Benefits
At the Brussels School of Governance, we want to offer our students not only valuable academic preparation, but also the opportunity to test career options, gain practical experience and build relationships with professionals and organisations in their areas of interest, before they graduate.
We offer a variety of internship opportunities to graduate students. Our internship partners are prestigious and internationally renowned organisations, NGOs, think-tanks and international corporations.
They provide our students with an excellent opportunity to implement what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world, in a professional environment in Brussels, the ‘Capital of Europe’.
Our Internship Programme benefits both students and partners alike: whether having full responsibility for a project or working as part of a team in an organisation, our students apply their skills and provide the internship partner with valuable support.
Requirements
MA students – 90 ECTS Optional Internship
Students completing the 90 ECTS graduate programmes should undertake their internship during the spring term.
Our students are allowed to complete only one credited internship during their graduate programme. The internship involves 150 hours of work over the course of the term. Students are also required to keep a daily log of hours and write a final paper at the end of the term. The internship is evaluated with a letter grade and is worth 1 academic course, or 6 ECTS.
Students must check the Code of Conduct and Regulations and the Internship catalogue carefully and choose up to three internship offers.
MA students – 120 ECTS Mandatory Internship
Students completing the 120 ECTS graduate programmes should undertake their internship during the fall term.
Our students are allowed to complete only one credited internship during their graduate programme. The internship involves 225 hours of work over the course of the term. Students are also required to keep a daily log of hours and write a final paper at the end of the term. The internship is evaluated with a letter grade and is worth 1 academic course, or 9 ECTS.
Students must check the Code of Conduct and Regulations and the Internship catalogue carefully and choose up to three internship offers.
Application & selection process
The internship application must be submitted by completing the online Application Form. Please note that late applications will not be considered.
Before completing the online form, please make sure that you have the following information and files ready:
- A CV
- Three cover letters (each tailored to a desired position/job description)
- A signed copy of the Internship Code of Conduct and Regulations (linked below)
- The CV and cover letters must each be 1-page long
Please note: any documents (CV, cover letter, etc.) should be sent in the following format: Last Name_FirstName_Title of document. Ex.: Sanders_Peter_CoverLetterUNESCO
In addition to a thorough evaluation of the CV and cover letter conducted by the partners, applicants are subject to an interview by the internship provider/s before a final selection is made.
Students must be aware that due to the highly competitive nature of the internship programme, there is no guarantee that they will be selected for the internship they have applied for. If selected for an interview, students must carefully prepare themselves for the interview.
Once students have accepted an internship, interviews previously scheduled must be cancelled by the student.
Once students have started an internship, they may not withdraw from it except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with the permission of the Internship Office.
Students are expected to behave in a professional and ethical manner during the entirety of the application and selection process, as well as during the course of the semester-long internship.
Online Internship Application
Internship applications open when the Internship Catalogue for the next semester is published.
- Spring semester – late October
- Fall semester – late June
For more information, please contact studentinternships_bsog@vub.be.
Contact us
Have a question? A remark? Want to know more about our internship programme? Reach out to us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can: Internships Office