Guggenheim Internship 2025

Due date: 25. April 2025
Only for regular students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

As part of the cooperation between the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a one-month internship will be offered exclusively to a student of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in August 2025.
The internship will provide insights into the operation of a museum, from catalogue sales and answering visitors' questions to ticketing and office work.
The internship also offers the opportunity to attend various international lectures and visit museums. Students participating in the Guggenheim Internship Programme come from all over the world and can not only gain experience here, but also establish contacts with gallery owners and curators.

Application requirements:
Students of the following degree programmes can apply:
Art & Science, Social Design, Cross-Disciplinary Strategies, Design, Material Culture and Experimental Practices, Art & Communication, Transformation Studies. Art X Science, Stage Design, Digital Arts, Photography, Drawing and Printmaking, Painting, Painting and Animated Film, Site-Specific Art, Sculpture and Space, TransArts, Transmedia Arts, Applied Photography and Time-Based Media, Design Investigations, Design and Narrative Media, Industrial Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Conservation and Restoration, Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management, Expanded Museum Studies, Studies in Culture and Art;

1. Applicants must be studying in the second stage of a diploma or master's programme at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Bachelor students can participate from the 5th semester onwards. We ask for your understanding that students of postgraduate programmes, Erasmus students and doctoral students are excluded from the application.

2. Applicants must not be older than 28 years of age

3. Applicants must have excellent language skills in English and a basic knowledge of Italian. Advanced knowledge of Italian is an advantage.

Application documents

1. personal details (first name and surname, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date and place of birth, nationality, language skills)
2. copies of certificates (second degree or Master's degree is sufficient for diploma programmes)
3. letter of motivation in the length of one A4 page (1,800 characters incl. spaces) in both English and Italian (Why I would like to do this internship)
4. at least 1 letter of recommendation from a teacher of the relevant degree programme, further recommendations are possible.
We ask for your understanding that incomplete applications will be excluded from the further application process.

Selection procedure
A jury selected by the University of Applied Arts will invite the final round applicants to an interview. The date and time of the interviews will be announced.

All documents must be submitted in full to the Department of Press and Communication digitally by 25 April 2025, 12:00.

For further information on the call for applications, please contact

Jasmin Vogl
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Press and Communication
Cooperations
Ferstel Wing, 1st floor
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, entrance Stubenring 3, 1010 Vienna
T: +43-1-711 33-2162

Further general information on the PEGGY GUGGENHEIM INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME VENICE can be found at

https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/learn/internship-program/