Finding an internship in Spain with a French company is an ideal situation for students who want to understand Franco-Spanish business relations and develop new skills.
In this article we’ll see that Spain is an attractive country, attracting thousands of French students every year, as well as more than a thousand French companies across the country.
As we said in our introduction, France and Spain get on very well economically, and maintain high-quality partnerships. In fact, France is Spain’s second-largest trading partner.
As a result, over a thousand French companies have set up in Spain, boosting trade between the two countries.
The Spanish Chamber of Commerce (CCI – Cámara Franco-Española) gives us some figures on the number of French companies operating in Spain:
This represents nearly 84% of all French companies present in Spain.
This is due to the fact that these two regions are the entry points for the Spanish market, with a strong economic appeal.
Consequently, the search for an internship in Spain with a French company should start with the cities located in Catalonia:
Major cities in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (947 cities in total):
There are also French companies based in the Basque Country (3.9%), the Valencian Community (2.5%) and Aragon (2.3%).
The study carried out by the Chamber of Commerce in Spain shows that the majority of French companies come from the Ile-de-France (57.1%), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (4.7%) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (3.7%) regions.
There are five main sectors in which French companies are investing in Spain:
French companies in Spain tend to focus on the wholesale and retail sectors, but every year more and more start-ups are launched by French entrepreneurs who love the Spanish business scene. These companies will be delighted to welcome a French trainee.
French companies in Spain provide around 300,000 jobs, notably in the automotive sector with major brands (Renault, Peugeot), mass retail (Carrefour, Decathlon, Fnac) and the agri-food sector (Danone).
As you can see, Spain is a very attractive country in economic and commercial terms, with a large number of French investors who welcome French students to join them.
Doing an internship in Spain offers French students the chance to develop good qualifications, take advantage of the country’s dynamic economic growth, benefit from the quality of its modern infrastructure and get a foot in the door of the business world.
The most popular sectors for internships in Spain are agrifood, aeronautics, transport, automotive, chemicals and logistics.
French students can also apply for internships in the fields of biotechnology, healthcare and renewable energies.
If you would like to do an internship in Spain with a French company, you need to obtain an internship agreement as part of your studies.
You must then have this document signed by your university and the French company that can take you on. The internship agreement must specify, among other things: duration, working hours, tasks to be performed, remuneration (if applicable), insurance coverage, etc.
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