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Students from a wide range of disciplines, are all able to apply for individual 1-4 month internships at UNESCO Headquarters and Field Offices. Depending on your qualifications, these internships relate either to the Organization’s strategic activities or to administrative or technical functions.

The aim is to give you professional experience in an international organization which relates to and supplements your studies.

An internship affords you the opportunity to work in a multicultural, intergovernmental organization.

Check whether you have the right profile and follow the indications in order to apply for an internship at UNESCO.




Have you got the right profile?

Before sending in your application to UNESCO, please make sure that you meet the eligibility criteria for this programme. Assess your eligibility: have you got the right profile?

To guide you in this process, the required qualifications are listed below:

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Academic qualifications and fields of interest: Internships are exclusively reserved for students pursuing a graduate or postgraduate degree programme (second university degree or higher) or technical/professional studies.

As graduate or post-graduate students, you must have already completed a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and be completing at least a Master’s degree at the time of application. Should your studies not be divided into undergraduate and graduate stages, you must have already completed at least 3 years of full time studies at a University or equivalent institution and be in your 4th year of full time studies towards a same diploma.

Candidates pursuing technical/professional studies must be enrolled in the last year of their graduate studies. Secretarial students, should more precisely be in the last year of their bilingual school (French/English) for any internship at Headquarters.


Languages: Excellent spoken and written knowledge of one of the two working languages, English or French.

For secretarial or assistant internship assignments at UNESCO Headquarters and Field Offices, excellent spoken or written knowledge of one of the two working languages, English or French, and a good knowledge of the other language may be required.

Computer skills: Ability to use office-related software (MS Office).

Attitude: An awareness of the many facets of a multicultural world and a commitment to international public service are essential.

Availability: The duration of an internship must be between one and four months.


What are the status and entitlements of interns at UNESCO?

Internships in UNESCO have a special status reflecting the personal nature of your commitment. That is why they are not remunerated or paid.

UNESCO does not remunerate or pay interns. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.

UNESCO accepts no responsibility for the medical insurance of interns or for costs arising from accidents and illness incurred during an internship. Interns are fully responsible for arranging at their own expense health and other forms of insurance covering the period of internship at UNESCO.

Applicants for internship must provide a medical certificate of good health prior to being admitted to the internship programme.

Your internship springs from your own personal initiative, and as such is part of your ongoing studies; it entails no commitment on the part of UNESCO.

As the internship programme is not connected with the recruitment process, the granting of an internship should not be interpreted in any way as a preliminary step towards employment at the Secretariat.


For More Information
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11716&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html