The project „Horticultural Internships Abroad“ enables students from the College of Horticulture and Garden Design to gain experience in the direction of a specific profession such as garden design, landscape design, or market gardening in a European-wide context. The internships are an integral part of the education. Internships abroad require financial support in order to give as many students as possible this opportunity.The students work in a broad spectrum of companies, from planning agencies, design companies, and forestry schools, to gardens for vegetables and flowers. They thereby not only test the knowledge they amassed while at school, but they also learn the first steps in beginning a career, which may not be widespread in Austria, such as specialized perennial nurseries, planning agencies, that also execute plans, nursery facilities, etc. By working abroad in a country with a foreign language, the students can deepen their understanding of the English language. This should also awaken an interest to think outside the national border, when the students choose a future place of work or study. In the first phase of the project, a total of 20 students will be placed in 6 European countries: 8 in Great Britain, two in Ireland, two in Italy, two in Sweden, one in Portugal and 6 in Germany. 12 students specialize in the market gardening program, while the other 8 focus on garden and landscape design. That is more than half of the entire student population in that class year.In the second phase of the project, we expect an even larger number of students, because the internship program can be promoted right from the beginning.With our advice and support, the students look for internships themselves. We provide the students with the appropriate information and insurance. All the participants can contact us, the advisors, at any time via email or cellphone. The interns are required to keep a journal for the duration of their internship. This is necessary for the positive completion of the internship.The internships can be considered a success if the students integrate their work abroad into their plans for the future as a matter of course.In the long-term, we are working on building an informal network of companies and institutions, which will share our commitment to the internship education of the students and offer young people the chance to broaden their horizons.