The kinds of businesses that typically host VET students, and what schools should expect from them.
Most VET host companies in Lisbon are small to medium businesses — independent hotels, restaurants, agencies and workshops — rather than large multinational corporations. This actually tends to suit VET placements well, since smaller companies often give students more direct, hands-on responsibility than a large organisation with a rigid internship programme would.
Hosting hospitality students in front-desk, housekeeping and guest-service roles.
Kitchen and service placements for gastronomy and culinary arts students.
Smaller tech firms and agencies offering support and development placements.
Companies tied to Lisbon's distribution and warehousing activity.
A logistics placement with a Lisbon-based host company.
A company that genuinely hosts VET students — rather than nominally agreeing to it — assigns a named workplace tutor, gives the student real, connected tasks tied to their field of study, and stays in contact with the host organisation if anything needs adjusting. This is the standard worth checking for, whichever destination a school is considering.
Reliable host companies are typically the result of an ongoing relationship, not a company found and confirmed for a single group. Host organisations that have worked with the same companies across multiple cohorts tend to have a clearer sense of which ones deliver consistently — a track record schools benefit from without having to build it themselves.
The sectors these companies typically fall into.
Read more → VET InternshipsHow students are matched to companies like these.
Read more → VET InternshipsWhat to check before trusting a company with a student.
Read more →DNA Europe is a Lisbon-based host organisation for Erasmus+ KA1 VET mobility, coordinating placements, accommodation and documentation for partner schools.
