Student jobs and internships in European countries

Unless you have settled or pre-settled status (or are Irish), as an EU student you come to the UK on a Student visa like everyone else (application fee £558). The work rules for Student visa holders:

• Degree-level students may work up to 20 hours a week during term time and full time outside term time; below degree level the limit is 10 hours a week.
• You may not be self-employed, work as a professional sportsperson or entertainer, or fill a permanent full-time job.
• Work placements that are an integral part of your course are allowed.

Internships: if you do real work as an intern, you count as a “worker” and must get at least the minimum wage. Exceptions: internships of less than a year that are a required part of a UK further or higher education course, pure work shadowing and voluntary work for charities. As a visitor you cannot do any paid or unpaid work, work placement or internship.

Thinking of studying there first? See Studying in the United Kingdom – practical information.