The World Bank Internship Program offers highly motivated individuals an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the World Bank Group in international development. The internship allows individuals to bring new perspectives, innovative ideas and latest research experience into the Bank’s work and improve their skills while working in a diverse environment. An internship at the World Bank is an opportunity to learn while gaining practical experience. Interns generally find the experience to be rewarding and interesting. In addition, it is a way to enhance their CVs with practical work experience.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an Internship, candidates must have

1. An undergraduate degree and be enrolled in a full-time graduate study program (pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D.’s degrees with plans to return to school full-time). There is no age limit.
2. Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of languages such as: French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Chinese is desirable.
3. Other skills such as computing skills are advantageous.
   World Bank value diversity in their workplace, and encourage all qualified individuals, particularly women, with diverse professional and academic backgrounds to apply.

Application Procedure

Application Form: Take time to prepare application and enter personal information accurately. Applicants will be asked to upload the following documents:

– Curriculum Vitae (CV)
– Statement of Interest
– Proof of Enrollment in a graduate degree

Application Checklist: The following application checklist is meant to facilitate application experience.

• Ensure that you use either Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Internet Explorer 10 or higher as your browser version.
• Please make sure that you are connected with a reasonable bandwidth of internet connection without any network/firewall restriction.
• You will be asked to register for an account and provide an email address.
• You must complete your application in a single session and you will only be able to submit it if you have uploaded all the required documents and answered all the questions (all questions marked with an asterisk-*- are required).
• Please complete the application within 45 minutes to avoid a system timeout.
• Provide the most current contact information. Ensure that you have correctly spelled out your email address, since this will be our main channel of communication with you regarding your candidacy
• Ensure that you have correctly spelled out your email address, since this will be our main channel of communication with you regarding your candidacy.
• Remember to enter your complete phone number (country code + city code + number).
• Please do not enter any special characters (â-<>&#â, etc.) in any of the application fields. Try not to copy and paste any characters/text from Microsoft Word.
• Please upload the following documents (mandatory) before submitting your application:
• – Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  – Statement of Interest
  – Proof of Enrollment in a graduate degree
• Note: Each file should not exceed 5 MB, and should be in one of the following formats: .doc, .docx, or .pdf
• Please make sure that the filenames of the documents that you are attaching do not contain any special characters, such as â-<>&#â, etc. PDF files are the best files to upload.
  Once you submit your application, you will not be able to make any further changes/updates.
  Upon submission of your application you will receive an email confirmation providing you with your application number.