Internship

ITC is committed to the development of ‘all-round’ graduates with vision and a global outlook, a sense of social responsibility, and critical and creative thinking abilities. Students are encouraged to take up an internship during their course of study. The objectives are:

to enable students to connect classroom theory with workplace applications to meet the needs of the industry and society at large.
to provides a real-life work experience for our students to apply their knowledge and problem-solving skills to address and manage actual problems at work
to help the employers to identify the right candidates to address their needs.

There are different types of internship programme, including general programme applicable to students of all levels and specialised programmes for full-time undergraduate students. They are compared in the table below:

	General Programme	Specialised Programmes
	General Internship	Work-Integrated Education (WIE)	Summer Internship
Eligibility	All students	All BA students	All BA Year 3 students
Details/Duration	No specific requirements	At least 120 hours on a part-time basis or 3 weeks on a full-time basis	Minimum 7 weeks on a full-time basis during the summer period (i.e. mid-May to Mid-August)
Location	Hong Kong, Mainland China or Overseas
Services to employers by ITC	Company registration Job posting on ITC website, announcement to ITC students Evaluations (WIE and summer internship) Tailored recruitment services (summer internship only)
Pre-training by PolyU	N.A.	Yes	Yes
Insurance Coverage	N.A.	PolyU provides group personal accident insurance coverage for the basic protection of students
Suggested allowance for potential employers	Negotiable	Negotiable	HK$8,000 or above per month preferably
PolyU scholarships/sponsorship available for student application	N.A.	Yes (mainly for overseas WIE)	Yes (mainly for overseas internship)
Evaluations	N.A.	Both students and employers are required to complete online evaluation upon completion of the internship
Remarks	N.A.	Mandatory for full-time BA students	Double fulfillment: Summer Internship can be counted toward WIE and also 3-credit subject (Professional Attachment ITC3221G), or 2-credit subject (Industrial Practice ITC3023I)