Global Internship Program

Do you want to spend your summer in an exciting international environment, working at one of the world's leading research universities?

If your answer is “Yes!”, then IARU's Global Internship Program may be for you!

What are IARU Global Internships?

The IARU Global Internship Program is a select program for outstanding graduate and undergraduate students from Alliance institutions. Since 2009, Oxford University and the National University of Singapore have welcomed interns to conduct high-impact research and lead projects in university-level offices under the guidance of some of their best people.

In the coming years, the Global Internship Program may see more Alliance universities offering a myriad of internship opportunities in its leading laboratories and central offices. The Internship offerings are made possible because of the close knit relationship of the Alliance members, who avail their mentors and facilities to one another for this program.

Participants have benefited greatly from the program as it parallels the earliest stage of actual employment, with the added support and guidance to complete challenging assignments. Interns are acknowledged as a core team member, and assigned significant roles and responsibilities that affect the final outcome of the project. Internships usually occur in a country foreign to the interns, adding to rich life experiences, new skill sets and self-development. A possible outcome from the Internship is a post-doctoral or full time recruitment with the host university upon graduation.

New internships for 2011 will be updated. Faculty and researchers who would like to offer internships can contact iaru.secretariat@nus.edu.sg for inquiries.

Summer Internship@The University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo is offering a research internship opportunity on "Medical System Innovation through Multidisciplinary Integration: (PDF document) at its Center for Medical System Information. The internship begins 1 July - 31 August (tentative).

Applicants can find out more from their website http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/CMSI. For further enquiries, please contact Ms Kiyoko Jarnes. The closing date for applications is 31 January, 2011.

IARU Global Internships@the National University of Singapore

NUS internships are available and now open for registration. You can download a list of IARU Global Internship @ NUS (PDF Document).

List of internships:

1) Research Internship with the Department of Biological Sciences, "Genetic Variations Associated with Asthma and Atopic Diseases"

2) Research Internship with the Department of Biological Sciences, "Development of Genome-wide Microsatellite-based Linkage Map of the Oil Palm Genome for Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Identification"

3) Research Internship with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, "Development of Brain-machine Interface using an EEG based Neuronal Source Localization Imaging System"

4) Research internship with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Tele-rehabilitation and Wearable Devices for Home Therapy in Strokes and Parkinson Disease Patients"

5) Internship with the International Relations Office, Design of Publications & Collaterals

6) Internship with the NUS Museum, "Camping and Tramping through the Colonial Archive: The Museum in Malaya"

NUS Internships are only opened to students from IARU institutions. The closing date for registration is on Tuesday, 1 March 2011. Further information, including an application form and student requirements is available from the NUS International Relations Office website. For further enquiries, please contact Ms Denise Chua at irochuad@nus.edu.sg.