Students based in Northern Ireland
Students based in Northern Ireland should register interest in IAESTE during the autumn term by completing the application form at the bottom of this page. Provided you are eligible your name and address will be entered on a mailing list. You must return your application by our 10 December deadline.
You will be contacted in mid January to confirm a time and date for an informal interview with the Northern Ireland IAESTE programme officer. The interviews will take place in early February. Prior to this you will have been sent a catalogue of the placements available together with an Offer Preference Form. At interview you will be required to bring with you:
• 2 x passport sized photographs
• a copy of Record of Achievement (a list of modules taken at university with exam results where available)
• an email address of an academic referee who will be willing to support your application
• a curriculum vitae
• a completed Offer Preference Form
At the interview you will have the opportunity to discuss your placement choices and the reasons for your preferences. You will not placed unless you have attended the interview.
Inevitably demand will be greater than the supply of training offers. Selection panels will view all applications and one student will be chosen per placement according to qualifications, previous practical experience, language abilities, level of interest and general suitability for the position.
At the end of this selection process, one student will have been chosen for each foreign training offer available. But it will still be necessary for IAESTE UK to nominate the selected student for the placement through liaison with the receiving IAESTE Committee. 31 March is the international IAESTE deadline for sending nominations abroad. Once you have been selected for nomination, the actual offer form detailing the placement you have been chosen for will be sent to you. You will be asked to pay the administrative fee of £70.50 and to complete a nomination form and write a covering letter to the specific employer (the fee is refundable if you are not accepted or circumstances force the foreign employer to withdraw from the programme). IAESTE UK will then forward your completed application to the IAESTE office in the host country; it will be their responsibility to liaise with the employer and ascertain whether you have been accepted.
Because of the stringent matching process and the fact that ultimately only one student may be nominated for a foreign placement, at least 95% of IAESTE nominees are accepted by foreign employers. If offers are withdrawn this is usually due to economic recession or unforeseen reorganisation within companies. Most applicants will be informed by late April/early May whether they have been accepted, at which point IAESTE will advise them on the need for visas, work permits, and other relevant documentation.
Summary of Important Dates:
10 December: Deadline for completing online application form
Mid January: You will be contacted with a date and time for an informal interview
Early February: Interviews take place
Feb/March: Successful applicants will be contacted to complete the nomination process
31 March: International deadline for sending completed nominations to IAESTE member countries abroad.
April/May: Period in which you will be notified if the foreign employer has accepted you.