Internship Scholarships – South Korea

Asia Industry Internship Programme South Korea

No internship scholarships are planned for 2024.

Internships in South Korea provide Switzerland-based students from universities and universities of applied sciences with first-​hand work experience in an innovative company environment. The students from all disciplines can gain intercultural and practical experience and become competent of working in and with an Asian environment. In exchange, the students will provide their host companies with their particular knowledge and expertise, new ideas, time and interest to learn and work. The companies shall profit from the intercultural exchange likewise.

The internship is 3 months and the stay in Korea cannot exceed 90 days.

Scholarship

ETH Zurich as the Leading House for the Swiss Bilateral Science and Technology Programme with Asia offers internships in South Korea in cooperation with the external page Science and Technology Office (STO) at the Embassy of Switzerland in Seoul. The programme supports the internships with small scholarships to cover travel (max. CHF 2000 for return flight) and living allowance (CHF 1250/month or CHF 1750/month depending on whether accommodation is provided). The companies provide lunch meals and depending on the position local transportation.

Eligibility

Bachelor or Master students from Swiss universities or universities of applied sciences; or recent graduates (no longer than 12 months since graduation at the time of application). Applicants must be eligible for the visa waiver programme of the Korean government to apply for an internship position in South Korea. More details about traveling to South Korea are external page available on the website of the Embassy of Switzerland.

The detailed internship positions state the specific internship requirements (Engineering, Computer Science, Food Science, Business and International Relations).

Internship Positions

No internship scholarships are planned for 2024.

Application Procedure

The Switzerland-​​based prospective applicant must apply to ETH Zurich as the Leading House Asia. The submission of the application takes place in two compulsory steps:

1. Submission of your application details via the application form online.
2. Upload of your requested appendices (motivation letter, CV, current or final transcript and proof of registration or recent graduation (not older than 12 months)) in one single pdf document via the application form online.

Applications that do not follow the compulsory two steps, and/nor respect the one single pdf document guideline will be automatically dismissed. Applicants interested in several positions have to apply to each internship position of interest separately following the 2-step application process.

Applications will undergo a first eligibility check by the Leading House Asia and selected candidates will be invited for interviews with the respective host companies.