Overseas Professional and Intercultural Training (OPIT)
OPIT is a six-week internship program in English language organized by American Councils in the Balkans, the Baltics and Eurasia.
It gives the substantive overseas professional experience and intercultural skills demanded by today’s global market. English-language internships are available in a wide range of fields, including business, education, science, technology, etc. The program is designed to advance participants’ critical thinking, intercultural communication skills, cultural awareness and global understanding through reflection, journal writing and feedback sessions. Participants earn four undergraduate or five graduate U.S. academic credit hours in Intercultural Communication. Additionally, transcripts will reflect a “Global Internship Experience” as a non-credit bearing course. Academic credit is awarded through Bryn Mawr College.
To apply for OPIT in 20 countries of the Balkans, the Baltics and Eurasia, students must:
- be eligible for local visa
- be at least 18 years old
- be undergraduate, graduate students or working professionals
- have minimum GPA of 2.7
Knowledge of a local language is not required; however, the program does provide local language internships to interested and qualified students, and all students can combine their internships with intensive language study. Up to 10 academic hours per week of language training, at additional cost, can be added as an optional program component.
The application process is handled through American Councils Washington, DC Office. For more information about the program and the list of countries where this internship is offered and to find the link for the application, please visit this website: https://www.acstudyabroad.org/opit/