Introduction

What is GeoInternInternational?

The project GeoInternInternational is an upscaling of the HK-dir funded project “GeoIntern” that is focusing on the relevance and work-life component within the geoscience education at Norwegian universities.

In GeoInternInternational 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.

GeoInternInternational is hosted and led by the Department of geoscience at UiT in close relation to the present GeoIntern/RealfagsPraksis project, ensuring efficient project management and administrative routines. We 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. 

The project period is from 2023 to 2025, and the project will exchange for Internships in Norway for international students and international internships for Norwegian students.