At Esade we want you to experience the reality of working in international relations before you finish your education. That’s why the syllabus of the Bachelor in Global Governance, Economics & Legal Order includes internships and voluntary internships in development projects. Both are unique experiences that will add value to your learning and to your CV.
Internships
4th-year internship semester
Your first work experience in top international organisations
Imagine working in the United Nations offices in New York or Nairobi, or for NATO in Brussels. These are just some of the internship options that you can take in the fourth year.
If you want, you can focus on organisations related to your specialisation in global politics or economics: in embassies or general consulates in Spain or abroad, in multinational companies, law offices, or research and analysis centres: such as the European Court of Auditors, the World Bank, UNESCO, or chambers of commerce.
Institutions where students have done internships
Consulates and embassies
- Consulate-General in San Francisco
- UN New York (1st period)
- Embassy in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- UNESCO in Paris
- Embassy in London
- Embassy in Tokyo
- Embassy in Canberra
- Embassy in Rome
- Consulate-General Miami
- Consulate-General Boston
- Embassy in Dakar
- Embassy in Dublin
- UN New York (2nd period)
- Consulate-General in Havana, Cuba
- Embassy in Praia (Cape Verde)
- Consulate-General in Sao Paulo
- Consulate-General in London (July-October)
- Embassy in Luanda
- Consulate-General in Chicago
- Embassy in Singapore
- Consulate-General in Rome
- Embassy in Seoul
United Nations organisations
- (ICJ) International Court of Justice, The Hague (Netherlands)
- Office of the United Nations in New York, Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna
- (OHCHR) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva (Switzerland)
- (ITC) International Trade Center, Geneva
- (UNHCR) High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees, Geneva or other offices
- UN Women, New York (USA)
- (WFP) World Food Program, Rome (Italy)
- (UNV) United Nations Volunteers, Bonn (Germany)
- (WTO) World Trade Organization, Geneva
- (WHO) World Health Organization, Geneva or other offices
- (WB) World Bank, Washington DC (United States) and regional headquarters
- (IMF) International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Solidarity internships
Helping those who most need it
During the summer of the third year, you can put your legal and global governance knowledge into practice in real development projects. You can travel to countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, or Costa Rica with the University Service for Development (SUD).
The programme combines practical learning experiences and social commitment. It has the added benefit that your collaboration truly helps to improve the reality of poor and at-risk communities.
What kind of projects are they?
These include projects such as giving legal advice to refugees and migrants in Costa Rica in collaboration with UNHCR, defending indigenous women against male violence in Guatemala, and offering advice and collecting evidence for children’s courts in Guatemala.
This is a unique personal and professional experience that is highly recommended for your growth and training at all levels.
Work experience benefits
You will learn at first hand the day to day work of an international organisation.
You will hold a real job with responsibilities and functions.
You can apply everything learned in the degree.
You will acquire skills and abilities that are only learned by exercising your profession.
You will be able to show professional experience on your CV.