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ST Sicily Group

Why choose ST Sicily Group?

At STSicily, we specialize in connecting students from around the world with impactful internship opportunities in Italy's top local and international companies. Our Internship Camp offers a unique blend of professional development, personal growth and cultural immersion, designed to prepare you for a competitive global job market.​

Why Choose STSicily?

- Diverse Internship Placements: Gain hands-on experience in various industries, including marketing, business development, sales, psychology, art history, education and engineering.​
- Comprehensive Support: Benefit from on-site tutoring, soft skills workshops, and continuous mentorship throughout your internship.​
- Cultural Enrichment: Immerse yourself in Italy's rich heritage, enhancing your global perspective and adaptability.​

Embark on a transformative journey with STSicily and position yourself for success in today's interconnected world.

Enrolling for Summer Camp and Fall 2026!!

Website
www.stsicily.it
Founded
2014

Frequently asked questions

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Diversity & Inclusion 💙

At STSicily, we know that true cultural immersion requires emotional and physical safety. Having hosted over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to supporting our BIPOC participants is built on three holistic pillars:

Pre-Departure Cultural Grounding: We prepare students for the specific cultural landscape of Italy. We facilitate candid conversations about local social dynamics to set realistic expectations, ensuring students feel equipped to navigate their identity in a new environment.

Holistic On-Site Mentorship: Processing cross-cultural intersections can be complex. Our on-the-ground team utilizes active listening and regular check-ins to create a safe space for students. We provide dedicated support so they always have an advocate in their corner.

Intentional Professional Placements: We rigorously vet our local partners across all industries to ensure participants are placed in work environments that respect their identity and actively value their diverse perspectives
At STSicily, we believe a truly holistic internship experience requires every student to feel completely safe bringing their authentic selves abroad. Having facilitated placements for over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to supporting our LGBTQIA+ participants is centered on three core pillars:

Pre-Departure Context and Grounding: We provide transparent, localized guidance before arrival. We discuss the realities of Italian culture — including navigating a gendered language and understanding regional social norms — so students are fully prepared and never caught off guard.

Holistic On-Site Mentorship: Our on-the-ground team serves as an active, empathetic support system. Through regular check-ins and active listening, we create a secure space for students to process their cross-cultural experiences, ensuring they always have a trusted advocate.

Inclusive Professional Placements: We carefully evaluate our host organizations to ensure they foster inclusive, respectful professional settings that honor our students' identities, regardless of their specific internship field.
At STSicily, we recognize that thriving in a new culture requires an environment where cognitive differences are actively supported. Having guided over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to supporting neurodivergent participants is built on three core pillars:

Pre-Departure Routine Mapping: We proactively discuss what daily life in Italy actually looks like — from sensory environments to changes in cultural pacing. We help students anticipate schedule disruptions and co-create strategies for executive functioning and sensory regulation before they ever board a plane.

Structured On-Site Mentorship: Our on-the-ground team provides consistent, predictable support. We utilize active listening and clear communication frameworks to help students process sensory or social overwhelm, ensuring they always have a secure space to recalibrate.

Structured Professional Placements: We collaborate closely with our local partners to ensure placements provide clear expectations, structured roles, and a professional setting where our students' unique cognitive strengths are supported and valued.
At STSicily, we believe that physical and logistical barriers should never stand in the way of a meaningful international experience. Having facilitated placements for over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to accessibility is built on three core pillars:

Pre-Departure Logistical Auditing: We do not leave accessibility to chance. Long before arrival, we conduct a transparent assessment of the student's specific needs against the realities of Italian infrastructure. We map out accessible housing, evaluate commute routes, and secure necessary local medical or logistical accommodations to ensure a seamless transition.

Holistic On-Site Advocacy: Navigating a historic environment with accessibility needs can be exhausting. Our on-the-ground team acts as continuous advocates. Through active listening and regular check-ins, we troubleshoot daily physical barriers and provide the emotional support necessary to prevent accessibility fatigue.

Accessible Professional Placements: We rigorously vet our host organizations to ensure their facilities and operational structures are as accessible as possible, allowing our students to focus purely on their professional development rather than logistical hurdles.

Impact 🌎

At STSicily, we believe that international education must positively impact both the student and the host community. Having facilitated placements for over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to sustainable programming is built on three core pillars:

Pre-Departure Resource Education: We actively shift students' mindsets before they arrive. We provide transparent guidance on local resource management in Italy — from strict municipal waste regulations to energy conservation in historic buildings — ensuring students adopt sustainable daily habits from day one.

Holistic On-Site Economic Impact: We deliberately design our operations to keep economic benefits local. From utilizing regional public transportation to partnering with locally owned vendors and community-based enterprises, our on-the-ground team ensures our cohorts actively support the Sicilian economy.

Ethical Professional Placements: We rigorously vet our host organizations across all industries to ensure they demonstrate social responsibility, ethical practices, and a commitment to their community. We place students in environments where their professional development yields a net positive impact for the region.
At STSicily, we believe that an international internship must be built on mutual respect and reciprocity, never extraction. Having facilitated placements for over 900 students since 2016 from institutions like Harvard and the University of Miami, our approach to ethical impact is built on three core pillars:

Pre-Departure Cultural Humility: We dismantle the 'savior complex' before students even arrive. We train our cohorts on the principles of ethical engagement, setting clear expectations that their role is to listen, learn, and collaborate alongside local professionals rather than to 'fix' cultural differences.

Holistic On-Site Engagement: Navigating new socio-economic realities can be challenging for students. Our on-the-ground team utilizes active listening and guided reflection sessions to help students process these complexities, ensuring they interact with local civic initiatives and social cooperatives with deep respect and understanding.

Reciprocal Professional Placements: We rigorously vet our host organizations to guarantee that student placements never displace local labor or burden the host. We carefully design roles that foster a genuine, two-way exchange of skills and perspectives, ensuring our presence provides a direct, ethical benefit to the Sicilian community.

Reviews

Emma
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Nine-week internship with St-Sicily and Senza frontiere as a Canadian nursing student

This summer, for nine weeks, I had the opportunity to complete a nursing internship with the Senza Frontiere organization, an experience arranged and supported by St-Sicily. The internship took place in multiple centers for minor male refugees, making it a rich cultural and human immersion. What impacted me the most was the human connection: bonding with these young men, sharing a genuine exchange of cultures with both them and the centers' staff, and contributing to giving them a memorable summer. While I didn't feel that I particularly developed on a professional level, the experience was immensely rewarding on a relational and cultural level. Also, it allowed me to consolidate my vision of community health and reinforce my career ambitions: working as close as possible to communities, rather than in a hospital setting. The social aspect was also a major highlight, with the chance to meet many other students, learn Italian in my workplace, and explore Sicily through various activities organized by St-Sicily. Since my colleague and I were the first to do this type of internship in this specific setting with Senza Frontiere and St-Sicily, not everything was seamless upon our arrival, but things steadily improved week after week. Furthermore, although the accommodation lacked some amenities and we experienced Wi-Fi issues, Andrea and Piero did everything they could to resolve these problems. Andrea was consistently dedicated, attentive, and responsive to all the students' needs, showing a true willingness to listen to our feedback and integrate our recommendations to continuously improve the program. Overall, a huge thank you to Andrea and Piero for their guidance and commitment throughout this stay!

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I would recommend taking Italian classes for at least six months before coming, in order to truly enhance the experience since almost no one in the centers speak english or french.
Massiva
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

An Unforgettable Experience in Sicily: Professional, Cultural and Human

My name is Massiva, I’m studying Nursing, and during the summer of 2026, I had the opportunity to complete my internship in Sicily through ST Sicily. My experience with ST Sicily was honestly amazing from start to finish. I felt really well supported throughout the whole experience, and the team was always there whenever I had a problem or an unexpected situation came up. What reassured me the most was knowing that I would never be left alone without a solution. This experience also gave me so much on a personal and cultural level. I got to discover a different culture, meet so many new people and experience things I probably never would have experienced otherwise. Thanks to ST Sicily, I also had the unique opportunity to work with Senza Frontiere, a refugee reception centre that I genuinely think deserves to be better known. I met some incredibly kind and touching people there, and the experience really stayed with me. It allowed me to discover a completely different professional environment, develop new skills and, most importantly, have an experience that was incredibly meaningful on a human level. I’m genuinely grateful to ST Sicily, Andrea and Piero, for their support and for giving me the opportunity to live such a complete and unforgettable experience. I would absolutely recommend them to anyone looking for a professional, cultural and human experience abroad! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What was the most unfamiliar thing you ate?
Arancini, and the best ones are in Balestrate !
Pros
  • Excellent support
  • Rich cultural experience
  • Meaningful professional experience
What other participants should know
  • The transport services can be late
  • Language barrier, you can always use google trad !
  • Leaving the people you met
Gabriella
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Summer 2026 internship

My 2026 internship experience in Sicily was truly one of the best experiences I have ever had. From the moment I arrived, I felt welcomed, supported, and excited for everything that was ahead of me. Sicily itself was absolutely amazing the culture, the people, the food, and the beautiful places I was able to explore made this experience so unforgettable.

Andrea was such an incredible support throughout my entire internship. He was always there whenever we needed anything, whether it was something related to our internship, traveling, or simply having someone to turn to. Knowing that he was always available and willing to help made being so far from home feel much easier.

The students I worked with were also amazing. Getting to know them, learning from them, and being part of their everyday experience was something I will always remember. They made my internship so enjoyable and gave me memories that I will carry with me long after leaving Sicily.

This internship gave me the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally while experiencing a completely different culture. I am so grateful for every person I met, every place I visited, and every experience I had. I would absolutely recommend this program to anyone looking for an internship abroad. Sicily will always hold such a special place in my heart, and I am so thankful I got to call it home for a little while.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
My biggest piece of advice for future students is to take every opportunity that comes your way and don’t be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone. Moving to another country can feel overwhelming at first, but you quickly realize how many amazing experiences are waiting for you.

Be open to meeting new people, especially the locals and other interns, because the friendships you make can become one of the best parts of the experience. I would also encourage you to explore as much as possible. Sicily has so much to offer, and some of my favorite memories came from traveling, and experiencing the culture outside of my internship.
Mackenzie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing summer in Sicily!

The STSicily Program is amazing and I would highly recommend! For one, there are very diverse internship opportunities for a wide range of interests, careers, and even ages. I completed an internship in Clinical Psychology, which exposed me to a Sicilian based therapy that I had never had the chance to learn about, but I made friends from all different countries, ages, with wide interests from marketing to international trade. Andrea is an amazing support and makes the program very meaningful - I have studied abroad before and really appreciate the way this program is run and that there is a close staff always available for help and who genuinely cares about the students. Balestrate is a beautiful city that is very affordable and felt very safe. Even though I was only there for a month, I felt like I made another home in the town and look forward to returning and maintaining connections with STSicily.

Pros
  • Amazing living situation in an area that felt very safe
  • Excursions, workshops, and activities
  • Diverse student group
Clément
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

my internship at st sicily!

From the hassle-free taxi transfer upon arrival in Palermo to meeting my two roommates, everything started smoothly. My internship at Sartoria Sociale was clearly the highlight of the experience: being able to apply what I had learned in class to real projects in sustainable fashion made the work deeply rewarding.

Of course, not everything was perfect. We encountered a few issues with our apartment early on, but Andrea from the team went out of his way to help us, resolving every problem within 24 hours and at no extra charge.

If you are looking for hands-on professional experience supported by an incredibly responsive local team, I highly recommend this program!

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Do not hesitate to contact Andrea (and all the St sicily staff) with any issue you could have about annything. He is very helpfull with any issue that you'd envounter.
Pros
  • Accessibily
  • The culture
  • And the proximity of the locals
What other participants should know
  • Some locals can be rude if you are not used to the culture.

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