GeoIntern International

In GeoIntern International the scope is expanded to an international arena that will contribute to enhanced international and intercultural collaboration among the next generation of geoscientists. The main activitity of the project is international work life experience within geoscience education. This includes internships abroad at our partner institutions and their business collaboraters for students from the Departments of Geosciences (DoG) at Norwegian universities, as well as internships in Norway at DoG and our business partners for students from our international partner institutions.

GeoIntern International will closely interact with the Diku/HK-dir funded Norwegian Centre for Excellence in Education: iEarth. iEarth is a consortium of the geoscience departments of UiB,UiO, UiT and UNIS in which UiT has the lead for the Focus Area “Alumni and outreach”. One main goal of this Focus Area is to increase the work-life relevance in geoscience education.

GeoIntern International will be hosted and led by the Department of geoscience at UiT in close relation to the present GeoIntern project, ensuring efficient project management and administrative routines. We will collaborate with universities and institutions in Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, South-Africa, South-Korea and the USA. Our partners will provide internship opportunities for Norwegian students which may include field campaigns, laboratory work and other tasks related to research and education. From 2024 the project will exchange for Internships in Norway for international students and international internships for Norwegian students.