Why don't you do an internship abroad? We will come and visit you.
Preparation
Before you apply for an internship abroad, you should clarify for yourself where you want to go and with what goals. Is a certain type of company or language important to you? Do you want to deepen a certain focus of your studies, etc? You are looking for an internship in a foreign company independently. You can apply worldwide to a company of your choice. You will receive support:
The internship representative of the faculties are responsible for the practical semester. They receive current, international offers and are happy to help you. Contact them and let them advise you.
Contract templates for internship contracts can be found in the internal area of the HTW Dresden in the document "Muster Praktikumsordnung".
INSURANCES
Find out in good time whether you are sufficiently insured (e.g. foreign health insurance, liability insurance, accident insurance). If necessary, additional insurance should be taken out. The DAAD insurance package is recommended. Existing insurance cover is mandatory for Erasmus+ stays.
VISAS
Please note that for internships outside the European Union, special visa requirements usually apply. Further information can be obtained from the International Office, the embassies or consulates or on the homepage of the Federal Foreign Office.
Funding in Europe
If you would like to apply for an Erasmus+ sponsored internship abroad, please contact our partner Leonardo-Sachsen.
Requirements:
Duration of internship: minimum two to maximum twelve months
Content related to studies (both compulsory and voluntary internships)
Services of Leonardo-Sachsen:
Advice on the preparation and implementation of the internship
year-round application
You must apply at least 2 months before the start of the internship. If you apply at shorter notice, funding will start after 60 days at the earliest.
more than 2500 contact addresses of intra-European internship institutions as well as the possibility to view reports of experiences of former interns
Erasmus+ scholarship starting from 690 Euro per month (depending on the cost of living in the target countries)
under certain conditions, graduate placements may also be supported
The application for foreign BAföG should be submitted to the responsible BAföG office (depending on the target region) at least 6 months before a planned stay abroad, separately from the application for domestic BAföG. Even if you do not receive a domestic BAföG during your studies at the HTW Dresden, you should still inform yourself about the Auslands-BAföG, since the monthly foreign grant, the grant for tuition fees (up to 4,600 EUR), the grant for travel expenses or the foreign health insurance grant often amount to several thousand euros. More information can be found at www.auslandsbafoeg.de.
The International Office is not authorised to fill in or confirm BAföG forms. Nevertheless, we would like to give you a little help at this point:
Form 2
Form 2 is generally not confirmed by the HTW. According to an agreement with the BAföG offices, the 4th certificate of matriculation (bottom right) is simply attached to this form. This certificate contains the additional note "(also as a template at the Office for Educational Assistance according to § 9 BAföG)". Should problems nevertheless arise, please contact the student office.
Form 5 (Confirmation of previous performance)
If you have any questions about Form 5, please contact the examination office.
Form 6 (Confirmation of mandatory internship)
This form will be confirmed by the responsible internship officer of the faculty. The confirmation is only given for compulsory internships, not for additional or voluntary internships. The expert opinion on the visit of the foreign educational institution only takes place after special request of the Bafög office in the faculty.
Funding worldwide
AIESEC is an organization run by students for students that helps students find internships. AIESEC mainly supports students of business administration
This program, which has been running since the beginning of the year, gives students from all German universities the chance to complete internships in innovative Israeli startups and high-tech companies, in order to return to Germany with the know-how they have gained and the contacts they have made, and subsequently strengthen the German startup scene.
"New Kibbutz" is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) and implemented by the DAAD in cooperation with the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.
If you would like to apply for an Erasmus+ sponsored internship abroad, please contact our partner Leonardo-Sachsen.
Moving to the 2021-2027 program generation, the Erasmus+ program now also allows for the funding of student mobility to EU partner countries and countries associated with the EU. With this part of the program, stays in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and countries outside Europe can now be financially supported.
Students of all disciplines in bachelor's, master's and diploma programs at German HAW/FH are eligible to apply. Under certain conditions, persons with foreign citizenship can also be included in the funding measures. Funding is provided for study stays and stays abroad as part of a final thesis. Double funding via Erasmus or PROMOS and HAW.International is not possible!
Application: The application documents have to be submitted completely and in due time directly to the DAAD according to the official DAAD call for applications.
Application deadline:
27.02.2026 for scholarships starting between August 2026 and January 2027 (selection date Juni 2026)
31.08.2026 for scholarships starting between February 2027 and July 2027 (selection date December 2026)
IAESTE is an organisation run by students for students. It arranges paid and supervised internships abroad in over 80 countries worldwide. These are mainly for students of engineering and natural sciences. For IAESTE an online application is necessary.
The Institut Ranke-Heinemann awards scholarships and grants as follows:
Every freemover who wants to study in Down Under will be included in the scholarship program.
All universities and study programmes in Australia and New Zealand are affiliated to the programme, which guarantees financial support and assistance throughout the application process through IDP Education.
Independent, neutral and free study guidance (no fees)
Funding opportunities:
Down Under Study Grant: Guaranteed grant of up to 10% of the tuition fees of a semester, i.e. depending on the study programme, savings of between 500 and 3000 dollars.
Travel expense scholarship: 1000 Euro grant per semester. Raffle among all students.
In addition, access to all scholarships of all Australian and New Zealand universities.
For whom is the PROMOS scholarship suitable and what is supported?
Students enrolled at the HTW Dresden can apply for the PROMOS scholarship with the intention of graduating. Stays in the country of origin cannot be funded.
On the website PROMOS bewegt you will find the report of the same name, in the course of which you can accompany the (fictitious) student Lea, who sets out to get to know PROMOS.
As part of the DAAD PROMOS programme, the HTWD supports the realisation of
Study visits (1 to 6 months/monthly partial scholarship rate)/Theses (university/monthly partial scholarship rate or company/travel allowance) ,
Internships (6 weeks to 6 months/travel allowance),
Study and group trips abroad under the direction of a university teacher (package) to non-European countries.
APPLICATION
Please submit the following application documents for the current calendar year to the International Office of HTWD by 15 February of the calendar year (by e-mail as a PDF file to international(at)htw-dresden.de):
Application form PROMOS (please save on your computer first and then fill in, DO NOT fill in on your mobile or browser)
Proof of examination results (e.g. Transcript of Records)
Proof of language proficiency (HTW/DAAD language certificate as language certificate after successful course participation or as module mark on certificate, in the case of lower semesters also language certificate on Abitur certificate counts, note: To acquire the HTWD/DAAD language certificate without prior course participation, please contact the language centre. The exhibition can take up to 4 weeks. A self-assessment of language skills will not be accepted as proof of language proficiency).
Study project / letter of motivation
Learning Agreement (if available)
Confirmation from the university (if available)
Internship agreement (if available)
Confirmation of the company (if available)
SELECTION PROCEDURE
The selection procedure is carried out according to the subject, language and personal requirements of the students on the basis of the application documents. The selection of scholarship holders and the order of students (including reserve or replacement candidates) are made according to the award and selection criteria of the PROMOS Selection Commission of the HTW Dresden. Each faculty determines an order for the applicants of its own faculty. For better comparability of students from different faculties, a point system is used. The selection committee determines a cross-faculty order.
The decision is based on a number of factors:
Academic achievements
knowledge of languages
study project
motivation
Extra-curricular activities (committee activities, StuRa, faculty council, faranto e.V., IAESTE - local committee, AIESEC - local committee, involvement in the supervision of international exchange students of the HTW Dresden)
Priorities/sub-priorities are defined in the light of the project abroad, regions/countries/universities, degree programmes, study progress and multiple funding.
Partner universities have priority
Stays in CEE countries have priority over other countries
Engineering courses of studies before economic science courses of studies
Students of international degree programmes (IB, IMES) before other degree programmes, as they have to complete compulsory semesters abroad.
Students who have already been supported in another program by the HTW Dresden will be treated as subordinated students.
For candidates who want to move up, it may also be possible for the scholarship award to be confirmed at a later date with a new notification.
RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. RISE Germany is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Starting 15 October 2025, you can register on the database and view internship opportunities for next summer 2026. Here you will find interesting projects in the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, and computer science from accredited institutions around the world. Found something? Then apply by 30 November 2025.
The Semiconductor Talent Incubation Program Taiwan (STIPT), a joint initiative of the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture, and Tourism (SMWK), the Technical University Dresden, the Leonardo Office Saxony, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), enables students of selected subjects to spend six months in Taiwan, consisting of a four-month study program at a Taiwanese partner university and two months of training at TSMC.
The teaching modules (highly relevant to the semiconductor industry) for the winter semester 2026/27 will take place at the following universities:
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST)
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
Call winter semester 2026/27
An information event for students will be held on November 27, 2025, at 9 a.m. (in German!)
To ensure that applications are submitted correctly and on time, Leonardo Office Saxony is offering three online consultation hours on the following dates: November 10 and 17, and December 1, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
Funding: 700 EUR per month as a subsidy for living expenses and 1.500 EUR as a subsidy for travel expenses
You can find the application form/application modalities and all detailed information about the STIPT project at: leo.tu-dresden.de/en/stipt
Academic recognition: in consultation with the examination board
Vulcanus in Japan started in 1997. The programme offers training and industrial placement opportunities with companies in Japan to students in engineering or fields related to science, technology and mathematics, who are from countries of the European Union or associated with the Single Market Programme and enrolled at university in one of those countries. It starts in August 2026 and ends in March 2027 (total duration: 8 months).
The students follow:
a seminar on Japan,
a two-month intensive Japanese course,
and then a six-month traineeship in a company based in Japan.
PROGRAM GOALS
To study the range of advanced technologies employed by a leading Japanese host company.
To learn Japanese and to understand and appreciate Japanese culture with a view to an enriching eight-month experience abroad.
To be well placed in your future career to interact with Japanese businesses and people.
FUNDING
The EU-Japan Centre covers costs directly related to the internship: cost for providing lectures on Japan and Japanese language course (compulsory activities).
The Host Company provides accommodation throughout the entire stay in Japan.
A maximum of € 9,200 will be given in total per student for the period spanning from August to March. € 8,200 will be given for participation in the traineeship and its compulsory activities. An additional € 1,000 will be provided to each student who participates in an optional ‘Eyes on Japan’ assignment carried out as group work. The grant amount includes insurance coverage for the duration of stay in Japan. In case the EU-Japan Centre arranges insurance, the corresponding cost will be deducted from the total grant amount.
APPLICATION
The application documents must be submitted by post in accordance with the application procedure by the deadline 20.01.2026 for the program from 01 August 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Please also inform yourself on the following websites:
We are very happy about postcards. They will receive a place of honour on our pinboard.
Address: HTW Dresden - International Office, Friedrich-List Platz 1, 01069 Dresden
After my internship
If the internship abroad meets the requirements of the internship regulations of the HTW Dresden, there are usually no problems with academic recognition. In any case, you should contact your faculty's internship officer before the start of the internship and inquire about the required formalities (e.g. internship contract, report, employer's confirmation). At the International Office you can obtain sample internship contracts in English and French.
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