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 15 participants. Six 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 2010, USA-Interns placed three Boston College students:
- Tara Sullivan, A&S 2012, interned with a firm in Magdeburg for 8 weeks.
- Niamh McCarthy, A&S 2013, interned at the International Summer University (ISU) at the University of Kassel, helping out with the organization of different events and accompanying participants on excursions.
- Isabel Protosowicki, CSOM 2011, worked for TITAN Commerce, a marketing company for IT technologies, outside of Frankfurt.
In addition, John Sears, A&S 2012, found his own internship with a cigarette company near Düsseldorf. USA-Interns was kind enough to take care of the bureaucratic details for the work permit waiver for John as well. 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 the Boston Consulting Group 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 (552-3740, farkasag@bc.edu).