Deadline May 15: Internships at CEMUS autumn 2015


CEMUS offers an internship where you will get an opportunity to see how a centre at Uppsala University works, experience how we work with student-led education, sustainable development and how we incorporate transdisciplinary education in our courses.

In order to see how we work, you will be able to participate in meetings and workshops, see how the course coordinators work, see how we work with educational development, and attend lectures, seminars and workshops.

During the time here you will also carry out a project related to something that we do here at CEMUS. You should come up with an idea for a project and your application should include a description of the project that you would like to carry through. You should be able to finish the project during your time here and write a short report.

Earliest start date: Last week in August 2015.

Duration: Flexible, please notify in the application how long you would prefer to stay.

We offer:

  • A supervisor during the time of the internship
  • Insight in our work at CEMUS
  • Insight in student-led education, pedagogy, and why we do this
  • Support in your project
  • A creative and collaborative working environment

We expect from you:

  • Participation in staff meetings and workshops
  • Completion of a project
  • Project report

An interest in education for sustainable development, student-led education and transdisciplinary research is a plus.

Your application should include:

  • CV
  • Motivational letter including a project idea. In the letter you should also explain why you would like to do an internship at CEMUS and what you expect from your time here. (1 A4 page)

Last application day, May 15, 2015, send application to: daniel.mossberg[a]csduppsala.uu.se

About CEMUS
CEMUS is a unique student initiated and primarily student-run university centre with the explicit ambition to contribute to a better world. Since the early 1990’s, CEMUS has offered interdisciplinary higher education and been a creative meeting place for students, PhD Students, researchers and teachers from Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. CEMUS three main pillars are: Student-Led Education, Collaboration & Partnership and Transdisciplinary Research.