Internship Abroad - Professional Studies and Professional Internship

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Those who know how to orient themselves internationally during their training and studies acquire more than just "colorful dots" on their resumes. An internship abroad can be helpful in terms of career strategy, since employers are increasingly active in international contexts. The ability to evaluate social conditions and to assess the function and development of social work in different countries is a basis for being able to better understand and classify the conditions in one's own country. But not only training aspects, but also educational aspects play an important role. Getting involved with foreign languages, cultures, self-understandings and (welfare) traditions, living and working with and in them instead of getting to know them from a noncommittal vacation perspective is the basis for acquiring intercultural competence, the importance of which for the development of one's own personality cannot be overestimated.

Advice on planning and organizing your internship abroad can be found at the BPS office.
You will be advised on:


  • study-related matters as well as general information about the stay abroad
  • Internship institutions abroad (a list is available at the BPS office)
  • applications and contracts for internships abroad (German, English and Spanish versions)
  • special evaluation event with supervision abroad for interns abroad
  • Financing and funding opportunities (Please note in particular the scholarships of the International Office as well as the Auslandsbafög. Students who do not receive domestic Bafög can also apply for Auslandsbafög because the calculation is handled differently. It is therefore always worthwhile to make a detailed inquiry about the requirements at the respective Auslandsbafögamt of the desired destination country).

Please contact us as early as possible (the earlier the better, about one year in advance), so that we can find a suitable internship abroad for you together!


As a little stimulation, watch the video of the International Office on the topic of internships abroad (3:00 min)

Important note:
Be critical in your dealings with internship placement organizations that offer paid internships. Please be sure to seek advice from the BPS office beforehand.

Field report internship abroad in India by R. Lehmann

"Already at the beginning of my studies, I was gripped by wanderlust and decided to do my internship abroad. When do you have the opportunity to get to know another country or culture for a longer period of time? I wanted to travel to a country that is culturally very different from our western life here, to get to know a different way of life. I decided to go to India and started looking for an internship position that met the BPS regulations..."

Formalia

The application for the recognition of an internship abroad as well as the contracts for the professional internship studies and the professional internship abroad can be obtained from the BPS office. The English-language version of the certificate of the internship site about the completed internship period can be found in the following file.

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