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ICE has a listing of new opportunities for 2007.


Technical internships

ENGLAND

AUTOMOTIVE

1. MINI-COOPER, BMW PLANT, OXFORD
Applicant must be a US citizen. Preferable standing: Junior, Senior, Graduate in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, acoustic engineering, automotive engineering. Availability: 4 – 6 months. Stipend £ 1,100 per month.

2. ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORCARS, CHICHESTER
Applicant must be a US citizen. Junior, Senior, Graduate standing in mechanical or electrical engineering for quality and process management and control. Availability: 6 months. £ 1000 per month stipend.

GERMANY

AUTOMOTIVE
1. PORSCHE PLANTS IN STUTTGART AND LEIPZIG
Advanced standing in mechanical / electrical engineering. Advanced knowledge of German required. Corporate language is German.

2. BMW PLANTS IN LEIPZIG, MUNICH, LANDSHUT, REGENSBURG and STEYR (Austria, Diesel R + D)
Advanced standing in mechanical, automotive, electr. engineering. Fair knowledge of German required.

3. MAN – TRUCK ASSEMBLY IN MUNICH
German required.

4. SIEMENS, INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES, WINCOR-NIXDORF
Advanced standing in electrical engineering, computer science, IT, conversational ability to communicate in German.

5. WACKER-CHEMIE PLANT IN BURGHAUSEN
For chemical engineering majors. German required.

6. BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE IN COBURG
Material Sciences, electrical engineering. Minimum stay: 4 – 6 months. Company reimburses student for airfare.


ETHIOPIA (East Africa)

Internship is unpaid.

One Teaching position at the Technical and Agricultural Training College in Harar, 500 km East of Addis Ababa. Student must be able to teach beginning computer science classes, programming in C, C++ and assembly language. The second semester begins February 15 and ends June 30.


PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

1. Internships with INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
In the city of Xi’an. Corporate language: English. Student must have some rudimentary knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Software development (only R + D) for telecommunication majors, memory work, C, C++ . Stipend of 3000 RMB per month.

2. ABB CHINA LIMITED in Beijing
Corporate Language is English.
a. Internships in the fields of Power Systems and Power products (medium and high voltage)
b. Manufacturing –production processes
c. Robotics (software/hardware)

3. ABB CHINA LIMITED in Beijing
Wishes to hire graduating students on a full-time basis. Contact icemenlo@aol.com for details relating to the fields of Robotics, Manufacturing – Production processes, electro-technologies.

4. ELKAY ASIA INC. IN ZHUHAI (near Makao)
Office work, technical areas.


MONGOLIA (English only)

SHIJIR INTERNATIONAL in Ulaanbaatar, Life Science Institute
Internships in this bio-tech company of some 55 employees. Junior / senior standing in the fields of bio-engineering, Bio-medical engineering, nano-technology. The company pays for full room and board accommodations. Other technical positions in Mongolia upon request.


LAOS (English only)

CARUSO HANDICRAFTS in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
One student who can help with a website and other IT tasks.


Non-Technical Internships

ENGLAND

CHEWTON GLEN in New Milton. Hospitality work for one of the world’s most exclusive Country Hotel/Spa/Resort. Student must be a US Citizen. Excellent monthly stipend.


BELGIUM

Many positions upon request for various levels of French Proficiency. Most internships are paid.


GERMANY (all positions are paid)

STEIGENBERGER AIRPORT HOTEL IN FRANKFURT: Hospitality work
MAXIMILIAN GOLF HOTEL/RESORT in GRIESBACH: Office or hospitality work
SUMMER CAMPS for Children in Southern Germany
MUNICH RE-INSURANCE: Office work
WACKER-CHEMIE in Munich: Personnel Department, office work
HEICK & SCHMALTZ CLOTHING STORE in Lübeck: Retail work
C & A MODE AG in Munich: Retail work
ARBEITSAGENTUR MÜNCHEN: Office work

MORE INCLUDING BANKS UPON REQUEST


ETHIOPIA (all internships are unpaid)

AGOHELD ORPHANAGE (230 kids) in Addis Ababa: Teaching, social work, general help with all administrative matters.
HORCO [Hope for Rural children and Orphans]: Excellent work for students of zoology, water management, Botany, environmental protection, child psychology, childhood rights, sanitation and nutrition. Addis Ababa.
A.A. BROMHEAD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS: For a junior or senior in finance/accounting. Addis Ababa.


AUSTRALIA

Various internships in Canberra, the capital of Australia, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Canberra. Volunteering work with Aboriginal Communities in the outback.


CHINA

MUNICH RE-INSURANCE IN BEIJING
65 employees. Office work: to edit and correct English texts dealing with the Topic of re-insurance matters. Student must be a person born in the US. Business or English major. Some knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Excellent stipend of 8000 RMB per month.

ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH CENTER IN BEIJING
Marketing and Sales. Advanced students in the field of law.

VARIOUS TEACHING ENGLISH POSITIONS
University or High School level, one or two semesters.

CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Teaching English. One or two semesters with accommodations on campus.

T-8 RESTAURANT IN SHANGHAI
Hospitality work.

MORE UPON REQUEST


MONGOLIA (English, room and board provided)

SHIJIR INTERNATIONAL: A BIO-TECH COMPANY
Internships in the fields of marketing and finance, Ulaanbaatar.

SUCCESS ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER
Teaching English , Ulaanbaatar.

NAIRAMDAL INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMP
500 kids from 20 nations.

CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE STATE SPECIALIZED
FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY in Ulaanbaatar Ideal for students interested in Public Health issues in Developing Nations.


KOREA

Region: Seoul, upon request with the help of the Rotary Club of Seoul. Students must be proficient in Korean.


JAPAN (Room and Board provided)

The Co-Op Net Group will accept up to 9 students to work from June 20 until August 20, assignments to various retail stores and one food / non-food distribution center. Japanese language proficiency at least end of second year. Housing with local families. Ideal for business majors.


SOUTH AMERICA: PERU, BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA AND CHILE

CHILE
1. BUSINESS NEWS AMERICAS in SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Latin America’s Business Information Leader, online news agency. One internship for a student who is majoring in Journalism and quite fluent in Spanish. 3 – 4 months or longer with pay.

2. BUSINESS NEWS AMERICAS in SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Latin America’s Business Information Leader, online news agency. One internship for a student who is advanced in IT, good level of Spanish. 3 – 4 months or longer with pay.

ARGENTINA Teaching English positions (short and long term). Room and Board provided in Realico and General.

INSTITUTO CULTURAL ARGENTINO NORTEAMERICANO (ICANA) in Buenos Aires
Only long-term teaching English positions with pay.

Technoaccion in San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia.
2 internhips for electrical engineering, computer science majors with good Spanish proficiency with pay.
More upon request.

BOLIVIA (room and board provided)
Centro Boliviano Americano (CBA) in Cochabamba
Teaching English.

Centro Boliviano Americano (CBA) in Santa Cruz de La Sierra
Teaching English.

CRE (Cooperativa Rural Electrificada) in Santa Cruz De la Sierra
Electric Power supply. Electrical engineering student interested in electrical power plants (planning, construction, power supply), $ 120 /month stipend and room and board with a local family.

More upon request.

PERU (unpaid internships)
AGENCIA PERUANA DE COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL IN LIMA
Social Development Search: Law Students, Pre-meds, Public Health Related areas.

AREQUIPA (upon request)


Internship opportunities teaching English abroad

SOUTH AMERICA

  • Argentina

    1. Instituto Cultural Argentino Norteamericano
      (ICANA) in Buenos Aires, minimum of four to six months

    2. Centro Enseñanza de Lengua Inglesa in Realico, La Pampa, with room and board, teaching all ages.

    3. New Westland School in General Villegas, Provincia de Buenos Aires, with room and board, teaching all ages

    4. Links Instituto de Enseñanza de la Lengua Inglesa in Coronel MOLDES, Provincia de Córdoba, with room and board, all ages.

    5. More upon request and qualifications

  • BOLIVIA

    1. Centro Boliviano Americano (CBA) in Cochabamba with room and board and a small stipend

    2. Centro Boliviano Americano (CBA) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with room and board and a small stipend

  • CHILE
    Various teaching positions in the area of Region X: Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt, with room and board, all ages

  • COLOMBIA
    Via a Rotary project in Bogota

  • COSTA RICA – CENTRAL AMERICA
    Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano in San Jose de Costa Rica, with room and board and a small monthly stipend of $ 70. Minimum of three terms (six months).


EUROPE

  • BELGIUM (some French required)

    1. Pro Linguis in Thiaumont near Arlon
      All ages, excellent pay with room and board

    2. Various Language Schools and summer camps in Brussels

  • GERMANY (some German required)

    1. MIKINA near Heidelberg
      Assist in summer camp and teaching activities for a minimum of three months, with room and board and a monthly stipend of 400 Euros.

    2. Hotzenplotz Kurklinik in Rickenbach, Southern Black Forest, assist in summer camps and teaching activities for a minimum of three months, room and board included plus a monthly stipend of 400 Euros.


ETHIOPIA (EASTERN AFRICA)

  1. Agoheld: institutional care for orphans including teaching English in Addis Ababa

  2. Horco = Hope for Rural Children and Orphans in Addis Ababa

  3. Agro Technical Training College in Harar
    One or two semesters of teaching introductory courses in computer sciences


AUSTRALIA

  • Tutorial work with children in Aboriginal Communities in the outback of the Northern Territory, with room and board.

  • PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (some Mandarin Chinese required)

    1. Teaching English at all levels: private institutes, high schools, universities in Shanghai or Beijing, summer, one or two semesters

    MONGOLIA (NO FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIRED)

    1. Nyramdal International Summer Camps with some 300 children from over 20 nations. Room and board included. Some 30 km from the capital of Ulaanbaatar.

    2. Success Language Center in Ulaanbaatar, Room and board included.