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How to Apply

How to get started (step by step):

  1. Check out the internship listings and sign up for email updates about opportunities in your major, scholarships, and campus specific information.
  2. Meet with your IE3 Campus Advisor.
  3. Start work on your application (note: application deadlines are approximately 3-6 months before the internship term starts)
  4. The application requires a cover letter and resume. Meet with Career Services at your home university.
  5. Financial planning - Read the financial planning section and complete a cost calculator sheet for your top choice internships, talk to your financial aid officer at your home university.
  6. Meet with an academic advisor in your major about credits for the internship and how they will apply to your program.
  7. Submit the application to your campus internship advisor.
  8. Interview with your campus internship advisor.
  9. Upon completion of your interview, IE3 will review your application materials and notify you of your status in the program. If your application and interview indicate that you are likely to succeed in the international internship(s) you have selected, you will receive an email notifying you of preliminary approval. This is generally within 4 weeks of the application deadline. For details on characteristics of successful candidates, visit the “Selection Process” page.
  10. Included in your notice of preliminary approval is a participation agreement and an estimated cost sheet outlining anticipated expenses for your first choice internship placement. You must review this cost sheet and the refund policy on the participation agreement and then scan, fax or send the agreement back to the regional director as soon as possible. Your placement will not move forward until the regional director has received confirmation that you are committed to participating in your first choice internship placement.
  11. Upon receipt of your participation agreement, the IE3 Regional Director will submit your file to your first choice internship.
  12. You will be notified of final acceptance via email and post mail. This can take 6-8 weeks.

Application Deadlines

Term Deadline
Summer Term

January 25th
Fall Term

April 15th
Winter Term

September 1st (January start dates)
Spring Term

November 15th (April start dates)