International Cooperative Education

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BRAZIL| Top
   BRAZIL - CEPEL ELECTRIC ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, Special Technologies Department, Superconductivity Laboratory.  Internships in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, material sciences and engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, applied chemistry and applied physics.  Basic conversational Portuguese is required to communicate outside the lab.  Knowledge of computer programming is desirable: C, C++, MathLab, MathCAD, etc. (this would be desirable if a person would work with computational simulation).  CEPEL has about 500 employees and is the major energy provider to the City of Rio de Janeiro.
    BRAZIL - Eletrobras Cepel Electric Energy Research Center in Rio de Janeiro. Special Technologies Department, Superconductivity Laboratory. Undergraduates receive 800 Reais per month, graduates earn 1,500 Reais per month. Free lunch and free shuttle service. For majors in Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, Applied physics and chemistry, material engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, renewable energies. Local staff assists with housing accommodations
   BRAZIL - ISER Instituto de Estudos da Religiao, partially supported by the Ford Foundation, Gloria, Rio de Janeiro. Volunteer positions in the fields of neighborhood watch, research, training , gender studies, public security.

COLOMBIA | Top
    COLOMBIA - Teach English at Rotary project in Bogota
    COLOMBIA - in Bogota.  Fiduprevisora investment banking company, room and board provided.  Unpaid. High level of Spanish required.
    COLOMBIA - Bogota. Work for government legislature.  Excellent Spanish required.  Ideal for political science major.  Unpaid.  

COSTA RICA | Top
    COSTA RICA - Teach English at Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano in San Jose de Costa Rica, with room and board and a small monthly stipend of $ 70.- minimum of three terms = six months

FINLAND | Top
   FINLAND -   Jot-Automation: a subsidiary of Rohwedder Electronics.  www.jotautomation.com Production solutions in Oulu.  Computer design work for robotics, automation processes, hardware, software, manufacturing logistics, building and designing prototypes.

FRANCE | Top
FRANCE - Summer camp counselor - Camping Mayotte Vacances in Biscarrosse
FRANCE - Chateau Mirambeau - hospitality work in a boutique hotel (Relais & Château). Some French is needed.
FRANCE - Banking and retail sales in several cities

INDIA | Top
Volkswagen: in Mumbai and Pune (production site) – automotive and mechanical engineering
Rehabilitation, education and cultural development center for abused children.  Unpaid volunteer positions in several locations. 
IRELAND - New Media Technology.  Various engineering positions.

INDONESIA  | Top
Unique opportunity for a student majoring in the field of ecology or composting to work  for a large recycling plant on the island of Bali

IRELAND | Top
    IRELAND - North County Leader www.northcountyleader.ie, a newspaper company in Dublin. For students majoring in journalism.
 IRELAND - Codec www.codec.ie in Dublin.  Computer engineering.

JAPAN | Top
1.  JAPAN (Room and Board provided) - The Co-Op Net Group will accept up to 9 students to work from June 20 until August 20, assignments to various retail stores and one food / non-food distribution center. Japanese language proficiency at least end of second year. Housing with local families. Ideal for business majors.

2. Via the International Department of the Japanese Consumers’ Co-Operative Union (JCCU) , work in either day care centers for the elderly, or provide medial assistance.  Please read www.jccu.coop/eng

LAOS | Top
     LAOS (English only) - Caruso Handicrafts in Vientiane and Luang Prabang. www.carusolao.com One student who can help with a website and other IT tasks including marketing.
     LAOS - English only required.  Work in a computer center teaching school-age children how to use computers. 


MEXICO | Top
   MEXICO - Mision Mexico: Dando Amor, Vida y Esperanza, an orphanage with 42 children in Chiapas, Southern Mexico
 

POLAND | Top
 1. Teaching English for some members of the Methodist Church in Ostroda.
2. Teaching English for the King’s School of English in Ostroda.

SPAIN | Top
Paid internships in marketing, communication, administration, public relations, advertising, tourism, international relations, working for NGOs, human rights advocates.  Internships include either full room and board with a host family, or dormitory-style accommodations.