Embark on Internship and Industry Experience
The NTU Career & Attachment Office aims at enhancing student employability and career readiness. It does so in close partnership with industry leaders by incorporating and availing real-world work experiences into students' education journey. These real-world work opportunities are conducted through the following programme categories - Local Internships, Global Internships and the Work-Study Degree Programme (WSDeg).
The purpose of a credit-bearing internship is to enable the application of knowledge and skills which students have learned in the university in an authentic work environment. This is such that you can gain relevant exposures and develop practical industry experiences and skills that will facilitate your career decision and future transition into your selected vocation. It aims for students to develop professional competencies that will enhance employability and lifelong learning capabilities to support career and life endeavours and your readiness for the future of work.
Internship is a learning process in which by exposing the students to real life working environments as part of an academic curriculum helps you to develop and enhance academic, personal and professional competencies. Due to the diversity of the training environments and backgrounds of organisation supervisors, a significant part of the internship programme is based on a self-directed learning approach by the students.
Organisations participating in our internship programmes are required to provide a structured internship programme with emphasis on applications, management and hands-on experience for the students to:
- apply knowledge learned
- acquire practical skills
- strengthen work values
- gain interpersonal skills
The Work-Study Degree Programme (WSDeg) pathway in NTU aim to enhance students' employability and readiness for full-time employment by offering extended on-the-job training & experience with NTU WSDeg industry partners, as part of their course of study. They do so by providing opportunities for students to alternate between terms of studies and internship work. Students benefit from greater exposure to the professional work environment, allowing them to learn on the job, deepen technical skills, develop soft skills and cultivate an understanding of workplace practices.
This combination of classroom-based education and practical work experience also serves to strengthen the partnership between NTU and industry leaders to nurture and shape the next generation of professionals. Students will be able to gain early access to NTU’s WSDeg Industry partners and journey with them over time to grow their technical and workplace competencies aligned to the role opportunities that they wish to consider as their first career.
The WSDeg programme is available for Engineering, Science and Business students. Students are to refer to the annual call-out in their Year 2 Semester 1 from their school / CAO for more information.
For more enquiries, please contact via the following email: wsdp@ntu.edu.sg
For more information on the Work Study Degree Programme, please look out for CAO's WSDeg outreach email notification on upcoming briefings and activities annually during mid-August.