Student internships
The CIRSE’s ETF has established contacts to several medical institutions in Europe that have an IR department in place or perform IR procedures and are willing to offer an internship to medical students to help them learn what it would be like to work as an interventional radiologist.
Two-week internship at the NKUA, Athens
Hear what impact her two-week internship at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has had on medical student Karolina Brzegowy!
Two-week internship at the NKUA, Athens
We spoke to medical student Barbora Cechova about her two week interventional radiology internship experience at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Please note the CIRSE only provides medical students with a contact to the institutions but does not organise the internship, student’s stay and accommodation in the host country, or the travel expenses. If you, as a medical student, are interested in such an internship, please make sure that you are able to travel to this country of your interest, have a valid VISA (if applicable), can cover the costs and expenses, and meet the language requirements.
Students are encouraged to apply to external scholarship programmes to support their travel and accommodation arrangements in host countries (such as Erasmus+, etc.).
Below you can see the list of countries and institutions where you can start your IR career while still being enrolled in the undergraduate medical degree!
Belgium
Ghent
Institution/medical centre: University Hospital
Length of internship: 3-4 months
Language skills required*: English, Dutch, German, French
Leuven
Institution/medical centre: University Hospital
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: English, Dutch
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Croatia
Rijeka
Institution/medical centre: Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka
Length of internship: 4 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Croatian
Zagreb
Institution/medical centre: University Hospital Dubrava
Length of internship: 4 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Croatian
Institution/medical centre: University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Length of internship: 4 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Croatian
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Cyrpus
Nicosia
Institution/medical centre: Nicosia General Hospital
Length of internship: 4-6 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Greek
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Denmark
Copenhagen
Institution/medical centre: Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Section for Cardiovascular Radiology
Number of places: 1-2 per month
Length of internship: 1-2 weeks
Language skills required*: Danish
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Finland
Kuopio
Institution/medical centre: Kuopio University Hospital
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: English, Finnish
Tampere
Institution/medical centre: Tampere University Hospital
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: English, Italian, Finnish
Turku
Institution/medical centre: Turku University Hospital
Length of internship: 3 months
Language skills required*: English, Finnish
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
France
Bordeaux
Institution/medical centre: Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: French, English, Spanish
Creteil
Institution/medical centre: Henri Mondor Hospital
Length of internship: minimum of two weeks, maximum of two months
Language skills required*: French, English
Dijon
Institution/medical centre: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Dijon
Length of internship: up to 12 months
Language skills required*: French, English, Italian
Strasbourg
Institution/medical centre: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: French, English, Italian
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Germany
Munich
Institution/medical centre: Technical University of Munich
Length of internship: 1-3 weeks
Language skills required*: German, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Greece
Athens
Institution/medical centre: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Length of internship: 2-3 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Greek
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Hungary
Budapest
Institution/medical centre: Semmelweis University
Length of internship: 2-4 weeks
Language skills required*: Hungarian, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Italy
Naples
Institution/medical centre: Cardarelli Hospital
Length of internship: From 1 week to up to 3 months
Language skills required*: Italian, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Latvia
Riga
Institution/medical centre: Riga East Clinical University Hospital
Length of internship: 1-3 months
Language skills required*: Latvian, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Norway
Drammen
Institution/medical centre: Vestre Viken, Drammen Sykehus
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
Tønsberg
Institution/medical centre: Vestfold Hospital Trust
Length of internship: 1-4 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English, German
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Poland
Institution/medical centre: Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Length of internship: 1-4 weeks
Language skills required*: English, Polish
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Slovakia
Bratislava
Institution/medical centre: Cardiovascular Institute
Length of internship: 2-4 weeks
Language skills required*: Slovak, Czech, English
Trnava
Institution/medical centre: University Hospital Trnava
Length of internship: 1-8 weeks
Language skills required*: Slovak, Czech, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Institution/medical centre: University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Length of internship: 4-8 weeks
Language skills required*: Slovenian, English
Maribor
Institution/medical centre: University Medical Centre Maribor
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: Slovenian, English, German
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Spain
Barcelona
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Vall d´Hebron
Length of internship: 2-4 weeks
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Madrid
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Length of internship: 1 month
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía
Length of internship: 2-8 weeks
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Universitario la Zarzuela
Length of internship: 3-6 weeks
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Institution/medical centre: Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Length of internship: 1-12 months
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Majadahonda
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro
Length of internship: minimum 1 week
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Puerto de la Cruz
Institution/medical centre: Centro de Diagnóstico y Terapéutica Endoluminal – Grupo Hospiten Tenerife
Length of internship: 2-3 months
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Sabadell
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Spanish, English
Toledo
Institution/medical centre: Hospital Virgen de la Salud
Length of internship: 1 month
Language skills required*: Spanish, English, French
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Sweden
Gävle
Institution/medical centre: Gävle Hospital
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
Stockholm
Institution/medical centre: Karolinska University Hospital Solna (website in Swedish)
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
Institution/medical centre: Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge (website in Swedish)
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
Uppsala
Institution/medical centre: Uppsala University Hospital
Length of internship: 2-4 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
Västerås
Institution/medical centre: Västmanland’s Hospital
Length of internship: 2 weeks
Language skills required*: Scandinavian languages, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
Switzerland
Lausanne
Institution/medical centre: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) – Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne
Length of internship: 1-6 months
Language skills required*: French, English
Winterthur
Institution/medical centre: Kantonsspital Winterthurl
Length of internship: 2-4 weeks
Language skills required*: German, English
Zürich
Institution/medical centre: Stadtspital Waid + Triemli
Length of internship: 4 weeks
Language skills required*: German, English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
United Kingdom
London
Institution/medical centre: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, students invited to apply through the central King’s College application system
Length of internship: negotiable or subject to personal arrangements with the hospital
Language skills required*: English
*B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages
To apply, all you need to do is:
- Update your CV
- Get a confirmation from your university stating that you are enrolled in the undergraduate medical degree programme
- Decide on the country and the institution you are interested to do the internship at
- State the possible start and length of your internship
…and send this all to [email protected]
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected].
We look forward to connecting you with the institution of your interest!
**Please note that CIRSE is only responsible for organising contacts between interested medical students and institutions, and thereby takes no responsibility for vetting candidates or institutions. All internship arrangements shall be determined and agreed upon between the medical institution and student, independent of CIRSE. It is the sole responsibility of each participant to independently investigate and determine the suitability of the ensuing internship arrangements. CIRSE is therefore not liable for any claims associated with said arrangements.