Location
  • Spain
    • Bilbao
Length
1 to 52 weeks

Program Details

Compensation
Stipend
Timeframe
Fall Spring Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round
Housing
Apartment
Language
Spanish
Weekly Hours
20
Age Min.
14
Age Max
90

Pricing

Starting Price
150
Price Details
A practical placement appropriate for your professional background in local companies. (Usually 20 hours/week max)
Accommodation in apartments, host family or residences, walking distance to School
Ongoing orientation and assistance
Learn Spanish in the mornings
Free leisure and cultural activities
Certificate of attendance
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Meals Visa Wifi
Jan 26, 2025
Jul 29, 2024
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About Program

Why just visit Spain…live Spain instead!

Are you hoping to put your Spanish language into practice while boosting your resume by interning with a Spanish company? The Instituto Hemingway is the place for you. For over 25 years, we’ve provided affordable International Programs all over Spain.

The opportunities are endless: from agriculture to culinary arts, teaching English healthcare to law, hospitality to education, we’ll help you find your perfect placement. Our internships are geared towards boosting your professional development in the field of your choosing to help you onto the career ladder. We’ll ensure you smoothly settle into Spanish life: you’ll be picked up from the airport when you arrive, and before beginning your placement you’ll have two weeks of Spanish classes.

Our programs’ flexibility will make sure you get the cultural and professional experience of a lifetime!

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Diversity & Inclusion 💙

There are LGBTQIA+ friends, colleagues, and allies throughout the world. However, cultural understanding of gender identity and sexuality does vary from country to country. Instituto Hemingway has compiled a lot of resources to help you through that learning process.
Instituto Hemingway is dedicated to working closely with students with disabilities to ensure the best study abroad experience possible. You may request reasonable accommodations after your initial application is complete. We routinely receive requests for scheduling, material, and environmental accommodations for the classroom setting, which may include assistive technology, scribes and readers, printed material, and interpretation.

Impact 🌎

Environmentally-conscious students choose Instituto Hemingway because many of our volunteer programs are held here in Bilbao, a sustainability accredited city. There are options to take volunteer programs in sustainability and the environment, as well as field trips and studies where students can leave a lasting impact on their host country
Instituto Hemingway is a professional, ethical, and hardworking organization that is completely dedicated to providing a great experience to every student, participant, client, faculty leader, and partner who joins us.

Program Highlights

  • The duration of our program is flexible based on your requirements: programs usually range between 1 and 3 months.
  • Emergency support and supervision
  • Visa help in case needed
  • The Instituto Hemingway’s internship programs are the most affordable you will find, period.
  • Work experience, language acquisition, and cultural immersion are key components of all our programs.

Popular Programs

Internship with us

Are you a University or College degree student in search of a internship/stage placement ? We can take you as an intern from 3 months on and visa help in case needed. We coordinate a variety of paid internships and educational programs in Spain. There are endless options for you - the hardest part is picking which one you want to do! We’ll also assist you with your documentation and the logistics, including accommodation, language courses, and cultural programs. We are totally flexible.

Culinary Arts Internship with the Instituto Hemingway

From tapas to paella, Spain is revered for its exquisite cuisine. Our Culinary Arts Internship won’t just give you a flavor of the vibrant variety of Spanish delicacies, it will immerse you in the techniques needed to perfect them. Ideal for aspiring chefs and restaurateurs, there’s no better way to demonstrate to future employers your commitment to a culinary career, adaptability to different situations, and readiness for the demands of a professional kitchen. ¡Que aproveche!

Paid Internship Working at Top Hotels with the Instituto Hemingway

Internships at one of Spain’s top hotels are a quick and cheap way to get closer to Spanish language and culture whilst earning money. With locations all over Spain, we will find the perfect place for you. Choose from a variety of positions in the hospitality industry: from catering to administrative roles, we’ll make sure your placement is tailored to your specific career aspirations. You’ll work 40 hours per week and be guided by a supervisor committed to supporting your professional growth.

Program Reviews

4.96 Rating
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Paula
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

The best summer in my life

The application process was a breeze as everything on behalf of Instituto Hemingway was handled extremely efficiently and Alfredo Orive and Jose Lopez were exceptionally helpful and was delightful in general in helping me to get to the perfect summer internship in Northern Spain.

The Internship was exactly how I imagined it to be, if not better. The tasks were the same as mentioned beforehand and there were no nasty surprises; I can only recommend working as an English teacher as it is an ideal experience for someone in the early/mid 20's.

Students were very pleasant and also my Spanish improved.

All of the staff were like a small family and I am extremely grateful for how they welcomed me and gave me the best experience.

It was probably the best summer of my life to live in Spain and work as an English teacher for 2 months.

What would you improve about this program?
I would have liked to get even more time interacting with the kids and their families but overall it was a fantastic experience. I just loved their willing to learn English and spend time with teachers.
93 people found this review helpful.
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Sandra
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I loved teaching English in Spain

The internship had fulfilled all my expectations, the tasks were as explained in the contract. I was surprised by the willingness of the managers and co-workers explaining me stuff I wanted to know and even more. My students were fantastic and loved my accent! I learned so much from as they from me.

The conditions were good, the manager have tried to always check with us how we feel, and we were free to communicate with him if we feel uncomfortable about anything and if it was within his competences, he did what was the best. I found my colleagues little bit hard to make friends with, but we have end up having very good relationship and interesting talks. It is very important to feel support from your co-workers and I can confess I felt part of a team.

I feel like this type of work is kind of easy for me, I was aiming for the higher position and I feel ready to accept more responsibility and load of tasks. I have been capable and responsible worker and it was noticed and appreciated by my workers and managers. I can summarise the internship as successful and enriching.

What would you improve about this program?
I wish I could have signed for longer than 3 months. It was a really rewarding program. It helped me to discover my real vocation. If I had to say something to be improved I would have said perhaps longer training to go to class with much more confidence.
98 people found this review helpful.
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Venus
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Astonishing experience

I was in Spain for five months in addition of two months studying Spanish. I came there with very little of the language and that was what I wanted, part of the challenge. Fortunately with Instituto Hemingway I had great help into getting acquainted with the city, like organizing the program and making the whole process a lot easier. I cannot imagine doing that without someone here helping me, it would have been ridiculous. I recommend to everyone to having the opportunity to learn what I learned here in a very economical price compared to the United States or anywhere else in the world. ave me all the classic recipes from Spanish cuisine, from paellas to pastas to steaks to desserts, everything. All the ingredients were always ready for us, they gave us lots of helpful tips on how to tweak the recipes a little bit. We had so much fun together, not only cooking, but I also made a lot of long term friends and we interchanged tips between ourselves and we made delicious food.
Overall I had a great experience with hemingway and all the activities they provided us, at night or even during the weekends were so much fun and just a great way to see the city, so definitely do that.
It was a great experience; Northern Spain is a beautiful place

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
I learnt to cook squids in black sause. At the beginning it was disgusting but then I thought; everybody says is delicious and then I tried it and it was absolutely fabulous!!
102 people found this review helpful.
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John
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Fantastic experience with Culinary Arts

I was in Spain for five months in addition of two months studying Spanish. I came there with very little of the language and that was what I wanted, part of the challenge. Fortunately with Instituto Hemingway I had great help into getting acquainted with the city, like organizing the program and making the whole process a lot easier. I cannot imagine doing that without someone here helping me, it would have been ridiculous. I recommend to everyone to having the opportunity to learn what I learned here in a very economical price compared to the United States or anywhere else in the world. ave me all the classic recipes from Spanish cuisine, from paellas to pastas to steaks to desserts, everything. All the ingredients were always ready for us, they gave us lots of helpful tips on how to tweak the recipes a little bit. We had so much fun together, not only cooking, but I also made a lot of long term friends and we interchanged tips between ourselves and we made delicious food.
Overall I had a great experience with hemingway and all the activities they provided us, at night or even during the weekends were so much fun and just a great way to see the city, so definitely do that.
It was a great experience; Northern Spain is a beautiful place.

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
I learnt to cook squids in black sause. At the beginning it was disgusting but then I thought; everybody says is delicious and gave a try and it was absolutely fabulous!!
99 people found this review helpful.
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Frank
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Best experience ever learning Spanish and working in Spain!

Instituto Hemingway is the best school, where students learn from different conversations and games, it is so fun and enjoyable to learn Spanish in that way. Marta and Eli are the professors that taught me for this month and I liked it a lot. I will miss them and hope to have them for my future classes that I will take with Instituto Hemingway. Thank you Instituto Hemingway for that opportunity! I would recommend you to take classes with this school. The teachers are great and I love how there’s an emphasis on speaking and listening which helps immerse yourself better. The location is convenient and their prices are really reasonable. After 4 weeks learning Spanish I went to Southern Spain to a fabulous hotel to work as a waiter while improving my Spanish. That was a blast!! I worked many hours but my colleagues were the best ever too!

109 people found this review helpful.
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Lena
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My wonderful internship in Spain

I went to Spain by this program and I can highly recommend this program for experiencing with the new cultures and gain more practice on Spanish. I have made a lot friends which I still keep in touch with them in business life. I took 4 weeks of Spanish courses before going to the placement in a top hotel. That made me more confident in my Spanish.

Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - I worked as a kitchen sous in a top hotel in Southern Spain.

116 people found this review helpful.
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Wendy
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Work experience in Spain

I had the time of my life there in Spain. I enjoyed so much working with people from all over the world. The experience was the best one I have ever had and I can´t wait to go back. I have to say that I learnt a lot, not only at work but also outside of work. The school organised these amazing cultural activities that made me understand and appreciate their culture. As far as my job is concerned, I loved working with people from different countries with different traditions and life-styles, and I learnt new things or facts about their lives. I learnt how to work in an office or how to solve unexpected problems. All in all, I loved this experience.

What would you improve about this program?
I missed a tight schedule during my internship. They were too flexible and some days I went late to the company.
128 people found this review helpful.

Questions & Answers

According to their website, http://www.institutohemingway.com/internships-in-spain.php "We suggest you to undertake a course of Spanish before starting your internship or while you are undertaking it. It will help you to communicate better and enjoy your experience in Spain".

The minimum period combined with Spanish courses is one month. The program is totally flexible.