Internship Program
We are proud to present our Internship Program, the best opportunity to gain work
experience for active individuals like you!
This practical training program places university level students in enterprises or
institutions to acquire work experience in his/her field of study in San José or even
outside of the Central Valley for a period of 8 to 24 weeks.
It is non-paid work but a certificate of participation is issued and many universities
accept this to fulfill the academic Internship requirement.
The student receives counseling and supervision before and during the work period,
and his/her work is supervised by a staff member of the enterprise or institution. It is
important for the student to adapt to a different work environment and style. This
program offers great practical training in areas such as:
l- Tourism
l- Design
l- Banking
l- Information Systems
l- Education
l- Architecture
l- Urban Planning
l- Transportation
l- Law
l- Business Administration
l- Marketing
l- Finance
l- Engineering
l- Communications
l- Agriculture
l- Environmental Education
l- Energy Production: This program is available to those students who have:
(1) Completed at least 4 university semesters.
(2) Enrolled for a minimum of a 2 week course if their Spanish level is upper
intermediate, or for a minimum of a 4 week Spanish course if their level is lower
intermediate prior to the commencement of the internship.
Note: The application must be sent in 12 to 16 weeks prior to the start of the
practical training.
Intern`s experience in urban project
Name: Miss Barbara Hausmann, 27, Architect.
Started an Internship in the area of Urban Development on July 2, 2007 after
completing a Spanish course with us.
Barbara was placed with a government organization that works close to the Housing
Bureau here in Costa Rica.
On August 1, 2007 Barbara made a presentation of her work results to an audience
that included representatives from several Urban Development institutions, and the
Head Minister of the Housing Bureau of Costa Rica.
The project is called Rincon Grande de Paves and Barbara's ideas and work was
considered very important to define the general concept that will guide future
development. Some of the work for this project is done with the collaboration of the
European Union to the Costa Rican government.
As a result of this and other projects we are now actively seeking Interns in the Urban
development, Architecture, Social work and related fields.
Intern’s testimonial
Name: Magdalena Borski, 24 years old, Germany.
University Major: Pedagogy, Sociology and Spanish,
Friedrich-Alexander University
Host Company: DISCAR, S.A., Ruta 8 Periférica, public bus Company.
How was your experience in your work site?
“In general I had very good experiences.
The first week I had to translate the web page www.lapericr.com from Spanish to
German.
The following weeks I developed ideas for the distribution of information to
customers. It was important that people would know and use the Peripheral bus route.
With the help of my ideas DISCAR is going to organize in the next days a special
information day with booths and posters near important parks, and the university so
that people can find information about schedules, bus stops and general information
on the Peripheral bus route around San José City.
Besides all these things, I also had to go over and analyze documents about the
environmental initiative in the European Union due to the fact that the company is
seeking accreditation from the ISO 14001 norms.
Regarding this issue, I analyzed the possible destination of solid and toxic waste, and
the way they would be processed. This was also very interesting for me because ISO
is an international environmental norm which is also being implemented in Germany
under the same conditions.”
Our program offers many possibilities for internships in the traditional and organic
agriculture, as well as in the biological and environmental areas.
experience for active individuals like you!
This practical training program places university level students in enterprises or
institutions to acquire work experience in his/her field of study in San José or even
outside of the Central Valley for a period of 8 to 24 weeks.
It is non-paid work but a certificate of participation is issued and many universities
accept this to fulfill the academic Internship requirement.
The student receives counseling and supervision before and during the work period,
and his/her work is supervised by a staff member of the enterprise or institution. It is
important for the student to adapt to a different work environment and style. This
program offers great practical training in areas such as:
l- Tourism
l- Design
l- Banking
l- Information Systems
l- Education
l- Architecture
l- Urban Planning
l- Transportation
l- Law
l- Business Administration
l- Marketing
l- Finance
l- Engineering
l- Communications
l- Agriculture
l- Environmental Education
l- Energy Production: This program is available to those students who have:
(1) Completed at least 4 university semesters.
(2) Enrolled for a minimum of a 2 week course if their Spanish level is upper
intermediate, or for a minimum of a 4 week Spanish course if their level is lower
intermediate prior to the commencement of the internship.
Note: The application must be sent in 12 to 16 weeks prior to the start of the
practical training.
Intern`s experience in urban project
Name: Miss Barbara Hausmann, 27, Architect.
Started an Internship in the area of Urban Development on July 2, 2007 after
completing a Spanish course with us.
Barbara was placed with a government organization that works close to the Housing
Bureau here in Costa Rica.
On August 1, 2007 Barbara made a presentation of her work results to an audience
that included representatives from several Urban Development institutions, and the
Head Minister of the Housing Bureau of Costa Rica.
The project is called Rincon Grande de Paves and Barbara's ideas and work was
considered very important to define the general concept that will guide future
development. Some of the work for this project is done with the collaboration of the
European Union to the Costa Rican government.
As a result of this and other projects we are now actively seeking Interns in the Urban
development, Architecture, Social work and related fields.
Intern’s testimonial
Name: Magdalena Borski, 24 years old, Germany.
University Major: Pedagogy, Sociology and Spanish,
Friedrich-Alexander University
Host Company: DISCAR, S.A., Ruta 8 Periférica, public bus Company.
How was your experience in your work site?
“In general I had very good experiences.
The first week I had to translate the web page www.lapericr.com from Spanish to
German.
The following weeks I developed ideas for the distribution of information to
customers. It was important that people would know and use the Peripheral bus route.
With the help of my ideas DISCAR is going to organize in the next days a special
information day with booths and posters near important parks, and the university so
that people can find information about schedules, bus stops and general information
on the Peripheral bus route around San José City.
Besides all these things, I also had to go over and analyze documents about the
environmental initiative in the European Union due to the fact that the company is
seeking accreditation from the ISO 14001 norms.
Regarding this issue, I analyzed the possible destination of solid and toxic waste, and
the way they would be processed. This was also very interesting for me because ISO
is an international environmental norm which is also being implemented in Germany
under the same conditions.”
Our program offers many possibilities for internships in the traditional and organic
agriculture, as well as in the biological and environmental areas.
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