When choosing a location for your philosophy internship abroad, the main criteria should be determining which country or city will provide the most fulfilling experience for you. You can find philosophy placements all over the world in a variety of fields, but the form of your internship and degree of culture shock you may experience will depend largely on the environment you choose to surround yourself in.

As many philosophy departments in major Western universities tend to be Eurocentric, one interesting route you can take is interning in Asia. From Japan to China to Thailand to India, most countries in Asia have developed a unique philosophy and ethos that differs greatly from the Western world. If you are at all interested in Eastern philosophy, than philosophy internships abroad in Asia can be a great gateway to this enlightening school of thought.

Similarly in the Middle East and in Africa, everyday life takes a drastically different form than it does in the industrialized West. Philosophy internships abroad in these two regions, such as those in South Africa, will expose you to a much different manifestation of life and society than you are accustomed to, greatly enhancing your philosophical scope of the modern human condition.

On a practical level, the language barrier is something important to keep in mind when considering where to intern abroad in philosophy. While global companies and international organizations can set you up with English speaking philosophy internships all over the world, you might still be barred from access to many local positions if you do not speak the language.