Youth Works Hub has gathered 14 internships for 2026 in 9 countries: Switzerland, Portugal, Türkiye, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Austria. Deadlines run from 4 to 20 November 2026, and the batch ranges from placements at UNITAR, UNDP ICPSD, the UN Library & Archives Geneva, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) and ESA to architecture studios in Porto and Erasmus+ traineeships in Valencia, Graz and Lisbon.
Most calls are written for students and recent graduates in fields such as tourism and hospitality, architecture, physics and geoscience, information technology and international relations. Our guide to paid internships abroad explains how a paid internship differs from an Erasmus+ traineeship, and our guide to how we verify every opportunity shows how we verify opportunities.
Each call has its own angle:
🇺🇸 United States: the UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy traineeship in New York supports the administrative coordination of training programmes and events.
🇧🇪 Belgium: the NEXA Development front office internship in Brussels is for Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism students fluent in French and English.
🇳🇱 Netherlands: the ESA graduate traineeship in Noordwijk joins the team defining an Earth observation satellite mission.
🇨🇭 Switzerland: the UN Library & Archives Geneva internship supports cultural activities, VIP visits and outreach.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: the UNDP ICPSD internship in Istanbul is marked Paid and provides ICT support and helps administer SharePoint sites and internal digital platforms.
🇪🇸 Spain: the ESIC Business & Marketing School Erasmus+ traineeship in Valencia is a seven-month placement in an international relations office.
🇦🇹 Austria: the edventure Studios Erasmus+ traineeship in Graz helps promote a maths learning game, with home-office options.
🇵🇹 Portugal: the Diogo Nogueira Architecture Studio internship in Porto is marked Paid and runs from research and concept development to drawings and 3D modelling.
According to Youth Works Hub's review, 6 of the 14 internships are marked Paid in their listings. Both NEXA Development placements state an amount, from €800/month in Brussels and from €300/month in Florence, while the two UNDP ICPSD internships in Istanbul and the two architecture studios in Porto are marked Paid. Three more are Erasmus+ traineeships: ESIC Business & Marketing School in Valencia, edventure Studios in Graz and ESN Lisboa in Lisbon.
📅 Deadlines: 4 Nov (4) · 7 Nov (1) · 8 Nov (2) · 9 Nov (1) · 10 Nov (1) · 13 Nov (1) · 15 Nov (1) · 20 Nov (3) 🌍 Countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal (3) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland (3) · 🇹🇷 Türkiye (2) · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇺🇸 United States
In This Batch
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇺🇸 United States · Internship
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇧🇪 Belgium · Internship
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Internship
- 📅 4 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · Internship
- 📅 7 Nov · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · Internship
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 9 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · Internship
- 📅 10 Nov · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 13 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · Internship
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇦🇹 Austria · Internship
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · Internship
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · Internship
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · Internship
What's in this batch:
14 Internships · 9 Countries
💼 Internships & Traineeships
1. 🇺🇸 Finance and Administration Trainee 🧮 UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy Internship in New York, United States 🗽
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 New York, United States · 👥 Degree students and recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months, in person
The UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy traineeship in New York supports the administrative coordination of training programmes and events, covering activity budgets, payment reconciliation, procurement, travel arrangements and internal databases. It is open to degree students and recent graduates in business administration, finance or a related subject, and strong organisational skills, attention to detail and high-level English are expected.
2. 🇧🇪 Front Office Intern 🔑 NEXA Development Internship in Brussels, Belgium 🧳 (Paid, from €800/month)
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Brussels, Belgium · 👥 Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism students · ⏳ 3 months, full time · 💶 Paid, from €800/month
Interns on the NEXA Development front office traineeship in Brussels greet international guests, handle check-in and check-out, manage reservations and requests, share local recommendations and join breakfast shifts. The traineeship is for Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism students fluent in French and English and is paid from €800/month, and previous hotel experience is an advantage but not required.
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3. 🇳🇱 Graduate Trainee in Remote Sensing Earth Observation Mission Concept Development 🛰️ ESA Internship in Noordwijk, Netherlands 🌍
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Noordwijk, Netherlands · 👥 Recent master's graduates or final-year students in physics, geophysics or geoscience
The ESA graduate traineeship in Noordwijk joins the team defining an Earth observation satellite mission, simulating the signals seen by the spacecraft, generating instrument data streams and turning them into scientific products. The trainee also learns how research mission concepts are matured before selection, and the traineeship is for recent master's graduates or final-year students in physics, geophysics or geoscience.
4. 🇮🇹 Customer Service and Sales Intern 🧳 NEXA Development Internship in Florence, Italy 🗺️ (Paid, from €300/month)
📅 Deadline: 4 November 2026
📍 Florence, Italy · 👥 Students who love tourism, hospitality and working with international visitors · ⏳ 3 months, full time · 💶 Paid, from €300/month
Interns on the NEXA Development traineeship in Florence manage client inquiries and reservations online and in person, share travel tips and help coordinate bookings and itineraries. The traineeship is paid from €300/month, and fluent English and strong communication skills are expected, with extra languages a strong advantage.
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5. 🇨🇭 Cultural Diplomacy and Knowledge Outreach Intern 🎭 UN Library & Archives Geneva Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 🌐
📅 Deadline: 7 November 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland (on site) · 👥 Graduate students, final-year bachelor's students and recent graduates · ⏳ 3 to 6 months, full time
The UN Library & Archives Geneva internship supports cultural activities, VIP visits and outreach through research, event support, documentation, newsletter drafts, multimedia production and social media engagement. It is for graduate students, final-year bachelor's students and recent graduates in a field close to the role, and fluent English is required.
6. 🇹🇷 Information Technology and Administrative Intern 💻 UNDP ICPSD Internship in Istanbul, Türkiye 🗂️ (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Istanbul, Türkiye (office based) · 👥 Students and recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months, full time · 💶 Paid
At UNDP ICPSD in Istanbul, interns provide ICT support, help administer SharePoint sites and internal digital platforms, support the development of basic PowerApps and digital forms, and contribute to knowledge management, website updates and social media. The internship is for students and recent graduates in information technology, computer science, business administration, development studies or international relations, and English and Turkish are required.
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7. 🇨🇭 Social Media Intern 📱 United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 🎬
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland · 👥 Graduate students, final-year bachelor's students and recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months
The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) internship in Geneva covers planning and curating daily content, drafting posts for X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, editing and subtitling news videos, creating visuals and quote cards, and analysing account performance. Interns also gather quotes, photos and videos at press conferences and events, and the internship is for graduate students, final-year bachelor's students and recent graduates in a field related to the role, with fluent English required.
8. 🇹🇷 Project Operations Intern 📊 UNDP ICPSD Internship in Istanbul, Türkiye 🧾 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 9 November 2026
📍 Istanbul, Türkiye (office based) · 👥 Graduate-level students · ⏳ 6 weeks to 6 months, full time · 💶 Paid
The UNDP ICPSD Project Operations internship in Istanbul supports administration, procurement and human resources, helps organise the archive and offers hands-on experience of development operations in a multicultural team. It is aimed at graduate-level students, and English and Turkish are both required.
9. 🇨🇭 Archivist Intern 🗄️ UN Library & Archives Geneva Archives Management Unit Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 📚
📅 Deadline: 10 November 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland · 👥 Graduate students and final-year bachelor's students whose field of study fits archive work · ⏳ 3 to 6 months
The archivist internship at the UN Library & Archives Geneva Archives Management Unit supports archival description and metadata work, helps in the reading room, re-boxes archives and joins the wider team activities. The intern also gains a general knowledge of the international organisations based in Geneva, and the internship is for graduate students and final-year bachelor's students whose field of study fits archive work.
10. 🇪🇸 International Relations Assistant 🌐 at ESIC Business & Marketing School Internship in Valencia, Spain 🤝
📅 Deadline: 13 November 2026
📍 Valencia, Spain · 👥 Recent Bachelor or Master graduates fluent in English and Spanish · ⏳ 7 months, full time
The ESIC Business & Marketing School Erasmus+ traineeship in Valencia places the trainee in an international relations office, looking after incoming and outgoing exchange students and handling everyday office communication by Teams, phone and email. The trainee builds digital skills along the way, and the traineeship is aimed at recent Bachelor or Master graduates who are fluent in English and Spanish.
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11. 🇦🇹 Digital Marketing & Social Media Intern 📱 edventure Studios Internship in Graz, Austria 🎬
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Graz, Austria (home-office options) · ⏳ 2 months
The edventure Studios Erasmus+ traineeship in Graz helps promote the studio's maths learning game. The intern plans and creates posts, graphics, Reels and short videos for Instagram and Facebook, improves the social media strategy through audience research and A/B tests, and can help prepare a crowdfunding campaign. Strong English is required.
12. 🇵🇹 Architecture Intern 📐 Diogo Nogueira Architecture Studio Internship in Porto, Portugal 🏛️ (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Porto, Portugal (on site) · 👥 Architecture students and recent graduates · ⏳ At least 6 months, full time · 💶 Paid
The Diogo Nogueira Architecture Studio internship in Porto lets the intern work directly with the team of a small design studio on ongoing projects, from research and concept development to drawings, 3D modelling, visualisation and presentations, with site visits when the projects call for them. It is for architecture students and recent graduates, and a good working knowledge of AutoCAD is required.
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13. 🇵🇹 Architecture Intern 📐 Fábio Peixoto Office Studio Internship in Porto, Portugal 🏗️ (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Porto, Portugal (on site) · 👥 Architecture students and recent graduates at Bachelor or Master level · ⏳ 6 months, full time · 💶 Paid
At Fábio Peixoto Office Studio in Porto, the intern works directly with the founder of a small studio on live projects, covering preliminary design, construction documents, 3D modelling, visualisation and presentations, plus site visits whenever possible. The internship is for architecture students and recent graduates at Bachelor or Master level, the working language is English and AutoCAD is a must-have tool.
14. 🇵🇹 Marketing & Communication Intern 🎬 ESN Lisboa Internship in Lisbon, Portugal 📸
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Lisbon, Portugal · 👥 Students · ⏳ 6 months, full time
The ESN Lisboa Erasmus+ traineeship in Lisbon has the intern support event photography, create posts and short videos such as Reels and TikToks, edit promotional videos and event recaps, develop a newsletter for international students and prepare visual materials for other departments. It is for students, and the working language is English.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which internships are paid and which are Erasmus+ traineeships?
Six internships are marked Paid and three are Erasmus+ traineeships. The Paid ones are the NEXA Development placements in Brussels (from €800/month) and Florence (from €300/month), the two UNDP ICPSD internships in Istanbul and the two architecture studios in Porto. The Erasmus+ traineeships are at ESIC Business & Marketing School in Valencia, edventure Studios in Graz and ESN Lisboa in Lisbon, and our guide to how to spot a real Erasmus+ project and avoid fake offers explains what a genuine call contains.
Who can apply for these internships?
Most calls are for students and recent graduates, in 9 countries. Some are narrower: the ESA traineeship is for recent master's graduates or final-year students in physics, geophysics or geoscience, and the ESIC traineeship in Valencia is aimed at recent Bachelor or Master graduates. Four calls ask for a second language besides English: French in Brussels, Spanish in Valencia and Turkish at both UNDP ICPSD internships in Istanbul. Our guide to writing a motivation letter helps when you put your application together.
Which deadline comes first?
The first deadline is 4 November 2026, shared by four internships: UNITAR in New York, NEXA Development in Brussels, ESA in Noordwijk and NEXA Development in Florence. The UN Library & Archives Geneva cultural internship follows on 7 November, the UNDP ICPSD IT and administrative internship and the UNIS internship close on 8 November, the UNDP ICPSD project operations internship on 9 November and the archivist internship on 10 November. Valencia closes on 13 November, Graz on 15 November and the three Portugal calls on 20 November, and our guide to preparing a strong application gives ten practical tips.
The roles group into five themes: administration, archives, outreach and IT at the UN bodies in New York, Geneva and Istanbul, Earth observation at ESA, hospitality and customer service with NEXA Development in Brussels and Florence, architecture in Porto, and international relations, marketing and communication in Valencia, Graz and Lisbon. Our guide to preparing your Europass CV is a good place to start whichever theme you choose.
Every internship above has its own page on Youth Works Hub, so choose the roles that match your studies and apply through each page. If one of them takes you to a new city, our guide to culture shock and homesickness abroad is worth a read before you go.
