UNIDO Internship Programme

Benefits & funding

• A monthly stipend based on the duty station, intended to help cover basic living costs.
• Full-time practical experience in a UNIDO unit for 3–6 months.
• Fully sponsored internships arranged through partner institutions may last up to 12 months with prior approval.
• Interns pay their own travel, visa, accommodation, insurance and personal expenses; UNIDO can provide a visa-support letter.
• UNIDO charges no application or recruitment fee.

Eligibility

• Academic status must meet one route: final-year Bachelor’s student; current Master’s or higher-degree student; or Bachelor’s or Master’s graduate whose internship begins within 12 months of graduation.
• Fluency in the working language of the duty station is required; individual postings may set additional language or subject requirements.
• Only nationals of these 173 UNIDO Member States can be accepted: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia (the), Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• No age, gender, residency or prior-work-experience requirement is stated on the current programme page.

Application process

1. 1
   Create or sign in to a candidate profile on the UNIDO Careers Portal and upload a CV and other relevant documents.
2. 2
   Review the current internship listings and select an assignment matching the applicant’s studies, languages and interests.
3. 3
   Submit a separate online application for the chosen vacancy; creating a profile alone is not an application, and email submissions are not accepted.
4. 4
   Only shortlisted candidates are contacted for an interview or assessment; reviewed applications may remain in UNIDO’s database for up to one year.

Program timeline

1. Regularly

   Internship assignments are posted on the UNIDO Careers Portal

2. Current Tokyo internship application deadline at 23:59 Vienna time

   Aug 17, 2026

3. As soon as possible

   Entry date for the current Tokyo assignment

4. First day of the agreed month, or next working day

   Standard internship start date