ELIGIBILITY:

be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate university level course during their proposed period of internship, preferably in law or related disciplines (e.g. international relations, European affairs, philosophy, social and political sciences), PhD candidates are not eligible for the MPIL internship programme, please visit the site Visiting Scholars; 

be among the top students of their degree programme, with demonstrated research and drafting skills;

be fluent in written and oral English (C1 Level); knowledge of other EU languages, and German in particular, will be an asset;

be computer literate.

Duration: Internships usually do not last less than 4 weeks and may not exceed 12 weeks. Preference is given to applications proposing longer internship periods (between 8 and 12 weeks).

BENEFIT:

Interns enrolled in a degree programme at a university will normally be reimbursed € 450 per month.

The reimbursement received is subject to income tax and social insurance (Sozialversicherung) regulations. Both conditions apply to residents and non-residents of Germany.