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Boost Your Résumé with an Internship Abroad
Our international internships are the career-making experiences you’re looking for: a summer or semester internship that boosts your résumé while showing you the world. What’s more, through our internship programs, you’re placed with a reputable company where you can have an impact. Gone are the days of getting coffee or making copies; with an IES® internship, you’re developing professional prowess and putting all of these years of education to real, professional use.
After interning abroad with us, it’s not just that you’ll have something to talk about in an interview.
It’s that you’ll have something to talk about for the rest of your life.
Start exploring internship programs that fit your personal and professional goals. From a full-time internship in Santiago to a part-time internship while you study abroad in Barcelona, we offer internships abroad in nearly all of our locations across the globe.
Develop Skills
Our studies show that studying or interning abroad helps you develop valuable job skills crucial to hireability, such as language proficiency, cultural understanding, tolerance for ambiguity, adaptability, and self-confidence.
Become a Professional
These days, internships are a must have on a résumé. So how do you stand out? You intern abroad. The experience you gain while interning abroad is not just work experience, it’s cultural, language, social, and overall professional experience.
Join a Global Network
While you’ll likely participate in networking events during your international internship, you’ll also create an intangible network of contacts with whom you can stay in touch long after you’ve returned home, including IES Abroad and IES Internships staff, internship supervisors and colleagues, program participants and classmates, international friends and acquaintances, and don’t forget IES Abroad alumni (all 140,000+ of them!).
Get a Foot in the Door
There are many paths to working abroad, but an internship abroad creates a natural opportunity for you to go back in the future. Why not lay the groundwork for an international career now while you can earn credit and benefit from the support of IES Abroad throughout the process?
Secure a Job Faster
Nearly three quarters of IES Abroad alumni secured their first job within two months of graduation, and 93% of alumni were employed within six months.
Earn a Higher Salary
Our alumni earn an average of $6,000 more in starting salaries (compared to recent U.S. college graduates from the National Career Outcomes Report).
“I’ve felt the most independent that I ever have before and the most confident in myself.”
We've developed internships as part of our study abroad programs for more than 55 years. In 2013, we formed IES Internships to offer full-time, hands-on internships abroad with dedicated assistance before, during, and after you go. The best part? Our full-time IES Internships programs guarantee placement in the field of your choice. Our network is just that good.
Whether you choose a full-time or part-time internship abroad, you're probably wondering about what your placement might look like. We've collected a range of examples to show the offerings we have across the world. With more than 55 years of experience building our global network, this is just a taste of what's out there.
Recent students who have experienced interning abroad can be some of your best resources as you search for your program and prepare for the adventure. From budgeting tips to advice for making friends, our Ambassadors volunteer to share it all after they've returned back to campus.
