Internships create realistic settings for the assessment of true potential.

If you have meaningful assignments or projects that offer learning opportunities for our students, we invite you to participate in our internship and attachment programmes. Take advantage of new perspectives and innovative contributions, while you talent-spot and assess their fit with your organisation and hiring requirements.

• NUS Vacation Internship Programme (VIP)
  

The NUS Vacation Internship Programme is intended to provide students with opportunities to gain work experience during the vacation periods in May and December every year. Students volunteer to participate in this internship programme.

Employers Benefits

Access to an excellent pool of talents and potential hires for your organisations

• Cost effective recruitment pipeline for graduate recruitment
• Inject new perspectives and value-add to your team of full time staff

Employers’ Submission

Employers should ensure scope of internship is meaningful and serves to enhance the student's educational experience and career development. Learning objectives should be structured into the internship programme. The company should appoint a reporting supervisor who will be responsible for the learning outcomes of the intern and to ensure that the established objectives are met. To ensure a good learning outcome for students, internship requests will be screened through by NUS Career Centre. Approved requests will be published.

VIP Period

The period of training will be during the vacation breaks each year.

For Academic Year 2012/2013, the VIP periods are:

• Semester 1: 10 December 2012 – 11 January 2013 (i.e. 5 weeks)

• Semester 2: 13 May 2013 – 2 August 2013 (i.e. 12 weeks)

The summer and winter vacation periods for upcoming academic years can be found under Academic Calendars from http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/calendar.html

Procedures

1. Please complete the NUS Internship Requisition Form online at NUS TalentConnect at least two months prior to the start date of the internship period for approval. If the programme is found suitable, it would be posted on the NUS TalentConnect for students to apply.
2. If your company is a new partner with NUS Career Centre, please register for an account with NUS TalentConnect from https://talentconnect.nus.edu.sg/OSA/registration. Existing companies would have received an email from us with the account details.
3. Employers are to manage internship postings and viewing of applications directly from NUS TalentConntect. Please communicate all terms and conditions listed in this form to your shortlisted candidates during the interview. Employers are strongly advised to request interns to sign an employment or internship contract to prevent any future potential disputes.

Click here to find out more on how to apply, payment of allowances, information on faculties and schools and other internship matters. Click here for the Advisory Note on the employment of international students.

Login to NUS TalentConnect to apply.

*Work Study Scheme

If the job scope is administrative in nature or can be filled by a temporary help, we seek your assistance to hire under Work Study Scheme (WSS) to provide financially needy students with an alternative source of income. VIP students are paid an allowance (CPF exempted), whereas WSS students are paid on an hourly rate as per temporary staff.

• NUS Global Internship & Mentorship (GIM) Programme (May-July)

  The GIM Programme is a joint initiative between the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the NUS Career Centre to nurture NUS students into becoming the next global talents for Singapore-based companies based regionally and globally.

  If you have a meaningful cross-cultural or overseas assignment and senior management executives who are willing to provide mentorship for our students, the NUS Career Centre is committed to sourcing the best talents within NUS to meet your requirements. The GIM programme is open only to second- and third-year students during the 12-week vacation period between May and July.

  Click here to find out more about the programme. Click to apply.