To do your practical training abroad gives you an excellent opportunity to practice your language skills and you get an insight into working life in another country.
There are different ways of searching for practical training placements abroad: you can search for placements in already established networks (see list below) or you can search for one independently. You can check with the International contact person at your Degree programme if one of our partner universities is able to assist you to find a place (mainly Nursing students).
- Practical training abroad is supervised and administered in the same way as practical training done in Finland by the Degree programmes. N.B Specific information regarding practical training abroad for Nursing students: Practical training abroad for health care students
- Please find information regarding scholarships for practical training under the headline 'Grants for practical training' in the menue at the top of the page to the left.
- Read the information on page 'Good to remember prior to practical training abroad' well in advance before the start of your practical training (also in the menue)
- Remember to register your planned practical training abroad in our mobility database before you leave.
Search for a placement abroad
Through established networks you can quickly and easily search for placements in different countries, both within and outside Europe. Below you will find a list of the networks.
Established networks
- AIESEC is a worldwide student network for practical training placements abroad.
- erasmusintern.org , ErasmusIntern.org provides a place where companies and organisations can publish their traineeship offers and where students that want to do a traineeship abroad can have their profiles, search and apply for traineeships vacancies.
- LEO-NET internship portal All students at Finnish higher education institutions now have the opportunity to register with student status on a new reliable internship portal (since May 2024). The internship can be funded for example by Erasmus+. There are also paid internship positions available.
- Finnish National Agency for Education , coordinates a number of practical training programs.
- Global Placement , Internships worldwide
- hrc international , Practical training (hotel work) in USA
- Kulturfonden , Practical training in Cultural Foundations
- Nordjobb , Nordjobb offers summer jobs in the Nordic countries, application usually in January-May (only in Swedish/Finnish).
- IES Consulting , Internships in Spain
- turijobs , Hospitality placements worldwide
- Placement Slovakia , Internships in Slovakia
You may contact any company you are interested in and check if they have an opening for you.
Search engines and other useful links
- Arcada Job Portal , Arcada Job Portal is based on an international tool, JobTeaser, which is an international portal with companies, practical training placements, job ads, career support material and events both in Finland and abroad.
- Animafest Experience , Internships in Spain
- www.jobsdb.com , Asia and Australia: Recruitment pages with advertisements
- iAgora and JOE+ , Internships in Europe
- ice recruit , Engineering jobs in UK and other countries
- www.spain-internship.com , Spain: Recruitment pages with advertisements
- www.arbetsformedlingen.se , Sweden: Recruitment pages with advertisements
- www.arbeitsagentur.de , Germany: Recruitment pages with advertisements
- www.career.com , USA: Recruitment pages with advertisements
- www.alec.co.uk , Information on how to apply for a job in England
- https://careers.cern/students , Information on jobs and internships at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) and ESO (Europe’s southern observatory)
- WikiJob UK , A page with links to a selection of different job boards in the UK. Page with advertisements.