To be eligible to apply for an ESA internship, you must meet the following criteria:

• A student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master’s level.
• A citizen of one of the following ESA Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Members, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Malta as European Cooperating States.

How do I apply?

Browse the opportunities directly on our recruitment website by clicking here. Once you find the one that interests you the most, create your candidate profile, upload your CV and motivation letter, then submit your application.

Starting date

The starting date of the internship is flexible and can be decided by mutual agreement with your tutor. It should allow for the fact that you will need to be enrolled at university for the duration of the internship, which will be between three and six months.

What can a student expect from an internship at ESA?

Our internships offer the chance for many students to get their first exposure to the space industry and ESA, with many of our technical positions affording them hands-on experience at some of the best facilities in the world. Many of our interns also use the opportunity at ESA to inject some unique research and insights into their university theses. It is also important to mention the social and networking side of an ESA internship: students will get the chance to work alongside hundreds of other early career professionals, learn from each other, make long-lasting friendships and connections and, of course, have fun!
- Andrew Kane, ESA Entry-Levels Programme Coordinator