ESA Trainee and Internships in space science

 

ESA offers a number of student and recent graduate internship programmes to work on substantial research projects with members of the ESA Space Science Faculty.

 

For recent graduates

Recent graduates (as well as master's students in their final year, in preparation for after graduation) can apply for Traineeships lasting up to 1 year:

 

For undergraduate and master's students

  • 3-6 month Science Internships in space science offered at ESAC in Madrid (Spain) and ESTEC in Noordwijk (The Netherlands). They are part of the ESA Student Internship programme, offered in a broad range of discipline at many of the ESA establishments
  • Leiden ESTEC Master’s Project Programme (LEMPP) is a collaboration between ESTEC and Leiden University, offering astronomy masters students the opportunity to work on their 2nd year masters research project with ESTEC supervisors. Call are coordinated periodically by the Faculty at ESTEC.
  • 10 week astronomy and astrophysics projects as part of the Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Programme for Summer Students (LEAPS) programme, a joint placement at Leiden Observatory and ESTEC in the Netherlands