Summer Global Internships
Complete a summer internship abroad and advance your professional skills.
A CIEE Summer Global Internship advances your unique skill set and makes your resume stand out in a competitive and global job market. With overseas summer internships in 15+ locations around the world, you can explore your professional interests, all while making new memories and lifelong friends.
Now more than ever, it is critical to enhance your cross-cultural skills for the global job market by completing an international internship. This summer, travel the world, grow your global network, and gain real-life work experience abroad!
How Do Summer Internships Abroad Work?
CIEE's Internship Placement Process
Our CIEE Summer Global Internship programs combine a full-time internship with an integrated academic seminar to provide professional exploration and specific skills development. You’ll learn to contextualize real-world experience while learning about local business culture, intercultural communication, professional development, and linkages between local and global industry trends.
When you apply for a summer internship abroad, we do the work to match you with the internship opportunity that meets your needs.
How to Apply for a Summer Internship Abroad
Students can apply for a summer internship abroad at CIEE through 4 simple steps:
- Search CIEE’s summer global internships
- Pick the global internship that best suits your academic and personal goals
- Consult your study abroad office
- Start your application!
Europe
- Dublin, Ireland
- Full-Time Internship
Draw inspiration from the legacies of two remarkable social justice leaders on this fully-sponsored program.
- Big City
- Bike Friendly
- Life by the Sea
- Seville, Spain
- Full-Time Internship
Spend the summer in Seville learning about business, management, education and training, IT, or STEM while interning at companies of all sizes.
- Small City
- Full-Time Internship
- Host Institution
- Life by the Sea
- Small City
- Barcelona, Spain
- Full-Time Internship
Spend the summer honing your skills with an internship in tech, entrepreneurism, arts, communication, business, marketing, or tourism.
- Big City
- Bike Friendly
- Life by the Sea
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Full-Time Internship
Spend your summer working with leading organizations
- London, England
- Full-Time Internship
As a Global Intern in London, and expand your professional portfolio
- Art Capital
- Big City
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Full-Time Internship
Copenhagen has undergone a transformation in the past decade and has emerged as a “must-stop” destination in Europe.
- Bike Friendly
- Life by the Sea
- Small City
- Berlin, Germany
- Full-Time Internship
Looking for an insider’s perspective on Europe’s largest economy?
- Art Capital
- Big City
- Bike Friendly
- Rome, Italy
- Full-Time Internship
A summer internship in Rome offers a unique professional opportunity in the city of the seven hills.
- Ancient City
- Big City
- Paris, France
- Full-Time Internship
Build new skills and intercultural competencies with an internship and become an active member of the Paris professional community.
- Art Capital
- Big City
- Bike Friendly
- Full-Time Internship
Visit the capital of business, finance, fashion, design, media, and publishing
- Art Capital
- Small City
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Full-Time Internship
Lisbon is a major spot for tourism and Portuguese traditions.
- Big City
- Life by the Sea
- Dublin, Ireland
- Full-Time Internship
Expand your business portfolio and broaden your life experience.
- Small City
- Study Program
- Full-Time Internship
Spend your summer gaining real-world work experience
- Host Institution
- Small City
Africa and the Middle East
- Amman, Jordan
- Full-Time Internship
Gain real-world work experience in Jordan's ancient capital city, Amman!
- Ancient City
- Mountains to Hike
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Full-Time Internship
In Cape Town, opportunities abound in a variety of sectors
- Big City
- Life by the Sea
- Mountains to Hike
Asia-Pacific
- Full-Time Internship
Learn about business ethics, corporate structure, and fiscal policies while completing a full-time internship in the largest city in China.
- Big City
- Life by the Sea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Full-Time Internship
Diversifying your resume with international experience in a city that never sleeps.
- Art Capital
- Big City
- Singapore, Singapore
- Full-Time Internship
Singapore has a wonderland of lush green spaces
- Big City
- Life by the Sea
- Tokyo, Japan
- Full-Time Internship
Experience international business firsthand in Asia’s largest metropolis.
- Big City
- Bike Friendly
- Sydney, Australia
- Full-Time Internship
Gain work experience and take in the urban beat of the Southern Hemisphere’s hub of business and industry
- Big City
- Life by the Sea
Latin America
- Monteverde, Costa Rica
- Full-Time Internship
Gain new skills and abilities while living in one of the few ecosystems of a Tropical Cloud Forest.
- Mountains to Hike
- Small City
- Santiago, Chile
- Full-Time Internship
Explore markets and museums of this modern metropolis
- Big City
- Mountains to Hike
Search Summer Internships by Industry
Business & Finance
Sustainability & The Environment
Health & Public Policy
Marketing & Comms.
STEM
Follow a Day in the Life of a CIEE Global Intern in Berlin!
Frequently Asked Questions About Summer Internships Abroad
Due to visa constraints and the need for work visas to get paid if you work overseas, all CIEE summer internships abroad are unpaid.
Summer internships support your future career by developing practical skills, building a professional network, increasing future employability, gaining industry insights, developing soft skills, and receiving mentorship and feedback from experienced professionals.
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