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Apply by Dec 15 (office hours today!) | IAESTE Internships for students in technical fields

IAESTE Internships  - Program Overview

The IAESTE Internship Placement Program matches U.S. university students majoring in technical fields with paid internships abroad. Positions are available in industry, research institutes and universities, consulting firms, labs, and other work environments. Most placements are for 8-12 weeks during the summer, but fall and longer-term placements are also available. Best of all, most technical students in the United States are eligible to apply!
The application for the 2014 program year has been extended! 
**Apply by December 15, 2013**  (Questions? Office hours today -- scroll down for details!)

Applicant Requirements

In order to apply for the IAESTE Placement Program, you must fulfill all of the eligibility conditions below.

• Enrollment: U.S. citizens and International Students enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university in a full-time bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. program, before, during, and after the program. U.S. students studying abroad are eligible as long as they are still enrolled at an accredited U.S. institution.
• Standing: Applicants must have attained junior-level standing or above by the time the internship begins. Sophomores and graduating seniors may also apply. Recent graduates are not eligible.
• Major: Applicants must be enrolled in a technical field of study, including, but not limited to engineering, computer science, architecture, natural and physical sciences, or agricultural sciences.
• Age: Applicants must be between the ages of 19 and 30.
• Language: Applicants must be fluent in English. Foreign language skill requirements vary by position. While most positions only require English, foreign language skills are preferred.

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in applying for IAESTE, click to begin your application.

Questions? // OFFICE HOURS Today!
If you have questions about the program or need help with the application, please email Cultural Vistas Midwest Representative (and Germany faculty member), Peggy Wunderwald-Jensen (pwjensen@umich.edu) or visit her office hours on Tuesday, Dec 10, 3-5pm. She is in MLB 3416.

Deadlines RIGHT after Thanksgiving | Cultural Vistas Internship Programs

Please read this email from Peggy Wunderwald-Jensen, the Cultural Vistas Midwest Representative, if you are applying to internship programs in Germany 2014 or to the IAESTE International Internship Program 2014.

The application deadlines for the Summer Internship Program in Germany (Dec 2), Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange in Germany (Dec 1), EMGIP Germany (Dec 1) and IAESTE International (Dec 1) are coming up on Sunday and Monday after Thanksgiving. Please make sure that you submit your online application in time. Keep in mind that technical problems can always occur, so don't wait until the last minute!

I know that many of you are already working on the application. If you have not started yet, you should do that NOW, because all applications require documents that you need to get from somewhere/someone else (e.g. official transcript, recommendation letter(s), certificate of enrollments, etc. – please check the application list for each program for details).

I will have office hours next week to answer questions and help with your application:

Monday, 11/25 12-4pm

Tuesday, 11/26 3-5pm

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Peggy Wunderwald-Jensen

Lecturer, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Midwest Representative, Cultural Vistas

University of Michigan

812 East Washington, MLB 3416

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Phone: 734 615 6336/ Fax: 734 763 6557/ Skype: pwjensen

Email: pwjensen@umich.edu or pwjensen@culturalvistas.org

Apply by Dec 1, 2013 | IAESTE (technical internships abroad)

The student application for the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) is now available online.

The IAESTE Internship Placement Program is a work abroad program that matches U.S. university students majoring in technical fields with paid internships around the world. Each year positions are available in approximately 15-20 different countries in industry, research institutes and universities, consulting firms, labs, and other work environments. Most placements are for 8-12 weeks during the summer, but some fall semester and longer-term placements are also available. Best of all, most technical students in the United States are eligible to apply!

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
-Enrollment: you must be currently enrolled full-time in a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. program at an accredited, four-year U.S. college or university
-Standing: junior-level standing is preferred, sophomores and graduating seniors are also invited to apply.
-Major: you must be enrolled in a technical field of study, including, but not limited to: engineering, computer science, architecture, natural or physical sciences
-Age: you must be between the ages of 19 and 30
-Language: you must be fluent in English; foreign language skill requirements vary by position

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2013

For detailed information and application materials, please visit our website at: www.iaesteunitedstates.org<http://www.iaesteunitedstates.org

> or you can view our pre-recorded webinar at: http://culturalvistas.adobeconnect.com/p1wtadwb15z/

If your institution would be interested in hosting an international student through IAESTE, please contact us for further information.

We appreciate your support and thank you for passing this on to prospective students!

Best regards,

Katerina Holubova

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Katerina Holubova
Senior Program Director  |  Internships Abroad

Cultural Vistas
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New York Headquarters
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Info Session on Work Abroad Opportunities through Cultural Vistas

Cultural Vistas Work Abroad Programs 2013

Monday, November 12, 4-5pm International Center, 603 E. Madison, Rm 9

·         IAESTE International Internships 2013

Internship opportunities worldwide for U.S. students (U.S. citizens and international students) majoring in technical fields; all internships are paid; internships are 2-3 months in the summer (fall and long-term internships are also available).

Application deadline: December 1, 2012

Foreign language skill requirements vary by position.

·         Summer Internships in Germany, Spain, Argentina and Chile 2013

Placement programs open to U.S. students in all fields (note: international students can only apply to the program in Germany); internships are 2-3 months; mostly paid in Germany, unpaid in Spain, Argentina and Chile.

Application deadlines:

Dec 3, 2012 (Germany) & Jan 15, 2013 (Spain, Argentina, Chile).

German or Spanish language skills required.

·         EMGIP - German State Parliaments 2013

Internship opportunities for students with U.S. or Canadian citizenship to complete one- to three-month internships with German state parliaments and ministries in early summer, or fall 2013.

Application deadline: December 1, 2012, for early summer 2012.

German language skills required.

·         Work Immersion Study Program (WISP) in Germany 2013

Three-month (June-August) work-study immersion program for college students in vocational fields; fellowship covers language course costs, international flight and provides a monthly stipend of Euro 300. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Application deadline: December 1, 2012.

At least one semester of German instruction required.

·         NEW! Cultural Vistas Fellowship 2013 in Germany, Argentina and Singapore

The inaugural class of (12) Cultural Vistas Fellows will participate in eight-week internships in Buenos Aires, Berlin, and Singapore, complemented by a virtual learning seminar on sustainability issues. Fellowship covers program-related travel expenses, accommodation, seminar. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Application deadline: January 4, 2013

Prior knowledge of language of host country (applicable in Germany and Argentina only) required.

For further information, please contact:

Peggy Wunderwald-Jensen, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, MLB 3416

Tel.: 734 – 615 6336, Email: pwjensen@umich.edu, Office Hours: Mo 12-2, Tue/Thur 2-4pm

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Peggy Wunderwald-Jensen

Lecturer, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Midwest Representative, Cultural Vistas

University of Michigan

812 East Washington, MLB 3416

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Phone: 734 615 6336/ Fax: 734 763 6557/ Skype: pwjensen

Email: pwjensen@umich.edu or pwjensen@culturalvistas.org

IAESTE - Open Internship Positions - Apply by March 30th

Once again we have new open positions available in IAESTE. The positions are located in Cyprus (Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry), Brazil (Mechanical or Chemical Engineering), Slovakia (IT – Programming), Serbia (Biology), Croatia (Computer Science – Software Design), Israel (Chemistry/Chemical Engineering) and Switzerland (Geophysics/Physics).

For clarification on the information included in  internship offers provided in the attachment, please visit the FAQ page<http://iaesteunitedstates.org/participant-faq.htm>. We would like to fill these positions and it would be very helpful if you could reach out to your students about these available positions.

It is important that applicants meet all of the requirements listed on the internship offer. Please note that the position in Switzerland requires a letter stating that the internship is compulsory.

 All positions are paid and interested students would apply through IAESTE United States. All interested students should email us (gdeltito@culturalvistas.org<mailto:gdeltito@culturalvistas.org>) and we will provided them with the necessary steps to apply for the listed internships. There is a $75 application fee and a $600 program fee which includes a $100 deposit that is returned at the end of the internship and after we receive all evaluation documentation. We are looking for interested students to apply no later than March 30, 2012. Please let us know if you or your students have any questions and please feel free to put any interested students in direct contact with us.

Open Positions


Cyprus – Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry
Offer ID: CY-12-03Employer: Remedia Ltd
Country: Cyprus
City: Limassol
Language Required: English-Excellent
Major Required: Chemistry or Pharmacy
Specialty within Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry
Special Requirements: Should be near the middle of studies
Previous Training Required: Yes
Work Period: 6-12 weeks
Between: 6/1/12 and 8/30/12
Work Description: Intern will have the opportunity to participate in analytical testing of materials and products with the techniques of analytical chemistry.
Salary: €660 per month
Estimated Cost of Living: €400 per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Cyprus



Brazil – Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
Offer ID: BR-12-0779-SP 

Employer: Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP Ilha Solteira
Country: Brazil
City: Ilha Solteira
Language Required: English-Good or Spanish-Good
Major Required: Mechanical and/or Chemical Engineering
Specialty within Major: None
Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies. NOTE: Student must be enrolled in a university.
Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 8-12 weeks
Between: 5/1/12 and 7/31/12
Work Description: First of all the student will be familiarized with the following equipment inside the Lav of Lubricant Analysis: PQA, Karl Fischer, Viscosimeter, Cleveland, RPD, Ferroscope and Pin-on-disc. After the student will work at the lab with predictive maintenance, developing research related to the theme. The possibilities are oil analysis through ferrography etc.
Salary: 600.00 Brazilian Real (R$) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 550.00 R$ per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Brazil

Slovakia – Information Technology (Programming)
Offer ID: SK-BA-12-15
 Employer: Asseco Solutions, a.s. Country: Slovakia
City: Bratislava
Language Required: English-Excellent Major Required: Information Technology Specialty within Major: Programming
Special Requirements: Should be near the middle of studies. Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 12-16 weeks
Between: 5/1/12 and 11/30/12
Work Description: Intern will be working on programming (Java, Oracle database, SQL, .NET) Salary: €800 per month
Estimated Cost of Living: €250 per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Slovakia

Serbia - Biology
Offer ID: RS-1165

Employer: Institute for Medical Research
Country: Serbia
City: Beograd
Language Required: English-Good
Major Required: Biology
Specialty within Major: None
Special Requirements: Should be near the middle of studies. Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 8 weeks
Between: 7/4/12 and 9/30/12
Work Description: Intern will have the opportunity to participate in experimental hematology and stem cell research, focused on isolation and characterization of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSC) from various sources (bone marrow, peripheral blood, Wharton’s jelly, dental pulp, adipose tissue) as well as determination of their regenerative and modulatory capacities as potential candidates for application in cell therapy and tissue engineering.
Salary: 19000 Serbian Dinar (RSD) per month Estimated Cost of Living: 15000 RSD per month Housing will be located by: IAESTE Serbia

Croatia – Computer Science (Software Development)
Offer ID: HR12-0051-ZG
 Employer: LIBUSOFT CICOM d.o.o. Country: Croatia
City: Zagreb
Language Required: English-Good
Major Required: Computer Science
Specialty within Major: Software Development
Special Requirements: Software knowledge: MS Visual Studio 2010, using Microsoft.net Framework, developing with C#, creating reports for MS Reporting Services, MS SQL Server 2008, MS Office Suite plus Visio, the relational data model, ER diagrams, and knowledge of tools for Graphic design. Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 6-52 weeks
Between: 7/1/12 and 6/30/13
Work Description: Participate in the development work of SC SPI ERP System, one of the leading systems in the field of local government. Design an attractive, intuitive, user friendly interface; create icons and other graphic material. Create a DATA model using MS Visio and implement the DATA model in to the MS SQL database. Writing MS SQL stores procedures, production of a DATA layer and using .NET LINQ, writing LOGIC layer and developing Win Forms User Interface using MS Visual Studio 2010 using the programming language C#.NET. Develop a system for reporting using MS SQL Reporting model. Perform unit and model tests for developed features.
Salary: 3000 Croatian Kuna (HRK) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 600 HRK per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Croatia 

Israel – Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
Offer ID: IL-2012-44

Employer: Carmel Olefins Ltd. Country: Israel
City: Haifa
Language Required: English-Excellent
Major Required: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Specialty within Major: None
Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies (4 years completed) Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 8 weeks
Between: August and September 2012
Work Description: Student will be contacted by email after being accepted
Salary: 2,800 ILS per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 2,800 ILS per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Israel

Israel – Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
Offer ID: IL-2012-45

Employer: BAZAN Oil Refineries
Country: Israel
City: Haifa
Language Required: English-Excellent
Major Required: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Specialty within Major: None
Special Requirements: Should be near middle or end of studies
Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 8 weeksBetween: August and September 2012
Work Description: Student will be contacted by email after accepted. Salary: 2,800 ILS per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 2,800 ILS per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Israel

Switzerland – Geophysics or Physics
Offer ID: CH-2012-41

Employer: Paul Scherrer Institut

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
Language Required: English-Good or German-Good
Major Required: Geophysics/Physics
Specialty within Major: None
Special Requirements: Should be near the middle of studies
Previous Training Required: None
Other Requirements:Students with any NON-EU nationality need to provide an official letter from
their university confirming that the internship is compulsory - must be enrolled for the duration of the internship.
Work Period: 8-10 weeks
Between: 6/1/12 and 9/30/12
Work Description: Student will collect measurement data from airborne gamma spectroscopy and ground measurements into a comprehensive geo-database: collection and compellation of raw data, analysis of the data quality, production of maps using geographical information software. The work is designed for a student of physics or earth sciences with interests in data.
Salary: 2100 Swiss Francs (CHF) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 1600 CHF per month
Housing will be located by: Employer

IAESTE United States: Four Open Internship Positions in Engineering, Information Technology, & Architecture

As a part of our IAESTE Internship Program, we have four open internship positions for specially qualified students. Below are the details of the internship requirements. All of these positions are exceptional international opportunities for information technology, engineering and architecture students in Poland, Macedonia, Switzerland and Romania. For clarification on the information included in  internship offers provided in the attachment, please visit the FAQ page. We would like to fill these positions and it would be very helpful if you could reach out to your students about these available positions. All positions require English, however the position in Switzerland also requires good German. It is important that applicants meet all of the requirements listed on the internship offer.

All four positions are paid and interested students would apply through IAESTE United States. All interested students should email us and we will provided them with the necessary steps to apply for the listed internships. There is a $75 application fee and a $600 program fee which includes a $100 deposit that is returned at the end of the internship and after we receive all evaluation documentation. Our partner countries will need students to be nominated for these positions by March 16^th, therefore we would need to have applications from qualified candidates by March 9^th. Please let us know if you or your students have any questions and please feel free to put any interested students in direct contact with us.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to hearing from you and your students soon.

Best,

Amanda Stibick

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Amanda Stibick

Program Manager  |  Internships Abroad

Cultural Vistas (formerly AIPT-CDS)

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212 • 497 • 3523  phone
212 • 497 • 3584  fax

astibick@culturalvistas.org

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Offer 1: ArchitectureOffer ID: RO-19-12
Employer: Re-Act Now Studio
Country: Romania
City: Bucharest
Language Required: English-Excellent
Major Required: Architecture
Specialty within Major: Knowledge of AUTOCAD and Photoshop
Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies (4 years completed) Previous Training Required: None
Work Period: 6-12 weeks
Between: 6/30/12 and 9/30/12
Work Description: Architectural Design assisting one or more of the senior architects in the company.
Salary: 290€ (~1200 RON) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 1100 RON per month
Housing will be located by: UAUIM


Offer 2: Information Technology
Offer ID: MK-2012-12
Employer: Isioux Taurus
Country: Macedonia
City: Skopje
Language Required: English-Good
Major Required: Information Technology
Specialty within Major: Knowledge of Objective C, Open GL, and Action Script Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies, can be graduating senior.
Previous Training Required: Yes
Work Period: 6- 15 weeks
Between: 01/01/2012 and 01/01/2013, NOTE: Holiday between 07/15/2012 and 08/15/2012
Work Description: Intern will assist in the process of producing a game (iPhone or PC downloaded): working with game designer, system engineer, programmer, and game artist.
Salary: 13000 Macedonian Dinar (MKD) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 10000 MKD per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Macedonia


Offer 3: Information TechnologyOffer ID: PL-12-AGH-051
Employer: Software Mind
Country: Poland
City: Krakow
Language Required: English-Good
Major Required: Information Technology
Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies, but not yet graduating (Junior standing)
Other Requirements: Java (1.5) and Hibernate, CFX, OSGI, JBoss, JSV, Rich Faces, passion and creativity
Previous Training Required: Yes. Candidate will have a technical interview via Skype before acceptance.
Work Period: 12-13 weeks between: 6/1/12 and 9/30/12
Work Description: Intern will work on 2 projects: creating a Payment Gateway platform and a central information retrieval system. Full job description will be provided. Technologies used: Jave, Maven, OSGi, CXF, WSDL, SOAP, Spring and Spring Security, Wicket, GWT, Hibernate, Python, Oracle, JSON, Quartz, SoapUI, IoadUI, TesetNG, JBoss, Jetty, Hudson, Sonar, Linux, Windows…etc.
Salary: 1500 Polish Zloty (PLN) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 1000 PLN per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE Poland


Offer 4: Process EngineeringOffer ID: CH-2012-65
Employer: Mettler-Toledo AG Country: Switzerland
City: Nänikon-Greigensee Canton
Language Required: English-Good and German-Good (Must have good German language skills)
Major Required: Process Engineering
Specialty within Major: Business Development Management Special Requirements: Should be near end of studies Previous Training Required: Yes
Other Requirements:
American students need to provide an official letter from their university confirming that the traineeship is compulsory. Must be a student.
Work Period: 24-26 weeks
Between: Starting May or later
Work Description: The position is located in the business development department, responsible for project and process management at MTGE. As an intern you will work closely with the responsible Process Engineer on local and global process optimization projects. This position allots you to gain insights in the challenges of Business Process Management in a global matrix organization-from both a strategic and operational point of view.
Salary: 2400 Swiss Francs (CHF) per month
Estimated Cost of Living: 1600 CHF per month
Housing will be located by: IAESTE LC in Zurich