Student Internships
Publiée le 05/09/2025
ESA - European Space Agency
- Noordwijk
- Aérospatial
- Ingénierie / Bureau d'études
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ESA offers student internship opportunities from three to six months to students in their final or second-to-last year of a Master's degree in technical and non-technical domains.
Who can apply?
To be eligible for a student internship at ESA:
- You must be a student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master’s level. You must have student status and be enrolled at university for the entire duration of the internship;
- You must be a citizen of one of the ESA Member States, Associate Members, European Cooperating States or Canada as a Cooperating ;The full list of eligible countries is published in the footer of each ESA vacancy.
What do we offer?
- An enriching and highly valuable experience that could open doors to a career within Europe’s space sector, renowned research institutes or, of course, ESA itself.
- An international, multicultural and friendly working environment.
- A placement lasting between three and six months at an ESA establishment.
- Internships are unpaid, however a monthly allowance of €800 for non-residents and €500 for residents is granted. A non-resident is defined as someone living more than 50 km from the relevant establishment. The non-resident allowance will also be granted to students with special needs, irrespective of their residency status.
Useful information
- Only one internship can be undertaken at ESA.
- Student interns are responsible for their own health insurance, accident insurance and travel expenses.
- Student interns are responsible for finding their own accommodation.
Internship disciplines
- Mechanical engineering (optical, propulsion, thermal, mechanisms, structures, materials, robotics)
- Electrical engineering (RF, power & data systems, antennas, microelectronics, EMC, components)
- System engineering
- Telecom and integrated applications
- Software engineering
- Ground segment systems and operations
- Product/quality assurance and safety
- Applied mathematics
- Earth observation and environmental science (geophysics, meteorology, climatology)
- Planetary and space science (astronomy, astrophysics, solar physics)
- Life and material sciences
- Law (contracts, procurement, international public law)
- Finance (project control, cost analysis, auditing)
- Communications and public relations
- Human resources
- Information technology
- Facility management
