Internship Opportunities through UGA

Romance Languages study abroad programs can offer credit-bearing internships. Find out what opportunities are available through the ¹Portuguese Flagship Program, the Teaching in Italy internship, UGA en Buenos Aires, UGA en España, and UGA en France by contacting the directors of those programs.  If you would like to use your language skills interning full-time in Washington D.C. for a semester and earn credit, look into UGA's Washington Semester Program. 

Finding External Internships

The links below are intended to help students independently identify external internship opportunities offered outside of UGA in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish-speaking countries, or to find U.S. based internationally-oriented internships or ones that value language and humanities expertise. This is not an exhaustive list.

Some of the opportunities below are paid, while others are unpaid. Keep in mind that scholarship funding for study abroad or experiential learning can be used to fund an internship.  Start exploring these links now to become familiar with what's out there.  You'll need to plan ahead to have time to locate an opportunity, apply, and secure funding from all sources for which you are eligible.  It is recommended students begin looking for a summer internship during the previous fall semester.

• CIEE Go Abroad
• European Internships
• Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program
• Intern Abroad
• Institute of International Education
• Habitat for Humanity
• Idealist
• IES Abroad
• International Service for Human Rights
• US Government International and Foreign Language Ed (IFLE) Interns
• Volunteers for Peace

Make an appointment with Christine Lasek-White, Internship and Career Coordinator for the Humanities, in the early stages of your search. We encourage students to meet with a faculty member in the language of study, such as a current or previous professor, to discuss interviews and applications before submission.

UGA's Career Center has resources on finding external internships as well. Even if you find an external internship but are not interested in taking it for credit, it can still count for your Experiential Learning requirement.

¹To comply with UGA website guidelines, The University of Georgia Portuguese Flagship Program's website can only be accessible outside of UGA connection.