Supervising an intern

Criteria internship organisation

If you would like to supervise an Sport Studies intern, your organisation must:

• Operate within the 'world of sport,' ensuring that the internship assignment also takes place within this domain.
• Provide a workplace within your organisation for the intern, with at least 75% of the internship conducted on-site.
• Be a professional organisation and not a volunteer organisation (unless you are demonstrably a professional organisation with (paid) employees working during the day). This requirement only applies to internships in the 2nd year of study.
• Have a minimum of 3 (paid) employees, with one designated as the student supervisor.
• Offer demonstrably sufficient and representative operational work that develops relevant skills for the intern and is valuable for your organisation.
• Ensure the internship supervisor has at least a higher vocational education (HBO) level of work and/or thinking, and is committed to providing regular, constructive feedback to the intern.
• Ensure the internship supervisor has at least 3 years of experience as a sport manager.

Number of interns

• A maximum of 2 students may do an internship at the same time.
• The Internship Office may make exceptions if you have a well-founded reason, which will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• If a third student is allowed to intern at your organisation, this student must be supervised by someone other than the supervisor of the first 2 interns.   

Internship possibilities Sport Studies 

Sport Studies-track ISMB students have the opportunity to go on 3 international internships at sport organisations throughout their academic career. Each year, the internships become more strategic, culminating in a graduation project where students identify, research, and provide solutions to a specific issue.