Why Choose World Endeavors for your Internship Abroad?

Many students spend hours in the classroom only to graduate with no practical experience. An international internship, however, can give students the confidence and experience needed to successfully pursue a chosen career after college. A World Endeavors internship stands out on a resume, gives you an edge in a competitive job market, and affords you a valuable international perspective – which is attractive to employers!

Placements are limited so apply now and start planning your professional experience with World Endeavors abroad. We will work closely with you and our in-country coordinator to arrange an internship that matches your interests and goals.

How to choose the best Internship program

Choosing your internship program is easy when you evaluate your priorities. Follow these steps to guide you toward your ideal program.

Explore a New Career

Interning abroad offers a great opportunity to explore your professional and personal interests, and help define your career path. Peruse our internship fields and past examples to find the best fit.

Choose Your Dream Destination

Finding a meaningful way to combine interning and travel to your dream location is a big incentive. Carefully consider which destinations suit your interests and international internship goals.

Improve Language Skills

Immersing yourself in a language-rich environment is the ultimate method for developing fluency. If language-learning is your goal, favor destinations that use your language of choice.

Fit your budget

Explore scholarships and financial aid to determine if these may impact your destination options. Consider the overall cost of the program and cost of living in-country to identify the optimal match.

Try our program finder to filter based on your choices.

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Why Intern Abroad?

Embarking on an internship abroad is a transformative experience that blends professional growth with cultural immersion. It opens doors to a world of opportunities, offering a unique blend of personal development and global perspective.

Global Networking Opportunities

Interning abroad exposes you to an extensive network of professionals from diverse backgrounds and cultures. By working alongside international colleagues, you can forge valuable connections that extend beyond borders. This network not only enhances your career prospects but also opens doors to future collaborations and global opportunities.

Cross-Cultural Competence

Interning abroad nurtures cross-cultural competence, a skill highly valued in today’s interconnected world. By immersing yourself in a different cultural setting, you develop a heightened sensitivity to diverse perspectives, communication styles, and work practices. This adaptability and cultural intelligence enable you to thrive in multicultural work environments throughout your career.

Enhanced Language Proficiency

Interning abroad presents an ideal opportunity to improve your language skills. By working and interacting in a foreign language, you can sharpen your linguistic abilities and gain confidence in communicating effectively across language barriers. This increased language proficiency not only enhances your resume but also opens doors to international job opportunities.

Personal Growth and Independence

Interning abroad pushes you out of your comfort zone, encouraging personal growth and independence. By navigating new cities, customs, and challenges on your own, you develop resilience, self-reliance, and problem-solving skills. This transformative experience equips you with the confidence to adapt to new situations and take on future professional endeavors with a sense of fearlessness.

Our Top Intern Abroad Destinations

World Endeavors volunteers support communities in several destinations in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Our programs are located in a variety of sites, including urban and rural, economically developed and developing, and English-speaking and non-English speaking.

Eligibility

World Endeavors interns should be 18 years or older and should have a passport valid for at least 6 months from the start of their program.

Keep in mind that all countries have different visa restrictions for varying types of passports.

It is recommended to have a background in your desired internship field, but not absolutely required. Internship placement opportunities increase with experience or relevant coursework.

Please note that each program has it own requirements for eligibility. 

Intern for credit

Do you want to earn academic credit for your international internship? Nearly half of World Endeavors participants earn credit while interning abroad. Many students are required to participate in an internship to fulfill a requirement for their degree program. World Endeavors works closely with students and their academic advisors to ensure that our program meets those requirements. If you don’t fall into that category there is another exciting option for you. Through our collaboration with University of California Berkeley, students can earn UC Berkeley credit by taking one of two online courses while interning abroad.

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Every World Endeavors Internship Program Includes

Our internships are as unique as the countries that host them, but there are program features that unify all of our internship experiences.

YOUR INTERNSHIP

  • Professional customized internship placement
  • Year-round program availability
  • Flexible durations from 1 to 6 months, depending on the destination

CAREER READINESS PROGRAM

  • Resume clinic and interview skills workshop
  • One-on-one coaching
  • Professional competencies development

ACCOMMODATION

  • Housing vetted and selected with quality, safety and proximity to your placement in mind

CAREER AND ACADEMIC INTEGRATION

  • Re-entry handbook and support
  • Academic credit facilitation
  • Post-program assistance with resume updates and completion certificate
  • World Endeavors Alumni Network

TEAM OF EXPERTS

  • Dedicated one-on-one advisor
  • Local on-site coordinator
  • Internship placement supervisor

PEACE OF MIND

  • Comprehensive travel medical insurance (not included with internships in the UK)
  • Mental Health First Aid-certified staff
  • 24/7 emergency travel assistance (not included with internships in the UK)
  • Professional liability insurance

HEALTH & SAFETY

When you feel safe and respected abroad, you will flourish. World Endeavors participants are transformed through enriching, rewarding and safe experiences around the world. We meticulously monitor travel recommendations and will only facilitate programs where we can ensure our participants’ safety. 

We take key steps to ensure our participants’ well-being, including providing a pre-trip success guide, 24/7 local support, in-country trained staff, pre and post-arrival orientation, comprehensive travel medical insurance, and Mental Health First Aid-certified staff. Please contact us if you have any specific questions or concerns.

Our Intern options

Our full range of Intern abroad programs. If you don’t find your preferred program here then please use our program finder.

Virtual Internship

Virtual International Relations Internship with International Cooperation NGO in Argentina

Join an international cooperation organization that helps international donors identify and support social organizations with high impact in Argentina.

Virtual International Relations Internship with International Cooperation NGO in Argentina

Its network is made up of more than 100 partner organizations that work in 12 different thematic areas, which allows them to comprehensively address the country’s problems and enhance the impact of the organization’s actions. The virtual placement will likely entail:

– Conducting research on international cooperation strategies
– Preparing reports on the civil, political, social, and economic context of Argentina and the region
– Follow-up of international commitments in international cooperation – OECD, UN and its specialized agencies
– Updating donor databases

Buenos Aires – Argentina

Virtual Internship

Virtual Law Internship in Sydney, Australia

Gain experience with a boutique legal practice focused o commercial and corporate law, insolvency and bankruptcy, building and construction, property law, information technology, intellectual property and criminal law.

Virtual Law Internship in Sydney, Australia

The emphasis of the virtual internship is on emerging technologies, innovation and concepts in the legal field. Throughout this remote placement, interns will:

– Develop skills and gain an understanding of legal practices within Australia and internationally
– Conduct legal research
– Write articles
– Prepare documents

Sydney – Australia

Virtual Internship

Virtual IT/Marketing Quality in Healthcare Internship in Ireland

Join a multiple award-winning tech-based SME that creates innovative technology solutions for front-line healthcare workers, primarily to improve quality standards and patient safety.

Virtual IT/Marketing Quality in Healthcare Internship in Ireland

Established already in world-leading hospitals in the UK and Ireland, this company has set its sights on selling into the global healthcare market. Intern activities could include:

– Creating SOPs for repeatable tasks
– Building and regularly entering data into marketing performance dashboards
– Cleaning and organizing the CRM
– Sales outreach via email and LinkedIn
– Auditing the current sales and marketing collateral and making suggestions to support the sales team
– Curating and scheduling posts for social media marketing
– Generating promotional email and event campaigns
– Categorizing and planning future learning and support content to meet customer training needs

Dublin – Ireland

Virtual Internship

Virtual IT Internship in Brisbane, Australia

Diversify your experience by interning with this nimble and efficient business. Seeking an intern with strong skills in IT/computer science to assist remotely with a variety of tasks.

Virtual IT Internship in Brisbane, Australia

Seeking an intern with strong skills in IT/computer science to assist remotely with a variety of tasks, including:

– Maintaining and problem-solving Zapier, and creating and maintaining Zaps
– Updating website content for SEO optimization
– Conducting a coding audit and making suggestions for improvements/corrections to the existing code

Brisbane – Australia

Virtual Internship

Virtual Marketing Holiday Childcare and Local Government Internship in England

Support a local governmental initiative in the UK remotely as it responds to the COVID-19 health emergency. This critical service provides childcare support for essential staff battling the virus on the front line.

Virtual Marketing Holiday Childcare and Local Government Internship in England

Responsibilities likely to include:

– Preparing projects and activities that are fun, inclusive and safe for the children in line with EYFS and Ofsted requirements
– Developing marketing strategies, conducting competitive research, and providing recommendations
– Creating marketing materials and campaigns to raise awareness of the childcare service – producing content for social media channels, writing newsletters and identifying other relevant marketing opportunities
– Supporting the team in preparing and achieving external accreditations by producing portfolios and documenting achievements of the childcare service
– Communications support with a focus on recruitment for additional staffing

Virtual Internship

Virtual Teaching English Internship in Argentina

Teach English online to children participating in an after school program. This education placement provides a rewarding opportunity for cultural exchange.

Virtual Teaching English Internship in Argentina

This education placement provides a rewarding opportunity for cultural exchange – sharing your culture with the students while also learning about the Argentine culture from them.

– Bring your own ideas and creativity to deliver engaging lessons and help these students improve their English language skills.
– Collaborate with the classroom teacher, exchanging teaching methods and learning more about the Argentine education system.

Buenos Aires – Argentina

Virtual Internship

Virtual Psychology Internship with Aphasia Organization in Argentina

Gain experience with an organization that provides support to people with aphasia, a communication disorder usually caused by stroke or brain injury.

Virtual Psychology Internship with Aphasia Organization in Argentina

As this placement is remote, intern responsibilities could include:

– Conducting research on aphasia, such as causes and therapeutic interventions
– Assisting the team with a variety of institutional projects
– Curating content for and managing social media accounts

Buenos Aires – Argentina

Virtual Internship

Virtual Medical Technology Internship in Australia

Hone your skills in data analysis with this exciting medical technology project launched by medical doctors, computer scientists and engineers collaborating virtually across borders from Australia, Germany, Singapore, Canada, Argentina, USA and Israel.

Virtual Medical Technology Internship in Australia

The specific project will be tailored to the intern’s relevant experience, but may include:

– Studying the architectural and statistical framework of chronological pathology blood mapping, by employing an algorithm software program that uses human blood biochemistry and historical pathology reactions
– Compare study findings to a large number of parameters within digital big data to statistically detect, evaluate, appraise, analyze and predict human health conditions
– Utilize this data to determine possible effective medical and lifestyle interventions to minimize the probability of severe illness

Minimum 2 years university study in biochemistry or medicine required.

Sydney – Australia

Virtual Internship

Virtual Environmental Education Internship in Argentina

Share your commitment to preserving our planet with an NGO that promotes initiatives related to environmental education and the protection of the natural resources of Patagonia and greater Argentina.

Virtual Environmental Education Internship in Argentina

This organization aims to ensure the preservation of the ecological balance and the nature of the Patagonian landscape by:

– Developing environmental education programs for online delivery to local schools
– Organizing virtual environmental initiatives working with local businesses in Argentina, including workshops on recycling, solid waste, water, energy, climate change, and biodiversity
– Conducting research on reducing the negative ecological impact of the activities carried out in Patagonia and the rest of the country
– Working with the team to influence policy in Argentina and incorporate environmental conservation within the political agendas and habits of society

Buenos Aires – Argent

Virtual Internship

Virtual Water Conservation Internship in Argentina

Contribute your time and efforts to an NGO dedicated to conserving the world's most precious resource - water. This organization focuses its water sustainability and education efforts in the Americas and the Caribbean.

Virtual Water Conservation Internship in Argentina

Interns conduct research and develop activities related to specific projects, including:

– Working with the team to organize virtual workshops at local schools and businesses in Argentina about water
– Organizing interactive activities to engage effectively with students and inspire continued interest in water sustainability efforts
– Expanding the network of schools and businesses in Argentina participating in the educational program by conducting outreach efforts and following up with interested organizations

Buenos Aires – Argentina

Virtual Internship

Virtual Marketing & Communications Internship in London, England

Join a small consulting firm that provides strategic marketing strategy services, including strategy development, branding and positioning, content marketing, search and insights, and market planning.

Virtual Marketing & Communications Internship in London, England

This placement allows interns to work with UK businesses and international NGOs, and to gain visibility with high-profile organizations. Intern responsibilities include:

– Conducting research which could include international/global projects working with UN ambassadors and players
– Using WordPress and Joomla to update the website and blogs
– Creating content and design work for social media channels
– Executing email marketing campaigns and monthly email newsletters
– Generating promotional videos

London – England

Not sounding like the right program for you? Try our program finder to filter based on your choices.

Find Your Program

Select Internship Cohorts

Embark on a global adventure, build your network, and launch your career through a dynamic international internship program alongside a group of peers. Benefits include:

Customized Internships

Get matched with a personalized placement that aligns with your academic background and career ambitions.

Global Networking

Forge valuable connections with industry leaders and like-minded peers from across the globe.

Cultural Immersion

Dive into local traditions and culture through enriching excursions and social activities that enhance your global perspective.

Professional Growth

Gain hands-on experience, refine your skills, and elevate your résumé with an impactful international internship.

Expert Mentorship

Receive individualized guidance and career support from seasoned professionals to help you excel in your internship and achieve your goals.

Recent Testimonials

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TrentIntern in Australia

“I gained a stronger sense of independence. I have always been self-motivated but this program gave me the reassurance to take on new experiences.”

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MeganIntern in Australia

“I’m now better prepared and excited for my upcoming classes because my internship provided me with relevant experiences. Being an international intern helped me step out of my comfort zone and gain self-knowledge, which was my goal.”

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NidishIntern in Argentina

“I’m very happy with how the program went. It was such a great experience -
I want to go back.”

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BrittanyIntern in Czech Republic

“It was so empowering for me - a huge boost to my self esteem!”

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AltairIntern in Costa Rica

““It was way more than I ever expected. I wanted to do this because I’m applying to med school - It’s been life-changing and so worth my time. I feel like I got so lucky.”

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KristenIntern in Morocco

“It was amazing! Don’t be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone - the spontaneous adventures are gold!”

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WhitneyIntern in Costa Rica

“Absolutely amazing. I learned so many new things I had never learned before and I’m still in touch with my host family.”

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BridgetIntern in Czech Republic

“I went into it having high expectations and everything was completely fulfilled. I learned a lot - it was amazing.”

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CourtneyIntern in Ecuador

“Oh my goodness, it was incredible! It was so cool! I got to travel and see and do much more than I was anticipating! My Spanish improved so much while I was there! I definitely got a lot of experience in OT, and was able to clock all of my shadowing hours for OT school.”

Intern Abroad FAQs

While some organizations have a list of open internships and place applicants in those positions, we work in the opposite direction. We first learn about you, your interests, goals and experience, and then actively pursue the internship that provides you with experience directly relevant to your future career. 

Our internships are customized to fit each individual’s goals, interests, and skill level. We consider all of these things and then make a placement accordingly. Therefore, we don’t have specific internships “set aside” waiting for people to fill them. We have placed interns in both small and large companies, but due to confidentiality of our host companies and organizations we are not able to provide a list of companies.

We are confident in our ability to find impactful,  skill-building internships. If you are accepted into our program, we guarantee that we will find you a placement in your first or second choice field.

We arrange rewarding internship placements for people with all levels of experience. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an expert in your field, a successful experience requires a positive approach and a mind open to learning, growing and strengthening your skills.

We really wish we could offer paid internships, but all of the internships we coordinate are unpaid placements. Paid internships abroad are few and far-between, as they require a different type of visa that is difficult to attain, and they also require sponsorship by the host company, which is quite costly for them. The goal of our program is to provide meaningful, hands-on experience in your specific profession or field of study that will give you a competitive edge in the job market and make you valuable to employers who are globally minded. If you are seeking a placement to help you gain international experience, improve your skills in your field and enhance your resume, our program provides the perfect opportunity.

Our internships are customized to fit each individual’s goals, interests, and skill level. We consider all of these things and then make a placement accordingly. Therefore, we don’t have specific internships “set aside” waiting for people to fill them. We have placed interns in both small and large companies, but due to confidentiality of our host companies and organizations we are not able to provide a list of companies.

We strive to provide immersive, life changing, and professionally rewarding programs for our interns. Our programs are designed as a comprehensive “program” instead of just the internship so that we can provide a full experience for our participants. The program fees we charge include the in-country expenses (housing, insurance, orientation, etc.) and also the dedicated work that goes behind finding a customized, one-of-a-kind, international internship placement.

How to apply for an Internship Abroad

You’ve decided to intern abroad – congratulations! Applying for your World Endeavors program is easy and stress-free. Get ready to PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE!

STEP 1
EXPLORE & ASK

Research and compare. If you can’t decide on a program, we can guide you toward the best fit.

STEP 2
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

Fill out our online application form to share all your relevant details with our team.

STEP 3
ENROLL & PREPARE

Receive your official acceptance and enroll. We’ll give you all the info you need to get ready!

STEP 4
START YOUR ADVENTURE!

You’ve researched, planned and saved. Now you’re ready to gain skills and grow your network abroad!