International Education

The Intern Group provides comprehensive visa assistance for all participants in all of our programs where needed.

After applying to The Intern Group and booking a convenient interview time, students will have a phone or Skype interview with a member of our admissions team.

In this 20 minute phone or Skype interview we will question the student about their background, experience and motivations, and discuss the opportunities available within their career fields.

If they are successful at this stage we will formally offer them a place on our program. Students will be asked to confirm their place on the program by making a deposit. This deposit is fully refundable if they are not placed in their primary or secondary career field – giving them peace of mind that they will have a fantastic internship experience abroad.

Once we have received the deposit the student will have formally joined our program and we will introduce them to our local team in their internship destination.

Typically, a payment will be due 30 days after your deposit. Complete payment details will be communicated by email, and also can be found on our fees page and in our Terms & Conditions.

The team will then engage in a collaborative internship placement process with them and confirm their internship placement typically around four to six weeks before the departure date. Please note this is a guideline and may differ during peak seasons.

Our internship programs have start dates every month of the year meaning that there is a rolling application process. However, please note that our programs are competitive thus early applications are encouraged. We recommend that students apply at least 2 months before their preferred start date. In high season (May, June, July & August start-dates) we recommend applying at least 3 months before their preferred start date.