Internships at the University of Turku

Students who arrive in Turku for an internship are considered as employees of the host organization, whether their internship is paid or not. Please notice that the interns at the University of Turku will not be registered as students and they are not entitled to the student benefits.

This means that you will have higher living costs in Turku than e.g. an exchange student. Also the employees benefits vary depending on whether the internship is paid or not.

How to apply?

If you wish to do your internship at UTU, you have to contact directly the unit you wish to host you during the internship. The best way is to send an email to the potential host with CV. Please notice that your are required to be very independent on finding a host.

Contact information of the University of Turku

Interns fill in an Internship agreement with their host at the University of Turku. This is additional to any other documents that you may need to provide for your home institution.

Internship agreement

Studies during internship

Practical matters and services at the university

Housing

Look for the housing well in advance. The Erasmus Internship students cannot apply the exchange student housing except in the summer.

Finding housing for a short period of time from the general rental markets in Turku is difficult especially during August and September. Normally the rental agreements are done for a fixed period of a year and earlier resignation requires a penalty fee to be paid by the tenant.
You can take a look for rental apartments for example from following webpages.:

West Side Hotel
Flatta
Hostel S/S Bore
Guesthouse Majatalo Kupittaa
Guesthouse Tapuli
Conference Hotel and Hostel Linnasmäki
The Bridgettine Sisters Student Hostel (only for female students)
https://www.nordenhomes.fi/en/home/
www.vuokraovi.com
www.asuntohelppi.fi
www.ovv.com
http://asunnot.oikotie.fi/vuokrattavat-asunnot
Airbnb Turku
www.facebook.com/groups/TurkuStudents - International students looking for apartments in Turku
www.facebook.com/groups/339796732733404 - group named "Turun omatoiminen asuntovälitys" for renting apartments/rooms or looking for roommates in Turku.

Erasmus placements

Erasmus Placement interns are considered as employees of the host organization. Please notice that the interns at the University of Turku will not be registered as students and they are not entitled to the student benefits.

In addition, your home university might have a different interpretation of an Erasmus Placement status, therefore, please take this into the consideration already before you apply for Turku.

The International Office of University of Turku doesn't provide or process any Erasmus internships. The supervisor of the internship will sign all the necessary documents.