Job Summary
The Qatar Shell Internship Experience offers a real and supportive entry into professional life, helping you learn, explore, build confidence, and make meaningful progress.
Discover life at Qatar Shell
Choosing a career path is easier when you’ve seen a workplace from the inside.
The Qatar Shell Summer Internship is a paid summer experience for university students who want to understand what working at Shell is really like – our culture, our people, and the types of challenges we work on every day.
This internship is designed as an exploration and learning experience. It gives you the opportunity to spend time in a real Shell environment, observe how teams work together, and build confidence before making future career decisions.
About the Qatar Shell Internship Experience
This summer internship is designed to give you a first, realistic look into professional life at Qatar Shell.
- Duration: 6–8 weeks
- Timing: Summer (June – August)
- Location: Ras Laffan & Doha
- Type: Paid summer internship
- Applications open: March 2026
Is this internship for you?
This internship is designed for Qatari Engineering students who are:
- Curious about the energy industry
- Early in their career journey
- Looking for practical exposure alongside their university studies
You might still be deciding what kind of engineer you want to be – or whether the energy industry is right for you. This programme is intended to help you explore those questions in a supportive way.
You can apply if you:
- Are a Qatari National
- Are enrolled in Year 2, 3 or 4 of a university degree
- Are studying Engineering (for example: Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial & Systems)
- Have a minimum GPA of 2.5 (or equivalent)
What you will experience
During the 6–8-week programme, you will join a Qatar Shell team and experience day‑to‑day working life in a structured and supportive environment.
During the internship, you will:
- Spend time shadowing professionals across specific areas across engineering, technology, or maintenance.
- Work on one clearly scoped micro‑project, linked to real business activity
- Observe how teams collaborate, communicate and make decisions
- Develop confidence in a professional workplace You will be supported by:
- A business supervisor
- A buddy for day‑to‑day questions
- Regular check‑ins to help you reflect on what you are learning
What you might work on
Each intern is assigned one micro‑project that reflects the work of their team and helps bring their learning together.
Examples include:
- Observing and mapping a technical or operational process
- Supporting a workflow review and identifying improvement ideas
- Creating an observation log and sharing recommendations
You will also take part in:
- Safety and business inductions
- Informal learning sessions that explain how interviews and case studies work at Shell, to build awareness and confidence
At the end of the internship, interns share their learning and receive a certificate of completion.
How the application process works
The application process is designed to be simple and accessible.
Industry
Less than 1 Year
Intern
Onshore/Offshore
Day shift
Bachelor’s Degree
Engineering Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering
Preferred Candidate
Company Overview
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 96,000 people across 70+ countries. We serve around 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 million customers daily at our Shell-branded retail service stations.
Our purpose is to power progress together by working with each other, our customers and our partners. #PoweringProgress
Learn More About Shell
We are a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with over 90,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories.
Our operations are divided into Upstream, Integrated Gas and New Energies, Downstream, and Projects & Technology.
Upstream focuses on exploration for new liquids and natural gas reserves and on developing major new projects.
Integrated Gas and New Energies focuses on liquefying natural gas (LNG) and converting gas to liquids (GTL) so that it can be safely stored and shipped to markets around the world. The New Energies business explores and invests in new low-carbon opportunities.
Downstream focuses on turning crude oil into a range of refined products, which are moved and marketed around the world. We also produce and sell petrochemicals for industrial use worldwide. Our oil sands mining activities are a part of Downstream.
Our Projects & Technology business is responsible for delivering new development projects and innovative research and development.
Office Address
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