The Internship Programme of German Business 2024

Published by rosica

Deadline: 15 November 2023
Open to: undergraduate student (bachelor) and are enrolled at least in your 5th semester or higher when applying, or a Master or PhD student, from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia and study or have completed your studies in one of these countries.
Benefits: fully funded

Description

Join the Internship Programme of German Business for the Countries of the Western Balkans and become a scholarship holder of  generation 2024. Apply for a paid three to six months internship in a German company in Germany starting 1st July 2024.

The call for application will be open 1st October until 15th November 2023. 

Doing an internship in Germany will change your life:

  • You will close the gap between your academic knowledge and the implementation of it on the labour market
  • You will find out in which direction you would (not) like to go regarding your further professional career.
  • You will increase your soft skills while living and working in Germany.
  • You will be able to dive into the experience of living on your own and be responsible for all aspects of everyday life yourself.
  • You will find friends for life!

By joining our Internship Programme of German Business, you will become one of the 65 scholarship holders from the Countries of the Western Balkans and Croatia who you will meet during the introductory week prior to the beginning of your internships. You will receive organisational and administrative support. Additionally, most of the costs prior and during your stay in Germany will also be covered.

This Programme will not end with your last day of internship. Upon your return to your home country, you will be integrated into a very lively regional alumni network which regularly offers a variety of further trainings to keep up to date with current economic developments and labour market needs of your home.

Eligibility

  • You are eligible to apply, if:
  • You are either an undergraduate student (bachelor) and are enrolled at least in your 5th semester or higher when applying, or a Master or PhD student.
  • You are a young graduate who has graduated in 2023.
  • Your field of studies has a focus on economics, business administration, various fields of engineering such as electrical engineering, software engineering or chemical engineering, agriculture and food-industry, architecture or journalism. Check out the details on the right side.
  • You are not older than 28 years at the time of application
  • You have a good command of the English language. Knowing German is always an asset.
  • Knowing German language is a precondition for an internship in the fields of architecture, auditing, or commercial law (minimum required knowledge of German language: B2)
  • You are from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia and study or have completed your studies in one of these countries.
  • You are not eligible to apply, if:
  • You are from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro or Serbia, but are enrolled as a regular student at universities outside these countries.
  • You already completed BA or MA more than 1 year ago.
  • You completed your studies outside the region.
  • You study in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, or Serbia as a foreign student, but are originally from another country.

Benefits

The Programme provides comprehensive support and guidance in all organisational steps before and during the stay in Germany. Most of the costs during the preparation in your home country and your stay in Germany are covered by the Programme.

Organisational and administrative support

  1. The Programme supports you regarding:
    • the entire process of application and internship time
    • the communication with companies
    • the search for accommodation, communication with landladies/ landlords, and the signing of rental contracts
    • administrational procedures in Germany (health insurance, registrations, taxes)
  2. The Programme takes care of:
    • the visa application process
    • work permit
    • travel arrangements to Germany and back home
    • the mid-term meeting of your generation
  3. The Programme prepares you for your stay in Germany
    • exchange of experience with alumni and mentoring by alumni
    • preparatory meetings and team buildings in your home countries before leaving for Germany
    • introductory week (in Berlin and its surroundings: organisation, accommodation, travel arrangements). It will take place in the end of June 2024 and participation is obligatory for all scholarship holders
    • intercultural training during the introductory week
    • co-financing of a German language course during the internship

Financial assistance

  1. Finances:
    • a monthly scholarship of 400 EUR is provided by the German government
    • Companies either provide a sufficient paycheck for interns or take care of the costs of your accommodation and insurance
  2. Covered by the Programme:
    • preparatory meetings in home countries
    • flight ticket to Germany and back home
    • introductory week in Berlin
    • train tickets to the internship places
    • mid-term meeting in Germany
    • The visa is free of charge
  3. Participants cover:
    • costs for the translation of documents
    • travel expenses in home country to the interview, for the visa application, as well as to the airport and back home

How to apply?

For more information please visit the official website.