The main objective is to turn academic experience and theoretical knowledge into a professional, multi-cultural experience. They must therefore be at the level of a graduate recruit in order to provide valuable business experience.

Internships can take place at a CEMS Corporate Partner, although not on a compulsory basis, and also at a non-profit organisation such as in a humanitarian mission.

Since the internship abroad is not actually offered within the programme, but is rather considered as a requirement for graduating from CEMS, it can take place at any time during the graduate period of studies except the study period of the two MIM terms, when students are not allowed to do an internship. 

Requirements

• Internships must be a full-time activity at a professional level (first job level, although salaries may not be commensurate) where the student is given one or more challenging projects with a certain degree of autonomy
• Internships must cover a period of at least 10 consecutive weeks full time in the same company (the first 10 weeks of a full-time employment position is also accepted)
• Internships have to be an intercultural experience and thus need to be carried out abroad
• The student's work must be supervised by a tutor within the company
• Internships must be approved by the home institution before they start

Documents to download

• “CEMS Internship Guide” will give further help and information on the internship possibilities and regulations in each CEMS country.
• The Internship Survey conducted by the CEMS Student Board in 2010 gives an insight and analysis of the internships done in the past years.
• At the end of the internship, an Evaluation Form of the CEMS Intern's Performance (Word Document) will have to be filled in.