Internship in Humanitarian Action

Education facts

Code: 5RA900

With this course, you get the opportunity to do an internship within a Swedish or international humanitarian organisation. The internship provides the opportunity to develop abilities and skills of great importance for a future career in the humanitarian field. One goal of the course is to identify the obstacles that make it difficult for the organisation to satisfy humanitarian needs. The course also aims to strengthen your ability to work as part of a project group and meet demands for social cohesion and priorities. This competence is crucial within the international humanitarian ecosystem.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, and Introduction to Humanitarian Action, 5 credits, Anthropology and Intercultural Aspects of Humanitarian Action, 5 credits, Legal Dimensions of Humanitarian Action, 5 credits, World Politics and Humanitarian Action, 5 credits, Public Health in Humanitarian Action, 5 credits, Management, 5 credits, and Conflict and Peacebuilding, 15 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Internship in Humanitarian Action

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %