To all the Students of
The School of Computer Science at Reykjavik University
The Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering ( http://www.fc-md.umd.edu/ ) and the School of
Computer Science (RU) hereby issue a
CALL FOR INTERNSHIPS within the agreement between Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (University of
Maryland) and The School of Computer Science (Reykjavík University), aimed at offering the selected students the chance to spend a period abroad as an intern at Fraunhofer.
Fraunhofer and RU offer 1-6 students, a year enrolled in the BSc, MSc, or PhD program in the department of Computer
Science at RU, to apply for a paid 6 month internship at Fraunhofer. The interns will receive a monthly payment of
1350$ during their stay (amount may be subject to changes).
BSc students may apply to 1-24 ECTS during their internship; at most students can get 24 ECTS for 6 months.
BSc students must submit project or thesis work according to the normal rules and deadlines at RU.
BSc students may apply to follow courses at The University of Maryland provided that they can show that „1) The course is a core course in their degree program, b) The course is not taught in the RU distance education program and c) Missing those courses would impede their progress towards graduation.“ PhD students may apply to use the internships for research work.
Applicants must:
1. fill in the application form enclosed to this call,
2. submit a CV in English
The filled application form and the accompanying CV must be emailed to scs_office@ru.is
by 22nd of September
2014.
Fraunhofer and RU will choose the recipients of the scholarships according to a common selection process. The selection results will be sent to the applicants by email.
Maryland/Reykjavík, 4 th of September 2013
DR. RANCE CLEVELAND
FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR
EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
DR. BJÖRN ÞÓR JÓNSSON
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY

Application Form
FAMILY NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH:
COUNTRY:
GENDER: F M
HOME ADDRESS:
POSTCODE:
PHONE NUMBER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
Internship at Fraunhofer
GIVEN NAME/S:
BIRTHPLACE:
CITIZENSHIP:
CITY: COUNTRY:
MOBILE PHONE: is a student in:
[ ] BSc in Computer Science
[ ] BSc in Software Engineering
[ ] BSc in Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science
[ ] MSc in Computer Science
[ ] MSc in Software Engineering
[ ] PhD in Computer Science applies for an internship within the agreement between Fraunhofer and SCS chooses to apply for the following activities (BSc level students may tick more than one box):
[ ] Internship alone – no credits awarded at RU
[ ] Work corresponding to two Independent project (T-622-UROP) - 12 ECTS
[ ] Work corresponding to BSc Final Research Project - 12 ECTS
[ ] Work corresponding to BSc Final Research Project and two Independent project – 24 ECTS
[ ] Work corresponding to one Independent Study (T-749-IDPS) – 8 ECTS
[ ] Work corresponding to two Independent Studies (T-749-IDPS) - 16 ECTS
[ ] MSc Thesis work
[ ] MSc Project work
[ ] PhD Research work
E
XPECTED DEPARTURE PERIOD
:
[ ] Spring semester 2015
E
XPECTED PERIOD
:
[X] 6 months

Area(s) of specific interest:
Please indicate how you believe an internship at Fraunhofer would help you in your further studies and what you expect to learn from the experience:
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