Practical Semester

A compulsory internship semester in Germany or abroad is planned for the 6th semester. The practical semester is designed to give you an insight into everyday working life and strengthen the link between your studies and professional practice. During the practical semester, you have the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge you have already acquired during your studies in practice and to incorporate questions from practice into and for the further course of your studies. By choosing an internship semester position, you can sharpen your personal profile and set individual accents. 

The practical phase can, for example, be completed with actors in local social policy, in ministries at various federal levels or with a political party. Social insurance institutions and organisations relevant to social policy (trade unions, associations, foundations, non-governmental organisations) as well as media companies and research institutions are also possible internship semester locations. You can find a selection of potential internship semester positions in LEA.  

You also have the opportunity to apply for the department's ‘Get Balkanised’ internship programme. The programme arranges internships in South Eastern Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

The internship semester lasts at least 20 weeks. Admission to the internship semester is granted if at least four semesters have been completed and at least 70 ECTS have been achieved. During the internship semester, you will be supervised by a professor from the faculty who will also assess the internship semester report. The internship semester earns you 30 ECTS credits.

Information event

In the 4th and 5th semesters, information events are offered on the topic of internship semesters in Germany and abroad.

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