International Internship Program

Academia Tica is proud to present its Internship Program, the best opportunity to gain work experience, just for active individuals like you!

This practical training program places university level students in enterprises or institutions to acquire work experience in his/her field of study in San José or even outside of the Central Valley for a period of 8 to 24 weeks.

It is non-paid work but a certificate of participation is issued and many universities accept this to fulfill the academic Internship requirement.

The student receives counseling and supervision before and during the work period from Academia Tica and his/her work is supervised by a staff member of the enterprise or institution. It is important for the student to adapt to a different work environment and style.This program offers great practical training in areas such as:

l- Tourism
l- Design
l- Banking
l- Information Systems
l- Education
l- Architecture
l- Urban Planning
l- Transportation
l- Law
l- Business Administration
l- Marketing
l- Finance
l- Engineering
l- Communications
l- Agriculture
l- Environmental Education
l- Energy ProductionThis program is available to those students who: l Have completed at least 4 university semesters.
l- Enroll for a minimum of a 2 week Academia Tica Spanish course if their Spanish level is upper intermediate, or for a minimum of a 4 week Spanish course if their level  is lower intermediate prior to the commencement of the internship.
l- The application must be sent to Academia Tica at least between 12 and 16 weeks prior to the start of the practical training.

Intern`s experience in urban project

Name: Miss Barbara Hausmann,  27, Architect.

started an Internship in the area of Urban Development on July 2, 2007 after completing a Spanish course with us.

Barbara was placed with a government organization that works close to the Housing Bureau here in Costa Rica.
On 01.Ago.07 Barbara made a presentation of her work results to an audience that included representatives from several Urban Development institutions, Academia Tica and the Head Minister of the Housing Bureau of Costa Rica.
 
The project is called Rincon Grande de Paves and Barbara's ideas and work was considered very important to define the general concept that will guide future development. Some of the work for this project is done with the collaboration of the European Union to the Costa Rican government.
 
As a result of this and other projects we are now actively seeking Interns in the Urban development, Architecture, Social work and related fields.

Intern’s testimonial

Name: Magdalena Borski, 24 years old, Germany.

University Major: Pedagogy, Sociology and Spanish,
Friedrich-Alexander University

Host Company: DISCAR, S.A., Ruta 8 Periférica, public bus Company.

How was your experience in your work site?

“In general I had  very good experiences.

The first week I had to translate the web page www.lapericr.com  from Spanish to German.

The following weeks I developed ideas for the distribution of information to customers. It was important that people would know and use the Peripheral bus route.

With the help of my ideas DISCAR is going to organize in the next days a special information day with booths and posters near important parks, and the university so that people can find information  about schedules, bus stops and general information on the Peripheral bus route around San José City.

Besides all these things, I also had to go over and analyze documents about  the environmental initiative in the European Union due to the fact that the company is seeking accreditation from the ISO 14001 norms.

Regarding this issue, I analyzed the possible destination of solid and toxic waste, and the way they would be processed. This was also very interesting for me because ISO is an international environmental norm which is also being implemented in Germany under the same conditions.”

Our program offers many possibilities for internships in the traditional and organic agriculture, as well as in the biological and environmental areas.

Choose Costa Rica for your internship experience with Academia Tica.

Intership in Costa Rica