Careers

Your internship at BASF: the foundation for your career

Put your theoretical knowledge into practice.

Are you keen to show us your personality and demonstrate your expertise to us? If so, we would love to have you as an intern at BASF. We are always looking for talented, interested students from a wide variety of fields. At BASF, we can offer an incredible amount of exciting projects and positions, for scientists, engineers, economists and humanities students. We are always open to new ideas and unconventional approaches to challenging issues.

Depending on the job profile, you will work either independently or as part of a team on a project. Your personal supervisor will be right by your side to answer any questions you may have, provide helpful contacts and give you regular feedback on your work.

How to become a part of our team

You can search our job database for current internship opportunities and apply directly.

What you should offer!

You have an excellent academic record alongside specialist knowledge and foreign language skills. You are open to other cultures and fields of work. Have you already gained practical industry experience and have participated in relevant activities outside the university environment? Even better! As teamwork is a key focus at our organization, we are pleased if you have strong communication skills and are a real team player. If you also know how to use your initiative and are keen to take on responsibility even during your internship - we are looking forward to meeting you!

What we offer

At BASF we generally offer internships for a duration between two and six months.

At numerous sites, we offer a variety of events in which you can get to know the world of BASF in more detail: Introductory events, site tours, and presentations at the visitor center are organized for new starters, as well as regular intern get-togethers and specialist presentations.

You will be accompanied throughout your internship by a supervisor. When you come to the end of your BASF placement, the supervisor will give you an extensive review of your work and will provide you with a detailed report of your achievements. In individual cases, we can also offer university student jobs.

Welcome to our 2024 Interns!

We recently welcomed 40 summer interns from BASF's Professional and Leadership Development Programs and FOSSI scholars. We had a great first day, meeting our leadership, participating in team-building activities, playing games, and getting the best starting-at-basf tips. Slide to see how starting your career at BASF could look like!

Why BASF?

Our inclusive culture, our commitment to sustainability, our presence in almost every daily-life product, and our wide range of development opportunities are some of the reasons why our 2024 interns decided to kickstart their careers at BASF