Internships
german studies department
Students are encouraged to participate in an internship Germany to learn first-hand about daily life and business practices.
Brief Program Description
Since the internship program began in January 2004, we’ve had 17 participants. Eight of the internships throughout the years have been obtained via our partners at the USA-Interns Program in Frankfurt.
Our partnership began in 2005 when Vladmir Ilic, a 2006 Carroll School of Management graduate, did a paid internship at the Frankfurt office of Cerberus, a private equity firm. Most recently, in summer 2011, USA-Interns placed two Boston College students:
- Sean Talia, A&S 2012, interned with Explora Science Center in Frankfurt, giving introductory talks to school groups.
- David Tapia, A&S 2011, did a public relations internship at Scheunemann Public Relations Consulting in Berlin.
In addition, there are five pending placements for summer 2012. And 2011 graduates Isabel Protasowicki and Alison O'Connell have been accepted to participate in the 2011-2012 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a highly competitive year-long study and internship program.
Michael George (left), a 2004 graduate in economics, was our very first intern. He completed a yearlong internship at the Munich office of Intel and is now working at Vodaphone in Düsseldorf. Toward the end of his stint at Intel, he gave a one-hour presentation at their Zürich office entirely in German. He was rightly proud of this, since his German was only at the intermediate level when he first arrived in Munich.
Michael was succeeded in Munich by interns Craig Zematis and Katherine McDaniel. Craig received a regular position with Intel in the UK, but has since moved back to Boston. Unfortunately, the Munich office has now been downsized, and all future internships are in Dublin and open only to EU residents.
However, there are many other specialized programs through DAAD, such as the scholarship for a summer journalism seminar/internship program in Berlin and the RISE summer internship program for biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, and engineering majors.
In addition to these internships there are many other possibilities including ones in media-related fields. If you would like information about these or any other internships please contact Agnes Farkas, German Studies Department, Lyons 201 at 617-552-3740 or email farkasag@bc.edu.