{"id":439,"date":"2023-06-20T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/intern-abroad\/?p=439"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:25:21","slug":"my-research-internship-at-the-ntnu-trondheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/intern-abroad\/2023\/06\/20\/my-research-internship-at-the-ntnu-trondheim\/","title":{"rendered":"My Research Internship at the NTNU Trondheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_439 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_439')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_439').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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I met the head of the institute at NTNU during a guest lecture and wrote him an email<br \/>\nafter his lecture asking about the possibility of an internship. 5 minutes later I had my<\/p>\n<p>acceptance and could choose my starting time flexibly. So I can at least give you a tip for an<br \/>\ninternship at this institute: Just ask! Internships are by no means typical here, but they are<br \/>\neasy to implement and welcome<\/p>\n<p><strong>Traveling to Norway and Housing<\/strong><br \/>\nI quickly found someone via Facebook who was able to take me to Trondheim by car. Even<br \/>\nthough the journey takes longer than by plane, I can only recommend it. Especially the part<br \/>\nthrough Norway itself is very scenic and gives you a first impression of the country.<br \/>\nIn Trondheim itself, I didn&#8217;t stay in a student dorm like most people, but in a shared flat near<br \/>\nthe city center (Buran). This turned out to be a very good decision for me. Some of the<br \/>\nstudent dorms are further out and the bus connections at night are not particularly good,<br \/>\nwhich is why the walking distance from the city to my shared flat was often very practical. It<br \/>\nalso gave me contact with Norwegians, which is otherwise not so easy due to the ERASMUS<br \/>\nbubble. Finding a flat was also very easy. The website Hybel offers a really wide range of<\/p>\n<p>shared flats, which even write to you themselves. So if you prefer smaller and more personal<br \/>\nshared flats to student dorms, I can highly recommend it, even if it is of course a bit more<br \/>\nexpensive. But I had a very good time with my two flatmates!<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Internship<\/strong><br \/>\nI really enjoyed my research internship at the Institute of Psychology for the whole 5 months.<br \/>\nHowever, you have to show a lot of initiative. There are a lot of researchers working on<br \/>\ndifferent projects at the institute, which were presented to me at the beginning. However, I<br \/>\nwas completely free to decide where I wanted to work. On the one hand, this meant that I<br \/>\ncould devote myself to the projects that I found most exciting in terms of content, but on the<br \/>\nother hand, it also meant that I first had to get an overview, write lots of emails and ask<br \/>\nwhere it was possible to work. So it took 1-2 weeks until I could really get started and find my<br \/>\nprojects and tasks. After that, however, the whole thing became a no-brainer and I always<br \/>\nhad something to do. The work itself was a lot of fun. I mainly did literature research,<br \/>\nanalyzed data sets and co-wrote papers. If you do a good job, you&#8217;re even accepted as a co-author.<\/p>\n<p>In general, I was given a lot of trust and I had a lot of freedom in my work and little<br \/>\ncontrol, also meaning that if you need help, you have to communicate that directly as well. I<br \/>\nfound this working environment and the atmosphere perfect. I was very warmly received by<br \/>\nthe team and we had lunch together every day. I especially enjoyed the contact with the PhD<br \/>\nstudents. In summary: Super nice team, exciting content, lots of initiative needed!<br \/>\nI was absolutely thrilled with the university itself! There are numerous caf\u00e9s, beautifully<br \/>\ndesigned study rooms and libraries (especially the library in the old building on the<br \/>\nGl\u00f8shaugen campus), bookstores, small supermarkets and very good (but also very<br \/>\nexpensive) food in the canteen. Especially important: Every Wednesday is Cinnamon-Bun<br \/>\nWednesday, which means cinnamon buns are available in every university caf\u00e9 for a small<br \/>\nprice. I haven&#8217;t missed a single one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daily Life in Trondheim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trondheim is a rather manageable, small city, but very student-oriented. It didn&#8217;t take me<br \/>\nlong to feel at home here and settle in. For students in particular, the heart of the city is the<br \/>\nSamfundet student house. It is run by students on a voluntary basis. Here you can find bars, a<br \/>\nrestaurant and a caf\u00e9, several clubs and event rooms. You can go here every day and there is<br \/>\nalways something going on. Parties at the weekend, concerts during the week, pub quizzes,<br \/>\ndiscussion evenings and my personal highlight: Wine-Wednesday. Apart from the student<br \/>\nhouse, however, the party life in Trondheim is rather lukewarm. If you like techno, you should<br \/>\nfollow the Technophilia events on Facebook, as these are the only good techno parties here.<br \/>\nOtherwise, the bar &#8220;Circus&#8221; is highly recommended, where the music is rockier. For the<br \/>\ntypical party nights, head to Fire Fine or Heidi&#8217;s Bierbar. In my opinion, that&#8217;s it for the<br \/>\nselection of good party options, so we often organized our own home parties.<br \/>\nBesides parties, Trondheim has a lot more to offer. The landscape with its location directly on<br \/>\nthe fjord is beautiful. When the weather was good, we discovered barbecuing for ourselves,<br \/>\neither in the city by the river, at the meadows near the fortress or at Korsvika Beach. At least<br \/>\nonce a week we went to the sauna. A particularly individual sauna can be found directly on<br \/>\nthe coast, the Bunker Sauna. You have to heat it up yourself, though. There is also Havet.<br \/>\nHere you have to go at least once for the morning rave at 7 a.m., preferably on the first<br \/>\nWednesday of the month, when you also get breakfast.<br \/>\nI also did a lot of sports here. The sports on offer are super varied and very cheap. For 120\u20ac,<br \/>\nyou can go to the university gyms for the whole semester, attend classes here and try out all<br \/>\nthe courses at NTNUI.<br \/>\nTrondheim has a lot to offer in terms of cuisine, although it is of course relatively expensive. I<\/p>\n<p>can highly recommend the ramen restaurant &#8220;Koie&#8221;, the Olavshallen (here you can order<br \/>\nfrom 5 restaurants at once) and the pizza buffet in the Tyholt tower. It&#8217;s worth going here<br \/>\nanyway for the perfect view of Trondheim.<br \/>\nIn and around Trondheim you can go hiking and skiing in winter. The Bymarka area is only<br \/>\nhalf an hour away. Here you can both hike and ski and stop at the Gr\u00f8nlia hut, which is<br \/>\nlocated right by the lake and offers a large selection of homemade cakes. It is also worth<br \/>\ntaking a trip to Estenstadhytta and the Theisendammen viewpoint. The app Komoot also<br \/>\noffers some good routes in and around Trondheim.<br \/>\nAs far as the weather is concerned, you really should be prepared for anything at any time in<br \/>\nTrondheim. The weather can change between sun, snow and rain a thousand times a day.<br \/>\nSometimes you don&#8217;t see a single ray of sunshine for weeks, then suddenly it&#8217;s gloriously<br \/>\nsummery. The darkness in winter worried me quite a lot at the beginning, because I usually<br \/>\nfind winter in Germany terrible. And of course, it&#8217;s extremely dark and cold at the beginning,<br \/>\nbut since everything is still very new at that time and so much is happening, there&#8217;s still no<br \/>\ntime for tiredness and the time until it stays light a little longer passes super fast. I loved the<\/p>\n<p>days when the sun didn&#8217;t set at all. The sleep rhythm gets absolutely out of balance, but<br \/>\nsitting in the park or on the beach at 3 a.m. in daylight is a very strange but very cool<br \/>\nexperience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excursions and Trips<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>One of my personal highlights: Our cabin trips. The university owns some cabins closer and<br \/>\nfurther away from Trondheim. You can stay here very cheaply and spend great weekends. We<br \/>\nwent on a total of 3 of these trips. The cabins are sometimes in more or less good condition,<br \/>\nso you shouldn&#8217;t expect luxury, but you are always directly in nature and can hike to and from<br \/>\nthe cabins. I can really recommend going to the newly built cabin called Mevasskoia on the<br \/>\nother side of the fjord<br \/>\nWe also went on a road trip to Troms\u00f8 relatively early after our arrival in February. Also, one<br \/>\nof my highlights. I can only recommend everyone to do this trip by car and not by plane. The<br \/>\nroad was scenically spectacular and a unique experience. We saw the northern lights on our<br \/>\nfirst day at our first stop, and then again on the following days. We also encountered some<br \/>\nmoose on our way. We saw a lot of the country on this trip and got to know the winter in<br \/>\nNorway so far north in a completely different way.<br \/>\nIn general, I would recommend everyone to take time to travel after the end of the semester.<br \/>\nGreat destinations are the Lofoten Islands, the numerous national parks, \u00c5lesund, Bergen<br \/>\nand possibly side trips to Sweden and Denmark on the way back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychology B.Sc. Norway, Trondheim Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet 01\/2023 \u2013 05\/2023 Preparation My path to the Research Internship at the Institute of Psychology at NTNU was surprisingly easy. 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