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Vienna Summer – Internship
$5 Million in Financial Aid
Academics
While working in Vienna, you’ll enroll in a required 3- or 6-credit academic internship seminar with other IES interns. Topics include:
- Understanding business culture
- Improving communication in the workplace
- Strengthening work attitude and aptitude
- Resolving conflicts
- Navigating issues, challenges, and opportunities so you can succeed on the job in Vienna and when you return home
You may also enroll in an optional 3-credit German language course taught at the Center.
Courses
This is a list of planned course offerings. A final list of course offerings will be made available to you in your MyIESabroad account.
| Course Name | Term | Language | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| GR 101 - German Language in Context: Novice Abroad I | Summer | German | 3 |
| GR 201 - German Language in Context: Novice Abroad III | Summer | German | 3 |
| GR 301 - German Language in Context: Emerging Independent I | Summer | German | 3 |
| Course Name | Term | Language | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN 395 - Leading Across Cultures: Internship Seminar | Summer | English | 3 |
| IN 395 - Leading Across Cultures: Internship Seminar | Summer | English | 6 |
Field Trips & Events
All field trips are optional for Internship students and additional costs apply. Possible destinations may include:
- Prague & Salzburg or Budapest
- Day trip to Eisenstadt or Semmering, a historic resort in the nearby Alps
Daily Life
Part of making you feel at home in Vienna is doing our best to help you fell safe and cared for. Whether it is an orientation program that makes you fell prepared, housing that is well-located and comfortable, or networking and social events with Vienna professionals - we're all about our student services. This is just one of the fields we're known for.
Orientation
The staff at our Vienna Center will welcome you for a 1-day orientation. This includes an introduction to the city including housing, commuting, and professional and cultural expectations. The Vienna Center is your central place for instruction, support, and meeting other interns.
Housing
We want to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding which landmarks to see first or discovering the best café—not finding a place to live where you feel comfortable. We do our best to locate housing that is reflective of how the local students are living. Our goal is that when you leave Vienna, it will feel like home.
Shared Apartments - Live with other IES Interns in apartments with fully equipped kitchens. No meals are provided.
Get to Know Your New City
Experience an Opera at the Wiener Staatsoper
Students have the incredible opportunity to see world-class opera performances for only a few euros.
Relax Along the Danube Canal
Enjoy the late afternoon sun while you take in the tranquility of this waterway.
Visit a Museum or Two on a Rainy Day
Whether you’re into classic or modern art, history, science, architecture, or nearly anything else, at least one of the 100+ museums of Vienna will interest you.
Ride the Praterturm at Prater Park
The “Prater Tower” is the highest swing ride in the world, providing both thrills and spectacular views of the city!
Sip Wine at an Authentic Heuriger
These Viennese wine taverns serve locally-produced wines and snacks to thirsty and hungry patrons who sit at long picnic tables.
Program Cost
Consider these prices as a starting point. We encourage you to contact your study abroad office to determine the actual cost to you when factoring in financial aid, scholarships, your home school policies, and other factors.
Use our budget worksheet to calculate your costs
$5 Million in Financial Aid
Our Center
Also known as the Palais Corbelli, the IES Abroad Vienna Center is an elegant 17th-century palace in the heart of the city and is just minutes from many of the museums, theaters, and other major cultural attractions that have bestowed international fame on Vienna.
Features include:
- Classrooms
- Student lounge and small library
- Computer lab
- High-speed Internet and printer access
- Practice rooms and instrument storage for music students
- Concert hall for music students
Visit the IES Abroad Vienna Center from home with our brand new VIRTUAL TOUR! Please go to: http://www.youvisit.com/tour/iesabroad/86047?tourid=tour2
Our Staff
Morten Solvik, Ph.D.
Center Director
An international scholar, Dr. Solvik holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Music and Intellectual History from Cornell University. Born in Norway, he speaks Norwegian, German, and English fluently, and uses French as a research language.
Dr. Solvik was instrumental in setting up the IES Abroad Vienna Music Program, which he has coordinated since 1999, and has also designed and taught numerous courses in Music History. In addition to his work with IES Abroad Vienna, Dr. Solvik has served as lecturer at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (The University for Music and Performing Arts). His teaching and administrative experience is augmented by his active and productive scholarly career as an expert on Gustav Mahler.
IES Abroad Staff
IES Abroad Vienna Staff
Ginte Stankeviciute, M. Sc.
Academic Program Manager
Elizabeth English
Summer Internship Coordinator and Special Programs Assistant
Katherine Mawdsley
Special Programs Manager
Helmut Summesberger
Manager of Student Affairs
Meral Kölblinger
Student Health & Safety Coordinator / Student Affairs
Maria Gabler
Program Assistant /Student Affairs
Mathias Schmerbach
Accounting and Finance Manager
Tobias Sigmund
Student Housing Coordinator / Student Affairs
Kaja Ciupinska
Events and Trips Coordinator
Dieter Strobl
Facilities Coordinator / Library Services
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