About The Washington Center:

The Washington Center is a non-profit organization whose strategic location in the heart of downtown D.C. (just six blocks from the White House!) creates a window of opportunity to a broad range of partnerships. The Washington Center seeks to produce not only future leaders in their professions, but also well-informed citizens who are public-spirited and civically engaged. As a Washington Centre intern, you will have ample opportunities to meet other fellow interns, have fun and discover one of the world’s liveliest and most engaging cities. Please visit http://www.twc.edu for more information.

Internship programs available:

TWC internships offer an extensive selection of programs ranging from advocacy, service and arts programs to political and business programs. Sample internship placements have included Amnesty International, National Mental Health Association, The Smithsonian Institution, United Nations Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and The World Bank amongst many others.

Apart from these, regardless of your specific program, all students participate in the Leadership Forum. This Forum gives you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet distinguished leaders from the business, nonprofit and government sectors as well as the diplomatic community. Students can expect to attend The President’s Lecture Series and Embassy Visits Program amongst many others.

Picture Credits: The Washington Center

Please see attached viewbook for more information regarding the programs available as well as program structure. For this internship program, the duration for the Summer semester is 10 weeks and the duration for Spring and Fall semesters is 10 weeks.

• Viewbook

Courses:

Apart from gaining experience through internships, students will also attend academic coursework that is conducted by highly qualified professors Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University amongst others.

Please see attached the Spring 2009 Course Guide for the list of courses offered – generally the same courses are offered every semester with slight variations. Students may potentially earn credits for their program (*Note: this is subject to consultation with the student’s faculty/academic advisors on module mapping etc).

• Spring 2008 Course Guide

Financial matters/ funding

• Funding/ financial aid will be available through IRO for potential interns at TWC to cover their airfare as well as settling allowance (up to a maximum of SGD 2000).

International Leaders Award:

Due to the generous contribution of the Coca-Cola Foundation, TWC is offering to NUS a scholarship annually (*Note: this award is applicable for students going for Fall and Spring Term only) for our students to participate in their program. This student will be selected out of the shortlisted candidates. This award covers the tuition of the program for the selected student. Awardees must still cover all other expenses, including the application fee, housing, airfare, health insurance and living expenses. Recipients of this award are chosen competitively on the basis of their leadership, academic achievement and vision for global community development.

Application and Selection:

Applications should reach IRO at least 10 days before the TWC’s application deadline to allow for processing. Please refer to the table below for application deadlines:

As the places are highly competitive, students should have a minimum CAP of 3.75 to apply.

Queries:

Click here to find out more about other student’s past experiences and pictures taken during this internship.


Students may also contact:

Ms May Leong
Email: irolmy@nus.edu.sg
DID: 6516 1190