Internship
Finding an internship
Finding a suitable internship is not an easy task. Students accepted to the Master’s program however can benefit from a pool of previous experiences when due to apply for their internships.
The Department of Geography offers once a year a career and internship event at the Geozentrum of the University of Bonn (Meckenheimer Allee 176) for all geography students. (Please note that the event is in German language)
Registering your internship
If you have found an internship, you need to hand in the internship agreement form to inform the program office. Please make sure that you read the internship report outline before writing your report and use the correct cover page included in the report outline.
Submitting documents
In order to receive the 12 CP for your internship, 4 weeks after completing your assignment, you are required to hand in the following documents to the program office:
- internship certificate (or reference/recommendation letter)
- employer evaluation form (to be sent directly to [Email protection active, please enable JavaScript.])
- turn in your final report (8-10 pages) (internship report outline (MS-Word file), your own evaluation (internship evaluation student) together with an originality report.*)
- submission of your internship certificate (by your employer)
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*) For further information on the originality report please contact
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Semester ticket refund
In case you are not staying in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) during your internship, the university may refund you the semester ticket. You need to fill out this form and send it to [Email protection active, please enable JavaScript.].
Deadline for the summer semester: 10th of May
Deadline for the winter semester: 10th of November
Further information and all documents can be found here.
