IAESTE

Complete internships abroad with the IAESTE program

Students at Clausthal University of Technology, both Bachelor's and Master's students, have the opportunity to complete an engineering-oriented internship within Europe or worldwide as part of the IAESTE program.

IAESTE stands for International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience and is an internship program that currently offers internships in over 80 countries on 6 continents. Here, companies and institutes of higher education mainly offer technology and engineering-oriented internships. They generally last 8 to 12 weeks, usually take place in the summer months and are remunerated so that local living costs can be covered.

If interns have any questions, support offices are available both at the home university and abroad. At Clausthal University of Technology, the Clausthal International Center is the support office for IAESTE internships - for international students completing an internship at the TUC and for TUC students completing an internship abroad.

You can find basic information about IAESTE and the structure in Germany here.

The further procedure

You can also find out more about the internship allocation process here.

If you are interested in an IAESTE internship abroad, you must register on the IAESTE platform in order to be able to apply for an internship. The following documents in English are required for registration:

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Certificate of study (you can generate this in your Stud.IP account)
  • Language certificate about your English language level (if necessary, also for another language), not older than 2 years. If you do not have a corresponding certificate, you are welcome to take advantage of the offer at the Language Center of the IZC to take a DAAD language test.
  • Current overview of achievements (please contact Markus Heidemann at the IZC - see right-hand column for contact details)

Once the documents are complete, your IAESTE account will be activated by the IZC as the local support office for TUC students.

The IAESTE internship allocation is usually based on a one-year cycle. In particular, register from October to January 15 of the following year in order to be able to do an IAESTE internship the following summer. At a national IAESTE Germany exchange conference in mid-February, the IZC will then endeavor to "reserve" a suitable internship for you.