Location
  • Spain
    • Valencia

Program Details

Timeframe
Academic Year Fall Spring Spring Break Summer Year Round
Housing
Apartment Host Family
Language
Spanish
Jan 16, 2020
Aug 17, 2023
10 travelers are looking at this program

About Program

Looking to get some real world business experience? Need to improve your Spanish? Why not combine both in a unique study abroad experience?

At Euroace we collaborate with multiple companies across different sectors in Valencia, where you can complete an internship placement.
An internship in Valencia would be a natural extension of your academic studies, a great path to change professional sector or an opportunity to gain an overall view of the professional world. It's an unforgettable experience!

What's more, complementing your internship with Spanish language classes can provide you with the ultimate learning experience. Our language classes cater to all ability levels and are tailored to fit in around your internship work timetable.

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Program Highlights

  • An internship in Valencia is much more than just work experience. It gives you the opportunity to develop a global network of contacts
  • You will become a unique professional, enhancing future employment opportunities
  • You'll get to be fully immersed in Spanish, both at work and in class, accelerating your language learning
  • You can choose from a diverse range of fields and try new roles and tasks
  • You'll experience a brand new culture and gain an insight into how the native Spanish language sounds and also how your industry operates on a global level

Program Reviews

4.83 Rating
based on 6 reviews
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  • Growth 4.7
  • Support 5
  • Fun 4.85
  • Housing 4.7
  • Safety 5
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Daniel
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Professional and Personal Growth in Valencia

I had a really awesome internship with a company called IVICSA, and I was set up with a full network of support from Euroace, through Intern Abroad HQ. I was given Spanish language lessons, I attended group activities, and Euroace acted as an intermediate liaison to set me up with that internship position in the first place. Valencia is a beautiful city with a number of wonderful people and places, and given the duration of my stay, I felt like I was there for just long enough and empowered to be independent and take full advantage of the opportunity. I had a wonderful time.

Pros
  • Many students my age, all English-speaking, who were easy to approach and hang out with
  • City was easy to navigate with a lot of fun things to see and do
  • My internship position afforded me the ability to do professionally/intellectually satisfying work
Cons
  • It can be a bit disorienting being in a foreign place for the first time I suppose, especially when everyone speaks a different language
27 people found this review helpful.
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JUAN
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Summer Associate

"Learning through experience has been one of the best things I've come away with from my internship. I have learnt a lot about how law works in the European Union, my role opening doors for me to come to Europe and work in the field of law. I was involved in a series of different tasks related to trademarks, patents, designs, registrations and intellectual property infringement. I was responsible for drafting applications submitted on behalf of my company's brands, responding to oppositions received from other brands, filing complaints for intellectual property rights violations, conducting brand and design comparisons, researching current legislation on patents and trademarks, and interacting with trademark registration offices in the European Union. Legal multiculturalism has been one of the most enriching experiences I have acquired."

29 people found this review helpful.
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Philipp
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great School

Euroace provided me with an internship and I had daily classes for nearly 5 months.
The organization of everything was super smooth, staff and teachers were top notch and the classes were always fun.
I went frim 0 knowledge of Spanish to be able to communicate freely and confidently in everyday situations.

The internship was okay. As I had previous knowledge in the field I didn't learn very much, but was able to experience Spanish working culture and immerse myself into day to day business.

Valencia is a great and safe city! Mountains are nearby, the school is in the city center and the beach easily accessible.

I would highly recommend Euroace to everyone who wants to learn Spanish and immerse him-/herself into Spanish culture

82 people found this review helpful.
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James
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Internship in Human resources and Spanish Classes

I am staying in Valencia for 7 months taking an Internship with an organization called Fundación Equipo Humano and at the same time, participating in group and private Spanish classes.

I took this program because I am doing an internship as part of my placement year at university, where I am currently in my third year of a Business Management and Psychology degree. I decided to do my placement in Spain as I have always wanted to learn Spanish and so I thought why not combine this with an internship placement, and do them together.

The internship I am doing is very interesting, with many innovation and creativity projects to collaborate on, as well as HR projects too. All the tasks are related to people and this is something I really enjoy, especially the fact that we work with people from many different countries.

My Spanish course consists of 6 hours of group classes and a 1 hour private class each week. It's nice to have the private classes as I started as a beginner so I feel it's necessary, and the group classes are also fun to get to know other people.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
I would say definitely get some basic phrases before you come, so you can communicate a little bit! Also it is great living in a shared apartment because you can meet really cool people. My roommates have been mainly international and this has been an amazing experience. Lastly, I'd say throw yourself into it, don't be afraid to participate because everyone is really friendly here.
76 people found this review helpful.
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Arthur
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Internship and Spanish Experience

For my study abroad program in Valencia, I firstly chose to do an Internship in a bilingual school, where the kids learn in both Spanish and English. My internship role included helping out with English in the classroom, talking to the students in English and helping them to speak in their second language, supervising them during activities and break times. I worked with 6-7 year olds and it was a great chance to get a feel for the education field. However, I decided to change my internship after a few weeks because I wanted to try a business related internship and I also preferred something closer to where I was living, without such a long commute.

Euroace organized a second internship with me within 2 days and so I was able to join a professional football club and look into the sports business industry, and i didn't have to waste any time before getting into a new experience. I started my internship by sitting down with the Villarreal CF supervisor and discussing my interests. I decided to focus more on a graphic design and marketing role, and some of my tasks included designing brochures, video editing for the marketing department, and designing promotional banners and materials.

My course also involved taking Spanish classes every day. This really helped me to improve my speaking and listening skills, and it gave me a good amount of time every day to communicate with people on the same level as me and feel like I could make mistakes and ask if I didn't understand something.

Something that made the program a lot easier was the structure. The internship and the classes worked perfectly together, so the timetable was easy to get used to!

I loved Valencia and especially the Turia park. You can cycle, run, or just look around and find different festivals and events going on all the time. It was a great city, not too big, and with nice weather to enjoy being outside!

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
My advice would be to try and put yourself out of your comfort zone. In the first few weeks I think it's really important to try to meet new people, and once you've met some, you'll meet more and more. Just remember that everyone is in the same boat as you, and so don't be afraid to meet people. Then you have more options to go out and more things to do with people. Also I'd say practice Spanish outside the classroom and don't be nervous to do it, because I wish I had done this more. And of course, live in the moment!
87 people found this review helpful.
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Gabriel
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

10 weeks internship in Valencia

First of all, I'm a French Canadian Master Student who needed to do an internship to graduate. Being an International Business Major, I thought to myself "Why not do one abroad, it would be a great experience".
Since I already did an exchange in Asia, I wanted to see how it is to live in Europe. I chose Valencia because the program was really affordable with good reviews and had a program related to international business. It was a country which I've already visited although a new city. I could also learn Spanish by the same time which is really useful seeing the number of Spanish speaking countries.
The program staff was really supportive before and throughout the internship. The same can be said for the company employees hosting me. It was a travel agency located in the marina in a open space startup incubator/accelerator. It specialized in tours in South America with customers from all over the world.
I lived with a host family to learn more about the culture. Some other students/interns came and left during my time there so it was a great way to meet people from other countries.
All in all, it was a great experience which I would recommend to others greatly.

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I would try to take Spanish classes to really learn the language. There is no better way than to live it. I also would have tried to go to more activities to meet more people. My biggest problem was a lack of time, most internships are 4-5 hours but I needed to do 8h per day for my university.
89 people found this review helpful.

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