VIIMES Internship Programme and Procedures:
VIIMES is looking for highly motivated interns who are keen to learn and enhance their qualifications. The Institute seeks talented students who are ready to contribute to VIIMES’s vision and mission. The Institute also wants someone who is an excellent team player and who can think outside the box with innovative ideas.
Eligibility: Applicants must have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of their first degree.
Having experience in research in the relevant areas of the Middle East would be an asset.
Interns are selected from candidates whose study disciplines are relevant to VIIMES’s work.
Languages: A good (oral and written) knowledge of English is essential. Knowledge of Arabic is considered an added value.
Task: The intern will be asked to do a research or substantial scientific academic work related to VIIMES on an ad hoc manner.
Internship duration: The duration of an internship is 3 months and can be extended to a maximum period of 6 months.
Expenses & Working Arrangement:
2 types of internships: a) online (webinar/Zoom, or b) in person.
- Online interns do not receive any financial assistance and accommodation.
- To “in person interns” VIIMES will provide financial assistance of € 500 per month. Costs and arrangements for travel, visa, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of the intern.
Visa: VIIMES provides confirmation letter of the approved internship. The intern will commit to leave Austria upon completion of the internship.
Travel: The intern must arrange and finance the travel to Vienna.
Host country: The intern must strictly observe the rules and regulations of Austria during the stay.
Working Hours: The intern will spend 3 days per week, 3 hours/day at the VIIMES office. Only in special cases and upon consent of the supervisor a meeting can be conducted as a webinar.
Completion of the internship: The intern will present the research paper to the VIIMES Advisory Board and an official certificate of VIIMES will be issued.