The Foundation business-University of Navarra managed more than 1,300 internships in companies this summer.
50 students and graduates completed their professional internships in companies located abroad
This summer, the Foundation business-University of Navarra managed more than 1,300 internships in companies for students and graduates. Of these, 50 internships were carried out in companies located abroad.
In total, during the 2009-10 academic year, a total of 3,451 internships were managed at partnership with the different Schools of the academic center. Although most of them are carried out in companies located in Spain, the number of international internships is increasing every year issue .
On this occasion 201 students had their first work experience in countries such as China, United Arab Emirates, USA, Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Germany, Chile, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Colombia, Belgium, Luxembourg and Argentina.
1,800 companies
Likewise, more than 1,800 companies have welcomed students from the University of Navarra, collaborating with the academic center in its training. Among them are CNN, MIT, Bank of New York, Deloitte, BBVA, Christian Dior, Uría Menéndez, group Inditex, ABC newspaper, Banco Santander, SIEMENS, Dragados y Construcciones, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Garrigues, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, IDOM, Bassat Ogilvy, Viscofan and Laboratorios CINFA.
At Deloitte headquarters in Brussels was Jorge Franco, graduate at Economics and Law. "I have worked in the VAT department handling the issues of management of knowledge: update of instructions of data, elaboration of newsletters for clients...", he explains.
According to him, the experience has been "tremendously positive": "The fundamental contribution has been to be able to work in one of the largest companies in the world in his sector, abroad, in a very international environment and with the obligation to use another language".