International Cooperative Education

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BRAZIL| Top
   BRAZIL - CEPEL ELECTRIC ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, Special Technologies Department, Superconductivity Laboratory.  Internships in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, material sciences and engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, applied chemistry and applied physics.  Basic conversational Portuguese is required to communicate outside the lab.  Knowledge of computer programming is desirable: C, C++, MathLab, MathCAD, etc. (this would be desirable if a person would work with computational simulation).  CEPEL has about 500 employees and is the major energy provider to the City of Rio de Janeiro.

CHILE | Top
   CHILE - Various positions teaching English around Region X: Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt, with room and board, all ages
    CHILE - Business News Americas in Santiago. Latin America’s Business Information Leader, online news agency. One internship for a student who is majoring in Journalism and quite fluent in Spanish. 3 – 4 months or longer with pay.
    CHILE - Business News Americans in Santiago. Latin America’s Business Information Leader, online news agency. One internship for a student who is advanced in IT, good level of Spanish. 3 – 4 months or longer with pay.
    CHILE - Wilderness Foundation in X region near Puerto Varas.  Internships in girls' home, orphanage, tourism, hospitality, organic farming, animal husbandry, etc.  Room and board plus a small stipend.  Low level of Spanish sufficient.  
    CHILE - Work for business news firm in Santiago.  For majors in computer science, information technology, website design and journalism.
    CHILE - Social work related to problems associated with alcohol and drug abuse among young adults.  Sponsored by the Catholic Church.  In San Pedro de Atacama.
    CHILE -  Teach English at a parochial school in San Pedro de Atacama.
    CHILE - A hotel-spa in San Pedro de Atacama has openings for business administration, marketing, general office work, reception, dining service, kitchen, and landscape.   Small stipend.
   CHILE - Explora Eco-Resorts - locations in Patagonia, Atacama Desert, and Easter Island/ Rapa Nui.  Many different types of internships - nature guide, hospitality, earth sciences, environmental science, biology, geology, geography, retail, restaurant.  Must have excellent Spanish.  Preference to applicants with additional languages, Room and board provided.  Transportation within Chile is provided, along with US $800 in salary. 

COLOMBIA | Top
    COLOMBIA - Teach English at Rotary project in Bogota
    COLOMBIA - in Bogota.  Fiduprevisora investment banking company, room and board provided.  Unpaid. High level of Spanish required.
    COLOMBIA - Bogota. Work for government legislature.  Excellent Spanish required.  Ideal for political science major.  Unpaid.  

COSTA RICA | Top
    COSTA RICA - Teach English at Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano in San Jose de Costa Rica, with room and board and a small monthly stipend of $ 70.- minimum of three terms = six months

FINLAND | Top
   FINLAND -   Jot-Automation: a subsidiary of Rohwedder Electronics.  www.jotautomation.com Production solutions in Oulu.  Computer design work for robotics, automation processes, hardware, software, manufacturing logistics, building and designing prototypes.

FRANCE | Top
FRANCE - Summer camp counselor - Camping Mayotte Vacances in Biscarrosse
FRANCE - Chateau Mirambeau - hospitality work in a boutique hotel (Relais & Château). Some French is needed.

INDIA | Top
Volkswagen: in Mumbai and Pune (production site) – automotive and mechanical engineering

INDONESIA  | Top
Unique opportunity for a student majoring in the field of ecology or composting to work  for a large recycling plant on the island of Bali

IRELAND | Top
    IRELAND - North County Leader www.northcountyleader.ie, a newspaper company in Dublin. For students majoring in journalism.
 IRELAND - Codec www.codec.ie in Dublin.  Computer engineering.

JAPAN | Top
1.  JAPAN (Room and Board provided) - The Co-Op Net Group will accept up to 9 students to work from June 20 until August 20, assignments to various retail stores and one food / non-food distribution center. Japanese language proficiency at least end of second year. Housing with local families. Ideal for business majors.

2. Via the International Department of the Japanese Consumers’ Co-Operative Union (JCCU) , work in either day care centers for the elderly, or provide medial assistance.  Please read www.jccu.coop/eng

LAOS | Top
     LAOS (English only) - Caruso Handicrafts in Vientiane and Luang Prabang. www.carusolao.com One student who can help with a website and other IT tasks including marketing.
     LAOS - English only required.  Work in a computer center teaching school-age children how to use computers. 


MEXICO | Top
   MEXICO - Mision Mexico: Dando Amor, Vida y Esperanza, an orphanage with 42 children in Chiapas, Southern Mexico
 

POLAND | Top
 1. Teaching English for some members of the Methodist Church in Ostroda.
2. Teaching English for the King’s School of English in Ostroda.

SPAIN | Top
Paid internships in marketing, communication, administration, public relations, advertising, tourism, international relations, working for NGOs, human rights advocates.  Internships include either full room and board with a host family, or dormitory-style accommodations.