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Paris - Summer 2014
Paris - Summer 2015
THE PROGRAM
Texas A&M University partners with EUSA Academic Internship Programs to provide students with outstanding
international work experiences in Dublin, Madrid and Paris. Internships are available in virtually all professional
fields – private sector businesses, the law, NGOs, professional associations, schools, hospitals, political parties,
public policy think tanks and lobby groups, banking and finance, and many other areas.
Placements will be determined by your goals for your internship, prior experience, studies, and professional plans.
The EUSA internship team from each city will interview each successful applicant individually by phone or Skype
to discuss the internship process and your goals and expectations for the internship placement. You will be asked to
identify three different areas of interest/types of internships that match your internship learning goals. EUSA Paris
will use these to find an internship site that matches one of your interests. Placement Interviews and a Mandatory
Orientation will take place early in March 2015 for students accepted into the program. The internship teams ask
that you request work by type of work and industry sector rather specific company or organization names.
For more information please visit the EUSA website at www.eusainternships.org.
ACADEMIC COURSE
These internships are unpaid and all participating students will be required to receive academic credit for the
internships experience. Therefore, all students participating in this program will be enrolled in the Cooperative
Education Program class in their home department. As appropriate, additional 1-2 credit hours for the internship
may be negotiated on an individual basis with a professor in your home department to meet requirements for a 3
credit hour elective.
ELIGIBILITY
• Currently enrolled Texas A&M University students with a GPR of at least 2.80 and in good standing with the
University are eligible to apply. Students graduating prior to the program’s departure are ineligible to
participate in a TAMU/EUSA internship.
• Students must have successfully completed at least 45 credit hours, including any home department
requirement for enrollment in the Cooperative Education course.
• Students applying for an internship in Paris must be able to satisfactorily demonstrate language proficiency in
French. Placement in high-quality internships depends upon your ability to listen, converse, read and
write in French with a high level of proficiency. At minimum, you must demonstrate proficiency equivalent
to the skills achieved at the end of fifth semester university-level language study. Even though you hear that
English is the language of business in many countries, you cannot expect that English will be spoken in your
work setting.
• Students must have a current passport, valid for up to six months following the end of the internship program.
• Upon selection as a participant, the student agrees to provide all information requested and abide by the
program requirements. The EUSA online application materials must be completed prior to the phone
Placement Interviews in early March.
• Participants must provide evidence of health insurance coverage.
• Students must have demonstrated the ability to function effectively in a cross-cultural environment and to
uphold the image of Texas A&M University.
PROGRAM FEES* … AND SEE FOLLOWING SECTION ON EXPENSES NOT INCLUDED IN FEES!
PARIS: May 27 to July 25, 2015
Estimated Program Fees: $7,986, including Cooperative Education tuition/fees
• Placement in a 8-week professional practice internship in Paris
• Housing for 8.5 weeks with host families, some meals included (breakfast daily/dinner 3 nights/week)
• Tuition/fees for Cooperative Education enrollment at Texas A&M
• Telephone Placement Interview and pre-departure Orientation
• Welcome Reception and 3-day On-site Orientation in Paris
• Transportation from Paris Airport to host family on Arrival Day
• Third-Party Liability Insurance
• On-site EUSA Program Management / Internship Supervision
• 24-hour Emergency Contact for Health and Safety or Legal emergencies
• Cultural Activities and Social Program/Farewell Reception
* Estimated Program Fees are based upon one participant and may be adjusted, depending upon the final number of
student interns in the location.
HOUSING IS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM FEES.
Paris – for linguistic and cultural reasons, students will benefit from a home-stay in Paris in order to continue to
improve language skills outside the office environment. These pre-screened families live all around the city and
would normally be less than a 40-minute commute from the site of the internship. Students are provided with their
own key to the home and may come and go as they please, respecting the family’s schedules. Students are provided
with breakfast and are expected to eat lunch near the office. There is normally no Internet access from the home
and EUSA will provide advice on local Internet cafes.
Expenses NOT INCLUDED IN THE $7,986 FEES above:
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Roundtrip airfare
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All meals/food costs except breakfast daily and dinner three nights a week
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Commuting costs to/from internship site
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Taxi/shuttle from housing to airport for return trip to US
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Passport/Visa fees
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International health insurance (coverage required)
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Personal/Miscellaneous items such as all personal needs, international cell phone/plan, pleasure travel, gifts presented to host family.
PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY
A 50% Deposit will be billed late February and payment is required on/about March 15, 2015 upon selection for
the program; the balance will be paid in one installment. Full payment is due by April 30, 2015.
All refunds are based on written confirmation of participant withdrawal as of the date received by EUSA.
The refund is calculated on the basis of total program fees payable to EUSA as follows:
STAGE 1: Non-refundable $400.00 deposit/administrative fee for withdrawal from the program after
March 1, 2015.
STAGE 2: Beginning March 15th, any student who withdraws from the program will be responsible for the $400
administration fee plus any non-recoverable expenses, which are costs incurred or committed on your behalf.
Non-recoverable expenses will include housing that EUSA has contracted on your behalf, and the withdrawal fee
will be substantial. Last year the withdrawal fees for EUSA students in Stage 2 were over $4,300!
STAGE 3: From the first day of the Program, defined as “Arrivals Day”, no refund will be given.