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United Nations Information Service (UNIS) ViennaWorkshop

UN Vienna Virtual Shadowing Programme

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Opportunity type

Workshop

Funding

No Funding

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

The United Nations Information Service in Vienna runs a virtual Shadowing Programme each year to mark United Nations Day. Master's and PhD students get a one-hour virtual encounter with a staff member at a Vienna-based UN organisation, such as the IAEA, UNODC or UNIDO, plus a virtual career workshop. The 2026 edition runs online from 24 October to 24 November.

What you get:

A one-hour virtual encounter with a staff member at a Vienna-based UN organisation
A place in a virtual career workshop
Insight into day-to-day work at one of the UN's four headquarters locations

What you'll do:

Choose one participating organisation to shadow: IAEA, CTBTO, UNODC, UNODA, UNIDO, UNIS Vienna, ICPDR or UNSCEAR
Meet a staff member online for one hour between 24 October and 24 November 2026
Join the virtual career workshop

Key dates:

Applications open 14 September 2026
Applications close 27 September 2026
Programme runs virtually 24 October to 24 November 2026

More information:

Apply by emailing the organisation you want to shadow, using the address listed for it on the UNIS Vienna page. You can apply to one organisation only.
Your email needs your name, nationality, telephone number, email address, university, field of study, whether you are in a Master's or PhD programme, your field of interest, the organisation you want to shadow, whether and when you took part before, and what you hope to get out of it in 50 words or fewer.
Places are limited, so UNIS encourages early applications. Incomplete and duplicate applications are not considered.
You may be placed with a different organisation than the one you chose, depending on availability.
Selected students are contacted by email after all registrations are collected. The programme is not part of any recruitment process.

Who can apply

Enrolled in a Master's or PhD programme
At a university in Armenia, Austria, Czechia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye or Ukraine
One application to one organisation only
Priority to students who have not taken part in the Shadowing Programme before

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+Run by the UN Information Service in Vienna with eight UN bodies, including the IAEA, UNODC and UNIDO
+One hour one-to-one with a UN staff member plus a virtual career workshop, all online
+You apply with a single email and there is nothing to pay

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!For Master's and PhD students
!Closes 27 September 2026
!The UN specifically invites students at universities in Armenia, Austria, Czechia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye and Ukraine; it does not say others are excluded, but addresses no one else
!Places are limited, first-time participants get priority, and you may be matched with a different organisation from the one you asked for

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UN Vienna Virtual Shadowing Programme

This one has closed

Archived

Opportunity type

Workshop

Funding

No Funding

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

What you get:

A one-hour virtual encounter with a staff member at a Vienna-based UN organisation
A place in a virtual career workshop
Insight into day-to-day work at one of the UN's four headquarters locations

What you'll do:

Choose one participating organisation to shadow: IAEA, CTBTO, UNODC, UNODA, UNIDO, UNIS Vienna, ICPDR or UNSCEAR
Meet a staff member online for one hour between 24 October and 24 November 2026
Join the virtual career workshop

Key dates:

Applications open 14 September 2026
Applications close 27 September 2026
Programme runs virtually 24 October to 24 November 2026

More information:

Apply by emailing the organisation you want to shadow, using the address listed for it on the UNIS Vienna page. You can apply to one organisation only.
Your email needs your name, nationality, telephone number, email address, university, field of study, whether you are in a Master's or PhD programme, your field of interest, the organisation you want to shadow, whether and when you took part before, and what you hope to get out of it in 50 words or fewer.
Places are limited, so UNIS encourages early applications. Incomplete and duplicate applications are not considered.
You may be placed with a different organisation than the one you chose, depending on availability.
Selected students are contacted by email after all registrations are collected. The programme is not part of any recruitment process.