In each application, you are allowed to choose up to three internship placements. If you are not selected for your first placement, the system will continue to process the second and third placements automatically. In case there are no placements for you after three rounds of the matching process, you will be asked via email whether you would like to continue the matching process by choosing again from the available internship placements or withdraw your internship application altogether.
You can apply for the internship if you can come back to Hong Kong before the commencement of the internship orientation/workshops. During the selection process, you may need to attend interviews with the internship team or CPs via telephone or Skype. Please clearly specify in your personal statement the ways (e.g., email address or phone number) that the CPs can contact you for interviews.
Under the current internship scheme, SLI is under SI. Therefore, if you have previously completed SLI to fulfil your course requirement, you do not have to—and in fact cannot—apply for SI again.
To fulfil the course requirement, both the internship orientation and internship workshops are compulsory. Both activities help you prepare for and benefit from the internship programmes. Also, you have to make sure you have gone through the required readings before attending the orientation/workshops. When you submit your internship application online, please make sure you can attend all the orientations and workshops, and mark your schedule accordingly.
Yes, and we welcome you to do so by submitting an application through the Student-initiative Internships Programme. Once an application is received, the Faculty will undergo a systematic set of procedures to assess the suitability of service tasks offered.
You have to apply for the internship online by completing an online CV template and personal statements. You can apply to three CPs to consider your application and an interview may be arranged by them.
No, all SIGC internships are non-paid.
No, all SIGC internships are credit-bearing and you are required to complete all academic deliverables and assignments. There are also non-credit bearing internships coordinated by CEDARS for you to apply.
You are strongly recommended to complete the requirement no later than the second semester of the final year of studies. For those students who fulfil SIGC requirements in the summer of their final year, the grades will be formally released by the end of September to confirm the full completion of their bachelor degree programme.
No, GPA or CGPA is only ONE of the factors for consideration. Personal statements, working experience, voluntary services experience, level of language proficiency/other skills, academic background and interview performance (if any) will be comprehensively considered by the CPs for their decision on internship applications.
The CP Supervisor will evaluate your working performance using a standard online form. The grade derived from nine assessment criteria will be attributed to 50% of the total mark of the internship. The form can be found
here.
Every summer, we envisage we may take a limited number of non-FOSS students for the internship programmes. For details, you may visit
here.
You are strongly recommended to complete the requirement no later than the second semester of the final year of studies. An interview may be arranged by the CP.
SIGC Internships are credit-bearing with 12 credits. Your performance at CPs constitute 50% of the total mark; while the remaining 10% and 40% go to Project Presentation and Integrated Essay respectively.
The Faculty only acts as the facilitator and do NOT shortlist any applications. The CPs receive all applications and make the decisions by themselves based on your C and interview performance, if any.
Year 1 students are eligible to apply for internships. Students are strongly recommended to complete the requirement no later than the second semester of the final year of studies.
The Faculty will arrange a workshop on CV writing and interviews in January for your reference. Please stay tuned for the email announcement from the Faculty.
There are fewer students who apply for term-time internship compared with summer, but there are more CPs offering a more diverse selection of internship projects in summer.