Our internships are the perfect way for students to get a depth of experience of the Glasgow culture. Our friendly and welcoming host employers and host families ensure a warm welcome and a great learning experience. In addition to our own support for interns, the friendly people of Glasgow provide home-from-home and a great place to grow.
European internships have been at the heart of our experience since 2010, first with the Leonardo da Vinci Programme and then Erasmus+. Since Brexit has changed the landscape for internships, we have found new, visa-free routes for not only EU and EEA passport holders, but also American, Canadian, Australian New Zealand and other passport holders, as well as being able to offer longer internships to North Americans using BUNAC.
“My host employer was amazing. Really nice, helpful staff. Actually is the best I have ever work with.”
"The best place for work, kind staff, helpful people. I was very amazed by the environment and I enjoyed it. This was my first intership, and an unforgettable month for me."
“It’s a fun project and very educational, that’s how you get to know the country.”
"My workplace is lovely, the people are nice and welcoming. You will learn a lot new things. Discover Glasgow provided us different opportunities. We were on the track with the events that were happening. They gave us everything that we needed."
"Absolutely do an intership here!! It was an amazing experience. You will have a lot of interesting places to visit and different restaurants and learn about their culture. Amazingly, everyone is welcome here and you can say People make Glasgow."
"From the point that we arrived to going home they helped us with everything, if you had a question they where fast to answer. They are both very friendly people, so good at their job!"
"It’s been a fun and nice experience. And fun to live in a big city. There is a lot of stuff happening in the city that you can go to and for example I went to a concert alone at the hydro witch was fun."
"I loved the work I did here and I’m proud of the things I created for the team."
With the funding from the 2021-27 Erasmus+ programme, we can offer at least the following types of placements for up to seven weeks.
cafes – cooks, bakery, service
tourism – visitor attractions
business administration and marketing
retail sales
wood work
social care
gardening
activities with children and young people
In addition, we can offer cultural activity programmes and study visits, which can be added to internships or done separately.
All these activities are open to anyone, with any funding, and EU, EEA, American and Canadian passport holders can do these internships without needing to apply for a visa. Other passport holders can use a Standard Visitor Visa for these activities.
For North Americans using BUNAC, we can also do longer placements, including ones at hotels, IT support, fine dining restaurants, and more. Those require a longer visa process. Ask us if you have ideas of an internship you're looking for (pre-vet with Highland cows, for example).
Not only will we help you with any visa paperwork and guidance, through our online resources, we help you prepare your students for the trip so they arrive with confidence, curiosity, familiarity and connections.
Sound like what you need? Just get in touch and we would love to discuss how we can help you.
To find out more about how it works, fill in the form in the section below for the Erasmus+ option or click here for the North American guide.
Fill in the form below to receive the guide and discover how to make Erasmus+ mobilities in Scotland easy and visa-free.