Internship program

The internship program of EWB-DK is established with different objectives, but our main focus is to globally support and develop technical knowledge and capacity. By sending students and young professionals into the field, we seek to develop our local partner's knowledge and know-how as well as expand Danish technical students and young professionals knowledge by working in a global context, and thereby from a practical approach support an increased international focus on Danish technical capacity.  

Vid: Internship in Sierra Leone

 

 

"After my internship at EWB-DK, I'm starting to get job interviews" - Marco Sempreviva Lund: Geologist and former intern in WASH project 

 

Objectives for the program

• Capacity building of partners' technical capabilities and skills by providing latest technical knowledge available
• Building an international experience in the Danish base of technical students and newly graduates including: Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Geologists, Biologists and others.
• Support and expand the focus and understanding of the Danish base of technical students and newly graduates in relation to sustainable development and poverty issues
• Support the local partner and the project implementation. 
• Support and expand EWB-DK's relevance to member base and partners by offering the opportunity for practical experience from EWB-DK's projects.
   

Locations

Locations for the internship period can be both at the head office in Copenhagen and at EWB-DK's partners operating projects around the world. Sometimes a location also consist of a combination of work carried out in Denmark and abroad.

 

Requirements to the intern 

• The intern must be a resident in Denmark or a student at a Danish university.
• The intern must be a member of EWB-DK before the internship begins. You can join EWB-DK by calling 70 27 40 06 or e-mail: kontakt@iug.dk
• The intern shall, if requested by EWB-DK, take specific courses (safety in the field and first aid etc.).
• If there are national / international standards defined in relation to the technical task to be solved, it is expected that the intern is familiar to the standards and relate to them in the work.
• The intern must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree or similar.
  In some cases, students who have not yet completed their undergraduate degree are accepted if the applicant instead holds experience / skills that otherwise compensate for this.