With that process nearly complete, Berlin will become the base of a new satellite program for politics students while Bonn will remain the main administrative center of the program and the base, along with nearby Cologne, for all non-political placements. The consequences of reunification and the challenges this process continues to pose make this an extraordinary time for students of German politics, business and culture to live, work and study in Berlin, Bonn, or Cologne. Politics students will intern in the offices of Members of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany, now located in the renovated Reichstag building in Berlin's new government quarter. The internships require a high degree of proficiency in German, both spoken and written. Preference is given to applicants who have taken at least one college course in conversational German.
Students work three to four days a week, and take two courses.
Interns conduct research, do translations, attend plenary sessions, committee and party meetings, and deal with correspondence and press work. Politics interns do not need to be political science majors, but should have a background in German politics and good spoken and written German skills. They are open to students of all backgrounds and majors. The range of available art specialties is very wide, including modern, women, sacred and medieval, Roman, Germanic and applied art, anthropology, archaeology, and photography. A detailed knowledge or specific interest in a particular field should be noted in a cover letter to the application.