Internships

Internships for FASS Students

Internships provide a bridge between the classroom and the workplace and are becoming an important aspect of career preparation. It’s one thing to possess various hard and soft skills, but it’s another to have a track record to exhibit those skills. Internships provide job applicants with a documented work experience and the opportunity to network with potential co-workers and future employers in a setting in which their performance and work attitude may be directly observed. Consequently, internships are often a vehicle for companies to scout for talent; and conversely, for interns to find out more about prospective employers.

Not all temporary work counts as internships. To qualify as an internship, a temporary position should (1) emphasize on-the-job training, (2) include intentional learning goals for the interns, and (3) be closely supervised. Internships may be paid or unpaid. You can see the NUS guidelines relating to internships here.

Because we care about our students’ future career success, FASS has made space for an internship component in our curriculum. But opportunities for internships are also offered by the University (University Managed Internship Programme) and individual Departments within FASS (Department Managed Academic Internship Programmes).

Students are advised to watch the CFG internship preparation video found here. Before embarking on an internship, ALL STUDENTS are required to watch Video 3.

Department Managed Academic Internship Programmes

The Department holds a briefing for all interested second year and above major students at the beginning of Semester 1 of each academic year. Students will need to submit their CV and transcript for consideration, with the Department contacting potential internship organisations thereafter for internships during the summer holidays of the following year. Successful students will be informed by March of the following year, whereupon they will need to submit an application to read the internship course during the Special Term. Unsuccessful students may still source for their own internships subject to approval by the Department. Students will spend at least 6 weeks with the internship organisation and will need to submit an Internship Report upon completion of their internship. They will be graded based on this report, together with the intern evaluation report from their supervisor at the organisation, and observations by their faculty supervisor.

Students need to satisfy the following before they are eligible to apply for the internship programme:

  • Full-time Student
  • Chinese Studies / Chinese Language Major
  • Read and passed a minimum of 80 units before beginning the internship (minimum of 24 units from Chinese Studies / Chinese Language)
  • Have not done any department internship course before
  • Additional pre-requisites may apply for certain employers

Some organisations our students have previously interned with including the following:

  • Mediacorp
  • Ministry of Education (Mother Tongue Languages Branch, Curriculum Planning and Development Division)
  • National Heritage Board
  • Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
  • Berries World

Faculty Managed Internship Programme

FASS Internship Programme (FASSIP). This programme is for internships that are not closely tied to the disciplinary training offered by individual departments.

For more information, please contact FASS IP Administrator, Email / Desk: +65 6601 3926

University Managed Internship Programme

Vacation Internship Programme: The Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) facilitates the Vacation Internship Programme which takes place during the May to July or December to January vacation periods.  No units are awarded for internships performed under this programme. For more information, visit the CFG managed internship webpages for employers and for students.