TIPCS Internships
Supervised internships of three to six months inside TIPCS departments, open all year.
How the internships work
Learning by doing, with a supervisor
Each intern has a named supervisor, a written learning plan agreed in week one, a mid-term review and a final assessment. Interns work on real outputs, never on tasks that replace staff.
University internship agreements
If your university requires an internship agreement, choose it from the list in the application. TIPCS signs the agreement and provides the supervisor’s report.
Choose your track
Every application starts from your TIPCS account: you create or open it first, then apply.
Students and recent graduates · 3 to 6 months
Kerkouane Research Internship
Research assistance in a TIPCS department
For students and recent graduates in social sciences, law, economics, psychology, geography or data science who want rigorous research training.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Literature reviews, source verification and structured note-taking.
- Support to interviews, surveys and data cleaning under supervision.
What you deliver
- A signed contribution to a TIPCS publication and an internship portfolio.
Who can apply
- Enrolled or graduated within 24 months. Adults only (18+).
- A university internship agreement is welcome where your institution requires one.
Students and recent graduates · 3 to 6 months
Periplus Programme Internship
Programme and project support
For people who want to learn how a non-profit research institute plans, runs and reports on projects, events and trainings.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Prepare workplans, budgets-in-kind trackers, participant lists and reports.
- Help run events, workshops and the e-learning space.
What you deliver
- A project file you managed from start to closing report.
Who can apply
- Strong organisation and writing skills. Adults only (18+).
Students and recent graduates · 3 to 6 months
Sufete Policy and Data Internship
Policy analysis and data
For analytical minds who want to turn evidence into clear briefs, dashboards and open datasets.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Clean and document datasets; build simple charts and dashboards.
- Draft the evidence section of policy briefs.
What you deliver
- An open, documented dataset or dashboard and one co-authored brief.
Who can apply
- Basic statistics and spreadsheet or Python/R skills. Adults only (18+).
Students and recent graduates · 3 to 6 months
Elissa Communications and Digital Internship
Communication, design and digital peace
For writers, designers, translators and web practitioners who want to communicate research responsibly in three languages.
What you do · What you deliver · Who can apply
What you do
- Edit and translate publications; prepare accessible visuals and web pages.
- Follow the TIPCS communication rules and approval chain.
What you deliver
- A portfolio of published, approved pieces.
Who can apply
- Good writing in two of Arabic, French, English. Adults only (18+).
Programme dossier (PDF)
What we expect
- Seriousness and punctuality; a defined weekly commitment.
- Confidentiality and respect of the TIPCS conduct and safeguarding rules.
- An internship does not promise a job, a diploma, a visa or admission.
The open call: Read the call on the careers portal →
Universities you can choose from
The application lists well-known universities in every region. If yours is not there, you can type it.
Tunisia
- University of Tunis El Manar
- University of Tunis
- University of Carthage
- University of Manouba
- University of Sousse
- University of Monastir
- University of Sfax
- University of Gabès
- University of Gafsa
- University of Jendouba
- University of Kairouan
- University of Zitouna
- Virtual University of Tunis
- Tunis Business School
- Mediterranean School of Business (South Mediterranean University)
- Polytechnic School of Tunisia
- ESSEC Tunis
Maghreb, Middle East and Africa
- Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)
- Mohammed V University (Morocco)
- Hassan II University (Morocco)
- Cadi Ayyad University (Morocco)
- University of Algiers 1
- University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (Algeria)
- Cairo University
- American University in Cairo
- Ain Shams University
- Alexandria University
- American University of Beirut
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- University of Jordan
- Birzeit University
- King Saud University
- King Abdulaziz University
- Qatar University
- Khalifa University
- American University of Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates University
- Sultan Qaboos University
- University of Cape Town
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Ghana
- University of Nairobi
- Makerere University
- University of Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop
- University of Ibadan
France and francophone Europe
- Sorbonne University
- Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University
- Sciences Po
- Paris-Saclay University
- Université Paris Cité
- University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
- École Polytechnique
- University of Strasbourg
- University of Lyon
- Aix-Marseille University
- University of Montpellier
- University of Bordeaux
- University of Toulouse
- Université libre de Bruxelles
- KU Leuven
- Ghent University
- University of Geneva
- University of Lausanne
- Graduate Institute Geneva
Italy, Spain and Mediterranean Europe
- University of Bologna
- Sapienza University of Rome
- University of Padua
- University of Milan
- Politecnico di Milano
- Bocconi University
- University of Turin
- University of Naples Federico II
- University of Florence
- University of Pisa
- University of Trento
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- University of Barcelona
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Pompeu Fabra University
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Autonomous University of Madrid
- University of Valencia
- University of Lisbon
- University of Coimbra
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- University of Malta
United Kingdom and Ireland
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- King’s College London
- SOAS University of London
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Manchester
- University of Warwick
- University of Bristol
- Durham University
- University of St Andrews
- University of Glasgow
- University of Exeter
- Trinity College Dublin
- University College Dublin
Germany, Nordics and the Netherlands
- Heidelberg University
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Technical University of Munich
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Free University of Berlin
- University of Bonn
- University of Tübingen
- University of Freiburg
- University of Amsterdam
- Leiden University
- Utrecht University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Delft University of Technology
- University of Groningen
- Uppsala University
- Lund University
- Stockholm University
- University of Copenhagen
- University of Oslo
- University of Helsinki
- Aarhus University
North America
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- Columbia University
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Cornell University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Georgetown University
- George Mason University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Los Angeles
- New York University
- Duke University
- Northwestern University
- University of Notre Dame
- Tufts University
- University of Toronto
- McGill University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Montreal
- Université Laval
- University of Ottawa
- University of Waterloo
Asia and Oceania
- National University of Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
- University of Tokyo
- Kyoto University
- Seoul National University
- Peking University
- Tsinghua University
- University of Hong Kong
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- University of Malaya
- Istanbul University
- Boğaziçi University
- Middle East Technical University
- Koç University
- University of Melbourne
- Australian National University
- University of Sydney
- University of Auckland
Latin America
- University of São Paulo
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- University of Buenos Aires
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- University of Chile
- University of the Andes (Colombia)
Other ways to take part
Related policy (draft for Board ratification)
TIPCS does not promise a job, a diploma, a visa or admission. Adults only (18+). Terms are set in an individual written agreement.