Internship in Surabaya, Indonesia

Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city. Known as “the City of Heroes”, due to the importance of the Battle of Surabaya during Indonesian National Revolution. Surabaya is located in Java Island and it is the commercial and administrative capital of East Java province.

Why doing an Internship in Surabaya, Indonesia

Experience Surabaya as the center of business, industrial, commercial, maritime, education and government city

As a metropolitan city, Surabaya has become the center of economic activities especially for Eastern part of Indonesia. Many large companies are headquartered in Surabaya and you will find many international companies in Surabaya that interest the interns who aim for experiencing a big corporation setting. Moreover, Surabaya also hosts one of the busiest ports in South East Asia region, thus it is facilitating the exporting business in Indonesia.

Travel hot spot in Indonesia

Due to its favorable geographical position in the center of Indonesia, it is very convenient to travel from Surabaya. The interns in Surabaya are never running out of ideas where to go for weekend getaway, for instance, it’s only takes 50 minutes flight to Banyuwangi to see the famous Ijen Crater Blue Fire, 55 minutes flight to wonderful Bali, 1 hour flight to Yogyakarta to see the world largest Buddhist temple, and 1-2 hours driving away to nearby cities to see beautiful waterfall and do some hiking.

Discovery Surabaya Culture, a harmonious melting-pot

While interning in Surabaya, you will definitely experience living in a different culture. First of all, Surabaya is a melting pot of harmony where there are some ethnics such as Javanese, Maduranese, Chinese, and Arabic. There are in total of six religions in the country: Christian, Catholic, Moslem, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism and you can find places for worship of different religions just one side to another peacefully. Secondly, what’s so famous in Surabaya is the food. This modern city offers plenty of opportunities for fine dining for seafood and western food to street food like chicken satay sizzling over charcoal. Lastly, there are as well old city part of Surabaya and modern city part where you have great shopping opportunities in massive shopping malls.

Enhance your knowledge and soft skills

Surabaya Internship is proven to allow you as an undergraduate or graduate to gain useful knowledge and definitely to put what you learn in school into practice. In the same time, while interning in out of your comfort zone, the place which likely to be different with your country, you will be able to enhance your soft skills such as your interpersonal skill, leadership, and communication skill. By having those skills, you will definitely stand out from your peers, which lead to higher chance of employment.

Network and meet potential employers

Another great thing to interning in Surabaya is the convenience to meet new people. Simply due to easy access anywhere and affordable transportation and living cost. Thus, during your internship, have yourself to go out, meet people, and network especially with the professionals in your industry. Beware that you might meet your prospective employers during your networking time.

Take the Next Step. Apply now for your Internship Program in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Surabaya Internship Eligibility

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Eligibility

Fluency in English
You need to be at least 18 years of age to participate in an internship in Indonesia.
Visa: Citizens of most countries can enter Indonesia to do an internship with a Social Culture visa.