From Campus to Career

Internship

 

From theory to practice: internships offer the ideal opportunity to get a taste of future professional life. They are therefore an important support in your career planning, as they not only give you initial professional experience that looks good on your CV, but also offer valuable guidance on the career path you want to take in the future.

An internship is a temporary job. For mandatory internship, the length is set in the study regulations. For voluntary internships, there are no legally required length, but the pay is a big factor. Most voluntary internships last between 1.5 and 3 months. But there are also cases of half-year- and a year-long internship. The durations is often specified by the company in the job advertisement or determined individually with the intern.

The right time for an internship depends heavily on its duration. Shorter internships are easier to fit into the semester break, for example, while longer ones may require a "practical semester" to be planned