Exchange Process

Members and Co-operating Institutions raise Offers of technical traineeships with Employers in Industry, Research Institutes and Universities, Consulting firms, Labs and other work environments. These Offers are then physically exchanged at the IAESTE Annual Conference each year in January.

Once the Offers are exchanged, students then apply in their home countries where the most qualified candidate for each Offer is selected and their nomination is sent to the receiving country which then forwards it to the Employer, who then has the opportunity to accept the candidate.

Once the candidate is accepted, the receiving country works with the sending country to ensure that the student has all the necessary permits and/or visas to go abroad and undergo the traineeship.