Internships, PhD & academic positions
The early-career and academic side. Most studio internships come straight from the studios we already list — but these are the extra channels: the Erasmus+ traineeship scheme, the architecture-community boards, and the research world (EURAXESS is the EU’s official research-jobs portal, the research equivalent of EURES).
Research, PhD & academic positions
| Source | Scope | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| EURAXESS (EU Researchers in Motion) ↗ | Europe/global (40+ countries) | The EU's official portal for research jobs, PhD and postdoc positions; the research equivalent of EURES. Filter by field via URL path, e.g. /jobs/search/field_research_field/<slug>. See euraxess_api_notes. |
| jobs.ac.uk ↗ | UK (some international) | Main UK academic jobs board with an 'Architecture, Building and Planning' subject area; publishes per-subject RSS feeds (raw XML) for syndication. |
| Academic Positions ↗ | Europe/global | Pan-European academic job board with dedicated Architecture and Architecture & Design fields and position filters (PhD / postdoc / faculty). UK mirror at academicpositions.co.uk. |
| AcademicTransfer ↗ | Netherlands | Non-profit national platform of all Dutch universities, UMCs and research institutes; lists all NL PhD/academic vacancies incl. TU Delft architecture. Vacancy feed via Bluesky (Twitter feed discontinued); no documented public API. |
| THEunijobs (Times Higher Education) ↗ | Europe/global | International university jobs board with a dedicated Architecture category (academic posts, lecturers/assistant professors); supports job alerts. |
| Nature Careers ↗ | Europe/global | Science-focused research jobs board; strong on STEM/postdoc but thin on pure architecture - useful for built-environment/engineering-adjacent research posts. No architecture-specific category. |
| ResearchGate Jobs ↗ | Europe/global | Research jobs listed within the ResearchGate scientific network; keyword search rather than an architecture category. |
| HigherEdJobs ↗ | Global (US-centric) | Has an Architecture faculty category (JobCat=121); predominantly US institutions, limited European coverage. |
Internships & traineeships
| Source | Scope | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmus+ Traineeships (student mobility) ↗ | Europe (programme countries) | EU scheme funding work placements abroad for Bachelor/Master students and doctoral candidates; placements arranged mainly via the student's university Erasmus office. |
| Erasmus Intern (Erasmus Student Network) ↗ | Europe | ESN traineeship portal listing Erasmus+ placements incl. many architecture-office internships. NOTE: platform migrating - new account creation and offer posting being disabled during transition. |
| Archinect Jobs ↗ | Global | Most widely used architecture-community job board; strong for studio internships and entry-level roles, with firm-side portfolio search. |
| Dezeen Jobs - Internships ↗ | Global (Europe-heavy) | Design-led architecture/interiors jobs board with a dedicated internships filter; lists paid internships at well-known studios. |
| ArchDaily Jobs ↗ | Global | Job/internship listings tied to ArchDaily editorial network; internship tag at archdaily.com/tag/internship. |
| Bustler ↗ | Global | Archinect-affiliated; primarily architecture competitions and events rather than a jobs board - secondary relevance for placements. |
| Gradcracker ↗ | UK/Europe | STEM student careers site; paid-only architecture placements/internships, incl. a Europe filter. Modest employer count. |
| Graduateland / JobTeaser ↗ | Europe (25 countries) | Largest European graduate/student career network (Graduateland merged into JobTeaser 2022); integrated into 800+ university career portals; architecture/construction internship listings. |
Schools of architecture (career services)
| Source | Scope | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| ETH Zurich - Dept. of Architecture (D-ARCH) ↗ | Switzerland | Top European architecture school; department vacancies plus ETH-wide job portal and career centre. |
| TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment ↗ | Netherlands | Leading built-environment faculty; vacancies posted via AcademicTransfer. |
| The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL ↗ | UK | Careers page at /study/careers-architecture; faculty jobs at /about-us/jobs. |
| Architectural Association (AA School) ↗ | UK | Independent London architecture school with its own careers/vacancies pages. |
| IUAV University of Venice ↗ | Italy | Major Italian architecture/design/planning university; vacancies under its bandi/concorsi pages. |
| ETSAM - Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (UPM) ↗ | Spain | Leading Spanish architecture school (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). |
| EPFL - ENAC (Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering) ↗ | Switzerland | EPFL's architecture/built-environment school; vacancies via EPFL job portal. |
| KTH Royal Institute of Technology - ABE School ↗ | Sweden | School of Architecture and the Built Environment; vacancies via KTH jobs portal. |
| TU Munich (TUM) - Department of Architecture ↗ | Germany | TUM School of Engineering and Design architecture department; posts via TUM job portal. |
Looking for a studio internship? Most come straight from the studios — filter the live jobs to internship level, or browse the studio directory and apply speculatively (studios take interns year-round, not just when they advertise).
The jobs angle: the studios featured in these magazines and prize lists are exactly the ones worth a speculative application. Browse the studio directory, see who's hiring now, and check what roles pay.
More reference: magazines · awards · biennales & fairs · competitions & tenders · AEC employers · internships & research · job titles glossary · registering to practise. Compiled from public sources; corrections welcome.