Deadline: 31 October 2014
Open to: undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate students from Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
Internship: allowance, accommodation and health-insurance
Description
The Internship Program of German Business is offering graduates and students a three- to six-month-long internship at leading German companies. The purpose of these internships are that when the interns return to their home countries, the experience gathered is to be used to further the economic development of their home countries and to strengthen the economic cooperation between Germany and the region. Thus, know-how from Germany is transferred to these countries. This is how the programme also makes a positive contribution towards the image of Germany held in these countries.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible to apply for a internship position you need to be:
- Undergraduate or graduate student;
- To be no older than 30 years;
- You must come from: Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia;
- Your area of study need to be in one of the following: Engineering; Economics, Business Administration; Law; Journalism (Additional information about the different areas is provided here).
Internship
If you get the internship position the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will provide you monthly allowance to cover your daily costs. And the respective company will provide accommodation and health- insurance.
Application and selection procedure
Before you fill the online application form you need to prepare the following documents:
- a letter of motivation (1-2 max.pages in German or English);
- a curriculum vitae (in German or English);
- a portrait photo (in a common graphics format, e.g. JPG), a separate document;
- a scanned transcript of records (overview of the courses and marks, issued by your faculty);
- translation of transcript of records (German or English translation, there is no official translation required for the online application stage);
- other scanned documents available (e.g. language certificates for German or English, references, diplomas).
After the online applications, the most suitable candidates will be contacted to attend a interview in their Capital city of the country they residence. You will be notified by email one week in advance whether you have been invited to the interview or not.
Candidates invited to the interviews should bring along the following documents:
For students:
- Transcript of records for examinations passed (as a certified translation);
- If not listed in the transcript of records: confirmation of enrolment, stating the duration of studies and the current semester of the student (as a certified translation).
- Final degree / diploma / intermediate diploma (original document for inspection only);
- Transcript of records (as a certified translation).