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Are you looking for

  • A career-launching leadership experience?
  • A network of friends and contacts across Latvia and worldwide?
  • An opportunity to work and live abroad?

Welcome to AIESEC!

AIESEC offers unmatched opportunities to ambitious individuals ready for a challenge in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Exchange is the most intense learning experience that we offer and links together our global network. Each year, we provide over 4,500 members the challenging opportunity to live and work in a foreign country in areas of management, information technology, education, and development.

Types of Exchanges:



Details and Logistics:
  • Duration: 6 weeks to 18 months
  • Salary covers living costs except development internships
  • Matching takes in average 3 months 
  • Application fee: please contact responsible person in nearest local committee
  • Airfare not included
Exchange Supporters

PwC, DHL, Electrolux, ABN-AMRO, Microsoft, Alcatel, InBev, HP and literally thousands more of different sizes and sectors from all over the world.

Visit the Partners page to find out more

  • Management – internships related to administration, finance, accounting, marketing, project management and HR.
  • Development – usually with NGOs, internships usually relate to wide variety of issues in community development.
  • Technical – internships related to management and development in web, software, networks, and databases, plus some engineering.
  • Education – internships related to promotion, curriculum development, teaching, and counseling in education sector.

Steps to the process:

  • Selection and Application – after joining and understanding AIESEC you can enter a review process to assess your experiences and motivation for doing an AIESEC exchange.
  • Preparation – AIESEC provides resources, trainings and support to prepare you to live and work in another country. This includes visa processing.
  • Matching - You will be trained and given access to use our on-line database of jobs. The more flexible you are the better.
  • Integration – AIESEC members in your host chapter provide support and assistance in getting setup while providing opportunities for cultural and social activities.
  • Re-Integration – AIESEC supports you in making the readjustment process when you return home. 

Conditions

You need to:

  • be less than 30 years old
  • be fluent in English
  • have at least one completed year of university education
  • be open minded, flexible and internationally oriented

Pricing

  • as an Exchange Participant you will have to pay a fee
  • the amount of the fee varies between 100Ls and 200Ls depending on the type of internship and the city
  • the fee is paid in 2 rounds: half imediately after passing selection (within 2 week of being approved as an Exchange Participant)  and half once you find your internship (within 1 week  of being officially "matched" with the internship)