Enhance your study abroad experience with a professional internship in London. The University of Westminster's Study Abroad Internship Programme combines academic study with practical workplace experience, helping you build professional skills, expand your international network, and gain valuable insight into your chosen industry. Westminster students are highly employable, and an internship offers an excellent opportunity to further develop the skills employers value most.
Why choose an internship?
By completing an internship alongside the Professional and Personal Skills Development module, you will:
- Develop professional and career management skills.
- Build confidence in a multicultural working environment.
- Apply academic knowledge in a real-world setting.
- Strengthen communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills.
- Reflect on your personal and professional development.
- Enhance your employability and global career readiness.
- Research shows that international internships can improve career readiness, professional skills and employment outcomes after graduation.
Internship structure
- Available to undergraduate Study Abroad students studying for a semester or full academic year.
- Internships take place over 12 weeks.
- Work approximately 14 hours per week across two to three days.
- The internship forms part of the assessed Professional and Personal Skills Development module.
- Internships run alongside your academic studies (You can take 2 or 3 additional regular academic modules).
Internship areas
Tasks and duties: merchandising, administrative duties, runner duties, marketing, and events.
Employers include:
- art galleries, historic properties
- product marketing
- design agencies eg textiles (practical and desktop publishing)
- fashion agencies
- fashion PR
- online fashion magazines
- independant fashion designers
Ideal for students studying business management and /or finance. Tasks and duties: working with invoices, billing patients, and business administration.
Employers Include:
- NHS
- SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)
Tasks and duties: administrative duties, assisting with focus groups, helping to develop projects, fundraising, policies and procedures, minute taking, and filing.
Employers Include:
- law firms - specialising in wills, tax, and probate.
- non-profit/charities - community projects for disadvantaged residents
- international development campaign organisations
- mental health charities
- refugee support centres
Our charity and NGO partners include Age Uk.
Tasks and duties: working with various charities or non profit organisations either in community projects assisting with community events or helping to give advice and guidance to disadvantage people and make then aware of the services they can access.
Employers include charities focusing on:
- refugees and asylum seekers
- homelessness
- victims of domestic violence
- mental health
Tasks and duties: administrative duties, project work, and opportunity to gain insight into legal side of employment.
Employers include:
- various large and small organisations (including the National Health Service and Hotels)
Journalism: please note that it is very difficult to secure specific Internships when in high demand. Most work is in research, editorial or in technical graphic design for experienced students.
Tasks and duties: opportunities to write articles, some administration duties, events and marketing.
Employers include:
- media and publishing partners including Our Journalism, Cent Magazine and Young Film Academy
- academic and fiction publishing (mostly online publications)
- desktop publishing (for experienced interns)
- print journalism (limited fields)
- TV documentary production (scripts and post production)
- web journalism
Tasks and duties for marketing include:
- market research
- client liaison
- events
- administrative duties
- social media
Tasks and duties for PR include:
- writing and preparing press packs, supplier and client liaison,
- planning
- administrative duties
- events
- social media.
Employers include:
- advertising agencies
- communications
- corporate marketing for charities (including events)
- product marketing
- general PR agencies - various areas of buisness including, fashion and media
- marketing for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)
We work closely with employers to match students to suitable opportunities and encourage applicants to identify more than one area of interest.
What our students say
My internship at a London Hospital as an Income and Treasury Intern has been such a lovely experience. I’ve also been learning a lot along the way, especially about how financial processes work in a healthcare setting. It has helped me improve my attention to detail and feel more confident in a professional environment.
- Brenda Felix, Mexican study abroad student, Spring 2026
CV guidance
You can find out more about how to create the perfect CV by downloading our guide:
Assessment of internship
The graded progression of the Professional and Personal Skills Development (5BUSS005X) module fosters the development of your analytical thinking skills by applying relevant theory and concept to your work experiences. Your learning and practical experience is designed to enable you to reflect on both your work and learning so that you can articulate your global skillset to future employers.
Please find the syllabus for this module below:
The module is academically assessed. You will gain credits through the submission of a coursework portfolio of assignments completed throughout the semester. In class time is 3 hours per week for this module.
Other important information
- All internships are unpaid
- Employers contribute towards travel expenses
- Westminster offers a tailored internship matching service
Apply
Ready to gain professional experience while studying in London?
Apply for a Study Abroad Internship as part of your programme at the University of Westminster.