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Applications now open for 2025 Geothermal Internship in Mexico

Applications now open for 2025 Geothermal Internship in Mexico ENERYOU and UNAM announce call for applications for the 2025 Geothermal Internship
Carlo Cariaga 12 Aug 2025

ENERYOU and UNAM are accepting applications until 24 August for the 2025 Geothermal Internship for young professionals based in Latin America.

ENERYOU and the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) announce the opening of registration for the 2025 Geothermal Internship “Young Promoters of Geothermal Energy: Linking Academia, Industry, and Communities,” now in its second edition.

The program is designed to offer a cross-disciplinary experience in the Mexican geothermal sector, with the goal of strengthening technical knowledge and fostering connections between participants, companies, organizations, and communities in different regions of the country. The chosen candidates will receive specialized and personalized training from experts working professionally in various areas of geothermal energy, as well as opportunities to collaborate with the network of experts in the Mexican geothermal sector.

The call will be open until August 24, 2025 at 11:59 pm (Mexico time).

During the first edition, the internship positions were awarded to Bárbara Utesá from the Argentine Geothermal Chamber, and Jaime Muñoz from the Honduran Institute of Geology and Mines, as announced in last year’s Mexican Geothermal Congress.

Photo: From left to right Eng. Jaime Muñoz, Dr. Cecilia Rodríguez-Gómez, Lic. Bárbara Utesá and Dr. Mariana Patricia Jácome Paz. Jaime and Bárbara are the winners of the YGP-2024 program. Cecilia and Mariana are the academic coordinators of the YGP-2024 program.

The academic geothermal internship will have five main modules:

  • Geothermal exploration
  • Operation of a geothermal plant
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Outreach and dissemination activities
  • Legislation

The program seeks to attract young people to pursue professional development in the field of geothermal energy. Therefore, candidates must have already completed a 4-5 year university degree (e.g. Bachelor’s Degree, Professional Degree, Engineering) and must strictly comply with at least one of the following conditions.

  • Be enrolled in a master’s degree in a program or specialization in accordance with the purpose of this call;
  • Be enrolled in the first year of doctoral studies in a subject relevant to the scope of this call;
  • Work in a company or civil association focused on geothermal energy.

For more information and inquiries, the official contact is: pasantias.geotermicas@igeofisica.unam.mx .

Source: Email correspondence via our Spanish language platform PiensaGeotermia