The aim of the internship is to give the students the opportunity to apply the knowledge of their main field on a practical level, and to provide the students with experiences from practical work on the subject at various levels of society, such as information dissemination, training, planning and reporting.

This course is aimed at students who are admitted to one of the following master's programmes: Political science: Global Politics or International Migration and Ethnic Relations.

The course consists of 18 to 20 weeks of internship, during the regular semester, at an international organisation, government and local authority, business, voluntary organisation, or cultural institution, etc. The student is responsible for finding and organising the internship. It is important that tasks are of a relevant and advanced character and has a clear connection the student’s main field of study.

The internship placement must be approved by the Internship Coordinator via submitting an internship plan, drawn up between representatives of the internship and the student, before the start of the internship period.

The internship must be unpaid. Internships in countries or areas which the Department for Foreign Affairs (UD) advises against entering will not be accepted.

After the student has completed the course internship, the student should be able to:

Practical work with issues related to the programme's themes.

The learning outcomes of the course are assessed by a written report.

Selected in consultation with the supervisor.

The University provides students who participate in or who have completed a course with the opportunity to make known their experiences and viewpoints with regards to the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarize the results of course evaluations as well as informing participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures initiated in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered or has undergone major changes, students will be offered two re-take sessions based on the syllabus in force at registration during a period of one year from the date of the implementation of the changes.

In addition to the above eligibility criteria, an internship requires an agreement, drawn up between representatives of the internship and the student through Malmö University.

The Language of instruction is English