Internships

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must have attained a bachelor’s degree at the time of starting the internship.
• If the degree has not yet been awarded at the time of application, applicants must provide evidence that they will attain their degree before the internship starts.
• Enrollment at a university is not a requirement.

The following regulations apply:

• The intern is responsible for the logistics of the internship and bears the resulting costs including getting a visa, booking flight, accommodation & living costs, etc.
• The applicant is responsible for ensuring completion of official procedures for entry into Egypt and the subsequent stay.
• FES does not have any responsibility or provide insurance for accidents which may happen during the internship.
• The acquisition of insurance, overseas health cover and liability insurance is the responsibility of the applicant. A proof of concluding an international health insurance, liability insurance and accident insurance for the duration of the internship in FES must be provided by the intern.

Applicants are asked to send the following information in English by e-mail:

• Curriculum Vitae.
• Letter of motivation explaining the interest in an internship with the FES Egypt Office, including fields of work, subject areas and tasks that are of particular relevance to the applicant.
• One or two short informative documents about prior work or academic experience.
• Bachelor`s degree certificate or evidence that the degree will be awarded before the start of the internship.
• The preferred period and dates for the internship.

Please send the application to this e-mail address: fes.egypt(at)fes.de. The demand for internships is high and we recommend applying early. Due to the limited number of openings we will apply a selection process to the incoming applications and inform you in due time, in any case no later than three months before.

For more details see our Merkblatt für Praktika (in German).