Internship in Bali. Verified placements for university students.

Island Internship matches students across six tracks: business and sales, marketing and brand, design and product, engineering and technology, science and sustainability, and hospitality and operations. Your specific role is matched to your degree, skills, dates, and academic requirements.

Look for a defined role, a named supervisor, written learning objectives, and the documents your university requires. Island Internship vets each host company against those standards and shows you the company and role before you accept a match.

Yes. Island Internship provides the full documentation package your university needs to approve an international placement — internship agreement, named supervisor, learning objectives, mid-term evaluation, and final evaluation report. Credit decisions always rest with your university, so we recommend confirming with your study coordinator early.

Most placements run 3 to 6 months. The minimum duration accepted by most European universities is 10 weeks. We can accommodate most academic calendar requirements — mention your dates when you apply.

Start 2 to 4 months before your preferred start date. Matching, university approval, and visa preparation all take time, so applying earlier usually gives you more suitable placement options.

Bali combines international startups, agencies, NGOs, hospitality businesses, and sustainability organisations with an established international student community. It suits students who want supervised work experience, university-credit documentation, and international career proof in a different operating environment.

Yes, with context. Bali is one of the most visited destinations in Southeast Asia with a well-established infrastructure for international visitors. Every student receives a pre-departure safety briefing covering traffic, health, banking, insurance, and what to do in an emergency. For a detailed guide, see our Bali internship safety page. Read our Bali safety guide →

No. Island Internship handles the matching. You submit your degree, field of interest, and preferred start date. We match you with a verified company in Bali and manage the placement agreement. You do not need to source a company independently.

The program fee is €449 (Essentials) or €649 (Full Support, including housing coordination). Monthly living costs in Bali typically run €440 to €630, covering accommodation, food, transport, and daily expenses, often lower than student rent in the Netherlands, Belgium, or Germany.

University internships in Bali are unpaid, and the reason is specific rather than vague: they run on a C22B internship visa, which does not permit wages or salary. We say so from first contact. There are also grants and funding options that can help cover your costs, and we can help you find and apply for the ones you qualify for. What the placement itself gives you is credit-eligible, supervised experience with documented outcomes for your CV.

Every student has a named supervisor at the host company from day one, a person responsible for your work, your learning objectives, and your mid-term and final evaluations. The supervisor is named in your internship agreement before you arrive, so you are never dropped at a desk without ownership.

The full package most European universities require to approve and grade a placement: an internship agreement, written learning objectives, a named supervisor, a mid-term evaluation, and a final evaluation report. If your university has its own forms, share them when you apply and we work with them.

Placements run a standard working week of around 32 to 40 hours, set with your host company and aligned to what your university requires for credit. Exact hours are agreed before you start so they match your learning agreement.

You are matched rather than handed a list, because the match is built around your degree, field, and start date. But you are never committed blind: you see the company, the team, and the role before you accept, and you can decline a match that is not right for you.

If a proposed match is not right, you decline it and we look again. There is no commitment until you accept a placement, so a first option that does not fit is part of the process, not the end of it.

Housing coordination is included in the Full Support program (€649). We help you secure accommodation around your intake instead of leaving you to arrange it cold from abroad. On Essentials (€449) you arrange housing yourself, and our Bali housing guide covers where interns live and what it costs.

Your internship runs on a C22B internship visa, which needs an Indonesian sponsor and is filed through Indonesia's official immigration eVisa system. We plan your visa route around your full internship duration, not just the initial entry, so it does not run out partway through. Our Bali visa guide covers routes, costs, timelines, and exactly what we help with.

You have local support through your placement, plus a pre-departure briefing covering health, traffic, banking, insurance, and emergencies. For families, we keep emergency contacts and the support structure documented on our For Parents page.

Yes. Alongside semester placements, we place students over the summer break, a mid year break, or a gap period during or after study. The practical floor is duration: most European universities require at least 10 weeks for credit, so a summer placement works best when it clears that minimum.

Yes, recent graduates can apply, not only enrolled students. If you are applying for credit you will need an enrolled status your university recognises. Graduates taking a placement for experience rather than credit are welcome. Tell us which applies when you apply.

Alumni have gone in very different directions. One former participant went on to an internship at Goldman Sachs after interning with one of our Bali partner companies, another to Tesla. Others have started their own companies or returned to finish their degree.