Placement-based Internships
Offer students the off-campus work-integrated learning opportunities locally and abroad as interns at various kinds of organisations, including NGOs, social enterprises, think-tanks, startups, business corporations and etc. for a variety of posts and topics ranging from education and communication to research and community services.
Offered in term-time (spreading across two semesters) and summer semester (for two months), can fulfill the Social Innovation requirement (Course code: FOSS2018).
Only offered in summer, can fulfill either the Social Innovation (Course code: FOSS2018) or the Global Citizenship (Course code: FOSS2019) requirement. Over the past summers, students had placement opportunities in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Germany, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
Offered in term-time and summer semester, can fulfill either the Social Innovation (Course code: FOSS2018) or the Global Citizenship (Course code: FOSS2019) requirement. The GC@Home internships create a new pathway for students to achieve global learning with internships placement in Hong Kong.
Offered in term-time and summer semester, can fulfill the Social Innovation (Course code: FOSS2018 or PSYC2075) requirement. The Psychology Field Placement offers a unique opportunity for psychology students to actively engage with a diverse range of psychologists, therapists, and professionals within the field. This hands-on experience provides students with a valuable glimpse into real-world practices, bridging the gap between classroom learning and professional work settings.
Project-based Internships
Offer students specialised project-based internships that tailor for your unique learning experience. It covers a range of theme-based projects such as Community-engaged Research, Global Bay Areas Impact Lab, Service Learning in China, GLoCal Projects and so on. You can always check the upcoming and past opportunities at Internship Week.
This research internships experience provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience on selected research projects with Community Partners under the guidance of Faculty Members. Students will work along with the Community Partner and learn from their expertise to address real problems confronting society.
The Global Bay Area Impact Lab programme aims to foster intellectual exchange among the largest Bay Areas in the world through the unique lens of social innovation. Over the course of 8 weeks, students will participate in trainings and project-based internships in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), with a study trip to the Tokyo Bay Area and virtual seminars on the San Francisco Bay Area. Students will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to hands-on projects in various social impact organisations, such as foundations, corporations, social incubators, and social ventures.
SLC provides flexibility allowing Social Sciences students to gain additional cross-border learning opportunity for another endorsed 6-credit course in configuring Global Citizenship requirement, such as transferring credits from exchange programmes.
GLoCal Projects provide project-based/cross-disciplinary learning opportunities to work with international NGOs and/or local community partners addressing global issues with local engagement, including human trafficking in Nepal, fair trade issues in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, qualitied education issues in the rural Vietnam, and etc.