How to gain work experience while studying abroad with METU
2022-04-25
Gain work experience while studying abroad with METU - build your career as early as at the university
Your university years are about laying the foundations for your future. From the very first day, you are building yourself, your CV, your own future – you are building your own brand.
Gaining professional work experience during your studies will help you start your career with a competitive advantage.
At METU, gaining practical experience will be an integral part of your studies.
At METU, you will be able to study in a practice-oriented spirit from the very first day. Our students work on real-life tasks and projects, and you will be taught practical skills such as presentation, assertive communication, debating, negotiating or representing yourself and your work.
METU students have plenty of opportunities for professional networking and experience gaining through our professors, projects, competitions, events, job shadowing and fellow students.
This way, you will be able to become integrated in your professional field even before graduating.
Kick-start your career: find work while studying abroad at METU!
Internships and traineeships help students prepare for real work situations and the requirements of the labour market.
Working beside your studies also offers great opportunities for networking. Moreover, work placements can result in a full-time job offer.
Apart from compulsory internships, METU will help you in finding a job during and after your studies as well.
METU’s CareerCenter supports students with various services, from finding your path up until to the successful job offer.
Students can participate in career consultation and get help in setting personal and professional goals. We also provide support in preparing your CV and your personal portfolio, and you can browse internships, student jobs and full-time jobs on METU’s own career portal, METUJOBS.
In addition, METU students can also access useful resources about multinational companies, opportunities abroad, career building and landing a job.
Internship opportunities for METU students
METU offers countless internship opportunities.
In every semester, we offer more than 400 relevant internship placements to our students. in a wide variety of professional fields.
METU has hundreds of professional partners in the fields of art, business, communication and tourism. With METU, our students can find work placements at pne of our numerous renowned partner compenies and institutions.
Some of our major partners include:
- Amnesty International
- BMW Group
- British Telecom
- Citibank Europe
- Coca Cola HBC
- Deloitte Hungary
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace
- General Electric
- HBO Holding
- IBM Hungary ISSC
- Lego Manufacturing
- L’Oréal Hungary
- Marriott International
- Nestlé Hungary
- Procter&Gamble
- PwC
- SAP Hungary
- TESCO Global
- UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre
- UNISYS
- Vodafone Shared Services Budapest
- Wizz Air Hungary
- WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
Gain international work experience with exchange opportunities at METU!
Budapest Metropolitan University offers numerous opportunities for our full-time students to take part in exchange programs and internships abroad within the framework of Erasmus+ and other scholarship programs.
