how to apply

PRE-APPLICATION

APPLICATION PERIOD

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

1. Mainland Chinese students and Joint Dual-degree students are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply.
2. Students who are transitioning between NTU degrees are ELIGIBLE to apply.(i.e.: Bachelor’s Degree Student in 2025 Spring Semester → Master’s Degree Student in 2025 Fall Semester)
3. Students graduating in the Spring Semester of 2025 with a cumulative GPA below 2.4 are not eligible to participate in the program.

FEE

Totally FREE to apply for this program

• Participants are partially responsible for meals, transportation, accommodation, and other personal expenses.
• If the internship site is not in the Greater Taipei Area, NTU OIA will provide students with a fixed subsidy for accommodation, with accommodation recommended by the host organization.
  
• All students will be automatically registered for a “Summer Internship” summer course with 2 credits. Summer session courses are free of charge to NTU students.
  
  Students should pay a credit fee for this course (the fee can be different every year, depending on the announcement of the Office of Academic Affairs) if they have already studied for more than four years in their undergraduate degree and are taking no more than 9 credits in the spring semester.

APPLICATION

APPLICATION MATERIALS

BIDDING POINT SYSTEM

In order to reflect individual students’ preferences, we adopt this bidding point system to allocate the internship positions. Bids are used to determine student preferences and to fairly allocate internship positions

• Each student will be allotted 100 points, which should be used up.
• Each student should bid for five positions and bid at least one point on each position.
  
• Each student should not place equal amounts of points into different positions.
  
• Participation in the 1st or 2nd workshop will earn each student 10 extra points.
  

For detailed information regarding the program’s bidding point system, please refer to HERE.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

STEP 1

Click the “HERE” button. Fill out the application form and submit all the required documents before March 8, 2024. All participants should be aware that the internship's job description is subject to change at the discretion of the individual organization.

STEP 2

After the online application period, your complete application will be reviewed by the program’s admissions committee.

STEP 3

Once the first-round review is completed, you will be notified by email. The submitted documents then will be sent to the mentors of your choice according to the preference list. They will conduct the second round of application review. At the same time, the bidding system will also be open for you to allocate your bidding points.

Mentors may require an interview with applicants if needed.

STEP 4

You will receive a follow-up email when the decision is available to you around the end of April 2024.

STEP 5

Admitted students will receive an official acceptance letter from NTU OIA.

POST-APPLICATION

THOSE WHO GET SELECTED AS INTERNS

• Will be automatically enrolled in the “Summer Internship” course in the course selection system.
• Must attend the Orientation Ceremony & Workshop III held by the Office of International Affairs.
• Must hold a valid Work Permit & ARC & (Bank Account) during the internship period, if they are foreign students.
• Must submit the Final Report about the internship by a designated date in August. 
• Must attend the Professional Portrait Photo Shoot.
• Must fill out the Program Satisfaction & Career Development Survey after finishing the internship.

Click HERE to know how to apply for a Work Permit.