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Third year internship abroad
During the mixed year (one semester of studies combined with one semester of internship), a professional experience lasting a minimum of four months full-time outside of France is planned during your third year. This mandatory internship aims to introduce you to a professional sector or career and to help you gain autonomy through an experience abroad. In addition to personal enrichment through exposure to other cultures, you will be able to improve your foreign language skills in a professional context.
Do you want to do an internship abroad during your third year? Below you will find all the information regarding eligibility criteria and internship conditions.
The mixed year is not selective. The timeline, along with all the links for submitting your application, will be communicated on the page dedicated to Bachelor exchange programs. Regarding the partner universities available for the mixed year, please note that a specific network of partner universities is listed in the advanced search engine.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must have attended the presentation meetings organized by Sciences Po Careers on the international internship (replays).
Please note:
- the third-year assignment in the form of a mixed year is binding and final,
- changing the project midway is not possible.
Conditions for your third-year internship abroad
- Your internship must be supervised by an internship tutor at your internship location.
- Your internship must be approved by Sciences Po Careers via a declaration on your student space (see the internship declaration procedure).
- Depending on your semester of assignment at a partner university abroad, the internship abroad can be done during the 1st or 2nd semester of the third year.
- A minimum duration of four consecutive months full-time in a single internship organisation abroad is mandatory.
- For any questions regarding your 3A internship, please refer to this FAQ
Mandatory formalities
- In the case of a Sciences Po internship agreement, you must follow the Sciences Po internship procedure.
- In the case of a professional experience or an internship agreement other than that proposed by Sciences Po, you must declare your professional experience on your Student Account.
See the procedure for declaring a professional experience
Examples of contracts:
- MEAE agreement or the host organization's agreement
- Civic services
- Fixed-term contracts (CDD) or foreign equivalents
- Internships in the United States with a J-1 visa for internships obtained through a sponsoring agency in France
Items to be returned at the end of your internship
- Your internship tutor must complete and sign an evaluation form.
- You must submit an internship report to Sciences Po Careers.
Find out more about the evaluation form and the placement report.
Please note
Do I have to pay to find an internship?
Some organisations may ask you for membership or a paid subscription to give you access to various services (proofreading of your CV, database of internship and job offers, work placement abroad, support, etc.). Before committing:
- Check the trustworthiness of the organisation to avoid any disappointment (very high cost, internship offers not adapted to your profile, etc.): do not hesitate to check the legal functions of the structure,
- Organise a meeting (physical, telephone, etc.) with your contact person to ensure reliability of the content and of the service offered to you as well as all related costs,
- Get in touch with former subscribers to the organisation in order to find out what they think.
Additional informations
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact scpo.carrieres@sciencespo.fr
