Safety, housing, university credit, emergency contacts, and who supervises your son or daughter — every question parents ask, answered plainly before anyone commits to an internship abroad.
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Island Internship is an internship placement and support program. We match European university students with established businesses in Bali and Sri Lanka for 3 to 6 month placements that can count toward university credit requirements.
This is not a travel package or a gap-year program. Students do supervised work inside vetted companies, with the documents universities ask for before they approve an internship abroad. We handle placement matching, paperwork, visa guidance, housing coordination, and support on the ground.
At a glance
Students arrive in intakes, not one at a time. Fifteen to twenty-five other European students are in Bali on the same dates, most of them completing the same kind of required placement. These are their photos, not ours.
Your son or daughter isn’t being handed to a website. There is a personal supervisor at the company, a named person from our team in Bali, and a phone that a real human answers.
How we think about our responsibility to your family
Every student is placed with a specific person responsible for their week-to-week work — not a generic manager. That supervisor's name and contact details are shared with the student and form part of the official internship agreement.
Our team is reachable on WhatsApp throughout the placement — not just office hours. Housing, a concern at work, or anything practical: your son or daughter has a direct line to a real person who follows up.
The host supervisor completes a mid-term check-in and a final evaluation, both submitted to the university as part of the credit documentation. Supervision is built into the structure, not left informal.
You don't have to go through your son or daughter to reach us. Parents and guardians are welcome to contact our team directly at any point — for reassurance, an update, or if something feels off.
Students live in private rooms in shared houses in safe, central areas near other interns and the internship location. Accommodation is arranged and vetted before arrival — students receive the address and local information well ahead of departure.
In the Full Support program, housing is arranged directly. In Essentials, students receive guidance on suitable options and arrange it themselves. Either way the same standards apply — no one is dropped into unfamiliar accommodation unprepared.
Monthly rent is paid directly in destination by the student. Typical Bali accommodation starts from around €180 per month for a private room — for many students, lower than rent at home.
Every student is given a direct emergency contact number before departure — a real line to our in-destination team. Not a voicemail, not a call centre. If something happens, there is a named person to reach immediately.
Students can reach our team any time for placement concerns, housing issues, health questions, or anything unexpected. We respond, and we follow up.
Our team is physically present in Bali and Sri Lanka during the placement season — not remote-managing from Europe. For serious situations, there is someone to go to directly.
Every student receives a guide before flying, covering local safety, insurance, scooter safety, banking, SIM setup, emergency contacts, and what to do in their first week.
Every student must hold valid travel insurance covering medical emergencies, hospitalisation, and repatriation. We verify this on the pre-departure checklist and can recommend policies.
Students are placed on a C22B — Indonesia’s company internship visa (visa magang). It is the visa index intended for exactly this situation: a foreign student doing an internship at an Indonesian company. It is filed in advance through Indonesia’s official immigration eVisa system by an Indonesian entity — not a tourist visa converted after arrival.
Island Internship is not the visa sponsor. We coordinate the filing with the visa partner we work with and walk your child through their part of it. The process needs a passport scan, a passport photo, and the internship dates — the internship agreement with the host company supports the application, and we put that in place.
Visa approval is ultimately at the discretion of Indonesian immigration authorities. Requirements depend on nationality, placement duration, and current regulations, which can change — we check each student’s situation individually before advising.
Island Internship provides the documentation universities ask for before they approve an internship abroad — the internship agreement, learning objectives, supervisor details, mid-term evaluation, and final evaluation report. Students from these universities have completed credit-eligible placements through Island Internship:
If your son or daughter studies elsewhere, we work with their study coordinator to provide the format their university requires. Final credit decisions always rest with the university, so we recommend confirming approval with the study advisor early.
Two people. A named supervisor at the host company oversees their work, and the Island Internship team is reachable on WhatsApp throughout the placement. Both are named contacts, not a helpdesk.
Every student is given a direct emergency contact number before departure — a real line to our in-destination team, not a voicemail or call centre. Our team is physically present in Bali and Sri Lanka during the placement season.
We provide the documentation universities ask for — internship agreement, learning objectives, supervisor details, and mid-term and final evaluations. Final credit decisions always rest with the university, so we recommend confirming approval with the study advisor early.
Yes, and we encourage it. A 15-minute call usually covers the questions most parents have. Call +31 6 83660360 or send a WhatsApp message — from a parent, a student, or both together.
Helpful guides
We’re happy to speak with parents before their son or daughter applies. A 15-minute call usually covers everything — no commitment, and we reply within 48 hours.
