Internships

This page is specifically dedicated to students from abroad who are interested in coming to Germany for a research internship with our group. If you are a German student and would like to work with us, take look at our HiWi jobs page.

Current funding opportunities we recommend are grouped according to the location of your home university. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of funding opportunities, but rather these are well-established programs with which we have experience. 

DAAD WISE program for students from Universities in India

  • The DAAD's WISE (Working Internships in Science and Engineering) program is specifically for Indian undergraduate students wishing to complete a summer research internship at a German research university.
  • Funding is for up to 3 months between May - August
  • Find out more about the program here.
  • To qualify for this program, you must meet several requirements: a) your home university in India must be on this list of Indian higher education institutions for your to be eligible to apply for the DAAD WISE scholarship, and b) you must have excellent academic achievements, and be in your 4th or 5th academic semester (for a Bachelor) or 7th or 8th semester in a joint Bachelor-Master program at the time of application.
  • If you qualify for this DAAD program, we are happy to help you define a research project and provide the required supporting documents.

DAAD RISE program for students from Universities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., or Ireland

  • The DAAD's RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) program is  dedicated to undergraduate students enrolled at U.S., Canadian, U.K. or Irish universities wishing to complete a summer internship at a German research university.
  • Funding is for up to 3 months. Internships must begin between: May - July
  • Find out more about the program here.
  • If you are interested in applying for this program, please get in touch with us as soon as possible, ideally in the fall if you would like to do an internship in the following summer. The deadline for the partnering German research institutions to submit their project descriptions to the portal is in October. So, if you contact us before October, we can make sure that we have submitted a research topic to the portal that is highly relevant to your research interests and to which you can then apply! Application deadline for students is typically in December.