Advanced Internship

This course is for students in the Master's Programme in Communication and Media Studies. You spend 15 weeks at your place of internship and 5 weeks writing an empirical essay. For the essay, the internship period is considered fieldwork. The essay is examined through hand-ins and a mandatory examination seminar. You receive grades according to the A-F grading scale.

There is a shorter internship course of 15 credits. The course is given at the undergraduate level, meaning you only receive the grade of Pass or Fail. It must be combined with another 15-credit course at the Department of Communication or another department or university to fit the Master's Programme structure.

How to choose where to intern

We accept most kinds of places of internships as long as the organisation agrees to supervise you. Importantly, you are responsible for finding a place for an internship. Consider why you applied to the programme in the first place. See it as good practice for your plans in life.

Students graduating from the programme are prepared for professional opportunities in research education, academia, media and cultural industries (including journalism), national and international policy and production sectors, commercial and public service organisations, and NGOs.

We recommend you consider your master's thesis and future career interests when choosing where to apply. What do you feel passionate about? What are you curious about? Students who manage to focus on their interests usually end up with a better thesis than those who only choose what they believe future employers might be impressed by.

Think wide: as a master's student of media and communication studies, you have a broad social sciences and cultural studies profile that fits many parts of the professional world.

Read through the documentation on the right-hand side of this page. They contain a lot of information relevant even as you go through the application process. As you are the one applying, you need to be an expert on how the course works, to be able to pitch yourself.

Non-Swedish speakers and non-EU/EEA citizens

If you aren’t Swedish speaking, there are fewer options in Sweden, as many organisations require Swedish speakers. Students in this situation broaden their search to their home countries, other countries where they speak the language, and the Copenhagen area where there are more international companies and organisations.

You must be back in Lund when the thesis course begins in mid-January, otherwise, you will not be registered for the course. Students in Sweden on a residence permit (non-EU/EEA citizens), there are specific rules for you to be aware of if you leave the country. Residence permit regulations for internships vary based on your country of citizenship and internship programme. Visit the Swedish Migration Agency’s website for more information.

Funding

As an intern, you are formally enrolled in a course and usually eligible for the same financial support as in other courses. If you are not receiving such support, search for places offering paid internships. For some internships abroad, you can receive stipends from Erasmus.

Go to the LU internship website for more information.