Internships

Q: I would like to recruit part-time interns. How do I proceed?

When posting your positions on NUS TalentConnect, please label the position as “Position Type: Contract/Part-time Jobs”. After your posting is approved by CFG, students will be able to start applying via the selected application mode.

Internships allow your organisation to build a talent pipeline while promoting your brand. The NUS education is designed to strengthen our students’ cognitive skills, enabling these young talents to ask the right questions and use quantitative reasoning to deal with uncertainty and solve complex problems.

With over 40,000 students, NUS has a vast talent pool of multi-disciplinary students.
Learn more about our undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes.

Singapore-based employer

Join us as an internship partner! Follow the steps below to start sourcing talented interns.

1. Review Internship Guidelines and Outline Learning Objectives

Get started by first reviewing the Internship Guidelines for Employers. Learn about all matters related to internship stipends, insurance, CPF, leave, and more.

Next, start thinking about the scope of the internship. Ensure that it is meaningful and serves to enhance the student's educational experience and career development. Learning objectives are recommended to be structured into the internship programme and employers are advised to appoint a reporting supervisor who will be responsible for the learning outcomes of the intern and to ensure that the established objectives are met.

Please find some useful links below:

Employment Act
CPF Exemption
Enterprise Singapore’s Global Ready Talent Programme (Internships)
Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) Guidelines
Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)

2. Decide When to Host Your Internship

There are two periods to consider – during the semester and during vacation. You may refer to the NUS Academic Calendar for specific dates.

Internships During The Semester Internships held during the semester are under the respective faculty internship programmes. These programmes are credit-bearing.
Administered By	Respective Faculties and Schools
Duration	About 5–6 months, from Jan–Jun or Jul–Dec (Some exceptions present. Please refer to: An Employer's Guide to Recruiting NUS Talents)
Location	Local or overseas* *Some faculty internships cannot be done overseas. Please contact the respective faculties and schools for more information before recruitment.
How to Start Recruiting	For Faculty Internships, please refer to the respective faculties and schools website on the registration period and recruitment methods: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences College of Design and Engineering Faculty of Science School of Computing NUS Business School NUS-ISS

Internships During Vacation Internships during vacation periods fall under the respective Faculty/School or Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG).
Administered By	Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)
Duration	About 1-3 months, from May-Aug or Dec-Jan
Location	Local or overseas
How to Start Recruiting	Step 1: Create an account on NUS TalentConnect Step 2: Post internships on NUS TalentConnect Select Position Type: Vacation Internships – Local (Open to All Faculties) Internships – (Respective Faculty) Select Internship Programme: During Winter Vacation (Dec to Jan) During Summer Vacation (May to Aug) Select your preferred way of receiving student applications/resumes Remember to select ‘Accumulate Online’ to ensure that the system captures a record of the student applications. Step 3: After the internships have been approved, students would start applying via the selected application mode. Step 4: Upon receiving student applications, employers may proceed to shortlist and contact students directly for an interview. Step 5: Employers have to make internship offers to students on NUS TalentConnect under the appropriate Internship Programme and accepted by the students to be recognized by the school. Click on the ‘Offer Position‘ button for the chosen student applicant(s).

Unbounded Internships Internships unbound by the academic calendar can be offered through NUS Internship-as-a-Service (IAAS). With NUS IAAS, students can take on paid short-stint projects of flexible duration with local and overseas companies, while employers are able to access NUS talents, unbound by the academic calendar or geography.
Administered By	Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)
Duration	No minimum nor maximum duration for projects.
Location	Local or overseas
How to Start Recruiting	Register for an account on NUS IAAS.

3. Request an Internship Support Letter

For CFG-administered internships, CFG issues internship support letter for CPF exemption and funding applications purposes.

To request an internship support letter request, please follow the steps below:

Ensure that the internship position is posted on NUS TalentConnect under position Type: Vacation Internships – Local (Open to All Faculties)
Ensure that the student has accepted the offer on NUS TalentConnect
Ensure that the student submitted the Experiential Learning Placement form and uploaded a copy of the letter of offer/internship agreement in the Attachment section on NUS TalentConnect
Email your request via hire@nus.edu.sg using the email subject “Internship Support Letter Request"

Overseas-based employer

Join us as an internship partner! Follow the steps below to start sourcing talented interns.

1. Review Internship Guidelines and Outline Learning Objectives

Get started by first reviewing the Internship Guidelines for Employers.

Next, start thinking about the scope of the internship. Ensure that it is meaningful and serves to enhance the student's educational experience and career development. Learning objectives are recommended to be structured into the internship programme and employers are advised to appoint a reporting supervisor who will be responsible for the learning outcomes of the intern and to ensure that the established objectives are met.

Employer Requirements

Visa support
Assistance for housing search (if applicable)
Provision of a mentor or supervisor
Letter of reference / testimonial for the student after internship completion
Additional requirements may apply

NUS offers financial support to students who are on overseas internships to help alleviate costs for employers.

2. Decide When to Host Your Internship

There are two periods to consider – during the semester and during vacation. You may refer to the NUS Academic Calendar for specific dates.

Internships During The Semester Internships held during the semester are under the respective faculty internship programmes. These programmes are credit-bearing.
Administered By	Respective Faculties and Schools
Duration	About 5–6 months, from Jan–Jun or Jul–Dec (Some exceptions present. Please refer to: An Employer's Guide to Recruiting NUS Talents)
Location	Local or overseas* *Some faculty internships cannot be done overseas. Please contact the respective faculties and schools for more information before recruitment.
How to Start Recruiting	For Faculty Internships, please refer to the respective faculties and schools website on the registration period and recruitment methods: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of College of Design and Engineering Faculty of Science School of Computing NUS Business School NUS-ISS

Internships During Vacation For more information, you may contact CFG at hire@nus.edu.sg.
Administered By	Respective Faculty/School or Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)
Duration	About 1-3 months, from May-Aug or Dec-Jan
Location	Local or overseas
NUS Provisions	Student travel insurance Student financial aid Publicity Administrative support
How to Start Recruiting	Step 1: Create an account on NUS TalentConnect Step 2: Post internships on NUS TalentConnect Select Position Type: Vacation Internships – Overseas (Open to All Faculties) Select Internship Programme: Overseas Internships Select your preferred way of receiving student applications / resumes Please remember to select ‘Accumulate Online’ to ensure that the system captures a record of the student applications. Step 3: After the internships have been approved by CFG, students would start applying via the selected application mode. Step 4: Upon receiving student applications, employers may proceed to shortlist and contact students directly for an interview. Step 5: Employers have to make internship offers to students on NUS TalentConnect under the appropriate Internship Programme and accepted by the students to be recognized by the school. Click on the ‘Offer Position‘ button for the chosen student applicant(s).

Frequently Asked Questions

Part-time Internships

Part-time internships refers to internships undertaken by full-time NUS student who is taking courses for the semester. Usually, part-time internships are personal arrangement between the students and the employers.

1. I would like to recruit part-time interns. How do I proceed?

Please refer to NUS Internship-As-A-Service (IAAS).

2. May I get an internship support letter for part-time internships?

According to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) policy, students working during vacation or under training programmes in Singapore, approved by NUS, are exempted from CPF contributions. Please refer to CPF website for more information. You may request an internship support letter from NUS – this can serve as a CPF exemption letter.

Internship support letters are only issued for internships registered under an official NUS Internship Programme.

Internships during the term time are under the purview of the student’s home faculty. Please contact the student’s home faculty for advice.

For CFG-administered internships, please contact the Centre for Future-ready Graduate (CFG) for advice.

3. Are students covered under insurance?

All full-time NUS students are covered with basic medical and personal accident insurance coverage during their course of study.

NUS recommends that employers cover interns under their organisations’ insurance schemes, e.g. medical or workmen’s compensation (WICA), especially if they are required to work in high-risk environments (i.e. laboratories, shipyards, heavy industry environments with machinery/equipment).

Learn more about insurance coverage arrangements for NUS students.

4. What do I have to take note of when hiring international students for part-time internships?

International students (student pass holders) undergoing part-time work arrangements during term time are subject to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s guidelines of working a maximum of 16 hours per week during NUS term time.

Please refer to the Employment Act for further information.

Leave of Absence (LOA) Internships

1. May I get an internship support letter for LOA internships?

LOA internships may be subject to CPF contributions and are under the purview of the student’s home faculty.
Please contact the student’s home faculty for advice.

2. Are the students covered under insurance?

There may be limited and conditional accident and medical insurance benefits for students when on Leave of Absence.

Learn more about insurance coverage arrangements for NUS students.

3. What do I have to take note when hiring international students for LOA internships?

International students (student pass holders) must apply for a work pass if they want to take a leave of absence during their school term to do additional internships that do not contribute towards their graduation.

Please refer to the Work Pass Exemption for Foreign Students policy by the MOM.

Internship Support Letter

1. Who should I approach for the internship support letter?

For CFG-administered internships, CFG will issue the internship support letter.
For faculty internships, the respective faculties will issue the internship support letter.

Please refer to Section "Decide When to Host Your Internship" to check which internship programme have you registered for.

2. May we include additional information in the internship support letter?

We issue a standard internship support letter for all students.

If you are applying for funding and require the student’s NRIC details, please inform the student to self-generate a Student Status Letter which will have the necessary NRIC details. Here’s the guide on how to generate the Student Status Letter.

The two documents — internship support letter and Student Status Letter — would be sufficient for the funding application.

Have more questions? Please email hire@nus.edu.sg.

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Internships

Singapore-based employer

1. Review Internship Guidelines and Outline Learning Objectives

2. Decide When to Host Your Internship

Internships During The Semester

Internships During Vacation

Unbounded Internships

3. Request an Internship Support Letter

Overseas-based employer

1. Review Internship Guidelines and Outline Learning Objectives

Employer Requirements

2. Decide When to Host Your Internship

Internships During The Semester

Internships During Vacation

Frequently Asked Questions

Part-time Internships

1. I would like to recruit part-time interns. How do I proceed?

2. May I get an internship support letter for part-time internships?

3. Are students covered under insurance?

4. What do I have to take note of when hiring international students for part-time internships?

Leave of Absence (LOA) Internships

1. May I get an internship support letter for LOA internships?

2. Are the students covered under insurance?

3. What do I have to take note when hiring international students for LOA internships?

Internship Support Letter

1. Who should I approach for the internship support letter?

2. May we include additional information in the internship support letter?