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Summer Global Affairs Internship Program

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Summer Internship: June 2, 2008 - July 31, 2008

Central European University in cooperation with Bard College Globalization and International Affairs program offers a select group of advanced undergraduate and graduate students from North America and other regions a unique opportunity to gain invaluable professional experience while living abroad in Budapest, one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse cities in Europe. Budapest is a hub for dozens of international development organizations and hundreds of local nonprofits, as well as regional offices for many Fortune 500 companies.
The Summer Institute places interns at a variety of private, public and non-profit organizations operating in areas such as:

- International Law & Refugees
- Human Rights & Minority Rights
- Public Health
- Education, Children & Youth
- European Integration
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Policy
- Archival Research
- Media & Journalism
- International Politics & Security
- Countries in Transition
- Gender Issues
- Jewish History & Culture
- International Business & Consulting

Practical and Academic Work

Students work up to 40 hours a week for at least 8 weeks. Next to undertaking highly substantive internships, students take credited core seminar, which provides an academic framework to contextualize internship experience and improve students' skills in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written and oral expression. At the end of the summer institute students are asked to submit a final written report detailing the internship accomplishments, lessons learned, and cultural experience.

Credits

The core seminar and a subject course are worth 3 credits each, in total 6 credits awarded by Bard College for easy transfer to any US academic institution.

Admission and Placement Process

The program works on the basis of rolling admission but early applications are encouraged. Primary consideration is given to students who apply to the program before April 1st, 2008. Students are informed about the acceptance to the program within 15 days after the submission of their complete application and receive documents needed to apply for a Hungarian student visa in thier country of residence. Please note: As of December 21st, 2007, students from the United States and Canada no longer need a visa to study or intern abroad in Hungary.

After receiving students' confirmation deposit credited towards the program fee, CEU staff in the US and Budapest will begin working closely with each student to ensure an appropriate internship match, taking into consideration the particular interests and skill sets of the students and the substantive opportunities available in the host organization in Budapest. CEU will help students develop an appropriate resume, cover letter and writing sample; conduct background research on the internship organization; arrange phone interviews between the student and the organization; and join the participant for the on-site interview once the participant arrives in Budapest. CEU staff are available to provide relevant assistance to the students throughout the placement period (March/April-May) and Summer Institute (June-August).
Please note: The internship program is highly competitive. Students are not guaranteed an internship; assignments are developed in concert with CEU and are based on a student’s experience, interest, and internship availability.

List of Internship organizations in Budapest

A selection of Budapest-based organizations which can potentially host CEU interns:
· Amnesty International Hungary · Civil Society Development Foundation · Council of Europe Information and Documentation Center · European Roma Rights Center · European Center for Not-for-Profit Law · Freedom House · Habeas Corpus · Helsinki Committee · National Committee for UNICEF · International Organization for Migration · Menedek (Hungarian Association for Migrants) · Mental Disability Advocacy Center · NaNE (Women for Women together Against Violence) · NEKI (Legal Defense Bureau for National & Ethnic Minorities) · Open Society Institute (OSI)· OSI Mental Health Initiative · Partners Hungary Foundation · Public Interest Law initiative · TASZ (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union) · Regional Environmental Center · Roma Press Center · CEU Center for Media and Communication · DemNet (Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights) · Trafo (House of Contemporary Arts) · Metropolitan Research Institute · Hungarian Business Leaders' Forum · Hungarian Parliament.
Click here for the list of Budapest-based internship organizations with their short descriptions, which CEU closely cooperates with. (PDF file)
Please note: The above lists are not meant to be all inclusive. New internship placements are added regularly based on the students' interest and preferences.

Accommodation

The participants are invited to stay at the CEU graduate dormitory during the time of their internship. Students are however free to search independently for and live in rented apartments in Budapest.

Cultural Activities

The Summer Professional Internship Program will organize a variety of cultural activities for the students, including a walking tour of the city; trips to concerts and a ballet at the National Opera House; visits to museums and cultural festivals, and trips in and around Budapest.

Program Costs

Fee for the Summer Institute: $3,250
Mandatory health insurance: $100 (June-July)

The fee for the Summer Professional Internship Program covers the internship placement, orientation program, the mandatory core seminar with its credits, internship monitoring and evaluation, and the cultural program. Each student is responsible for her own travel costs, visa fee, housing (either at the CEU dormitory or an apartment in the city) and living expenses.

Currently, no scholarships for the Summer Professional Internship Program are available. Students are encouraged to check with their host college to see if any financial aid will transfer to cover the fee for the summer internship program.

Applying for the Summer Professional Internship Program

Interested students must submit an application form with a statement of purpose, a resume, one recommendation letter and transcript . The documents can be mailed to the address included in the application form or send by email to ceu@bard.edu before April 1st, 2008.

Contact Persons: For more information about Summer Institute or the Fall Professional Internship Program contact:

Stephanie Szitanyi  Director of Recruitment for North America at ceu@bard.edu,
Orsi Jeney Project Manager in Human Rights Students' Initiative at visjeney@ceu.hu
Monica Jitereanu, the CEU Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies at JitareanuM@ceu.hu

To apply to this program, download and save the application PDF* below to your hard drive. You can fill it out electronically and e-mail back as an attachment along with other requested documents to ceu@bard.edu. Alternatively, you may print out the Application for the CEU Summer Institute (PDF* file - to view and print the application form you need Adobe Acrobat click here to download it free) fill it out and mail it along with other documents to the address below.

Mail your Application to:
Study Abroad at Central European University
Bard College
30 Campus Road, P.O. Box 5000,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
email your application to:
ceu@bard.edu