{"id":575,"date":"2019-03-05T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T07:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/?page_id=575"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T03:57:03","slug":"internships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/internships\/","title":{"rendered":"Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-undergraduate\"><li id=\"menu-item-13898\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/what-is-bme\/\">Degree Programmes<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13897\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/what-is-bme\/\">What is BME?<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13899\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/\">BEng (BME)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13940\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/overview\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13904\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/objectives-outcomes\/\">Objectives &amp; Outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13905\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13906\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/build-your-own-degree\/\">Build Your Own Degree<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13907\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/timetable\/\">Timetable<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13909\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/modules\/\">Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/projects\/\">Projects<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13910\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/internships\/\">Internships<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13911\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/specializations\/\">Specialisations<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13913\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/minor-in-biomedical-engineering\/\">Minor in Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13912\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/degree-programme\/beng-bme\/study-abroad\/\">Study Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13902\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/admissions\/\">Admissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13894\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/scholarship-financial-aid\/\">Scholarship &amp; Financial Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13901\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13895\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/student-support\/\">Student Support<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13900\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/undergraduate\/student-support\/\">Student Support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tInternships\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/undergraduate\/degree-programmes\/internships\/\"><strong>Internships<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internships are a key facet of our emphasis on learning by doing. Through them, you gain perspectives on real-world issues while working on real-life projects alongside engineering practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Typically in Year 3, you would embark on a compulsory* industrial attachment (IA) of at least 20 weeks<sup>#<\/sup> (with optional extension to 24 weeks for extra 2 Units). During your IA, you would be able to read up to 2 technical electives in the evenings to fulfil your major requirements , or other evening courses to count as unrestricted elective.<\/p>\n<p>Internship positions will be offered for your selection through an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nus-csm.symplicity.com\/\">online internship portal<\/a>. You may also source for your own internship opportunities with companies that are not in the portal.<\/p>\n<p><u><b>Cohorts AY2020\/2021 and Earlier<\/b><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/u>Students can only do\u00a0<strong>ONE<\/strong>\u00a0credit bearing internship, either the Industrial Attachment (IA) or Vacation Industrial Attachment (VIA) depending on their programme\/cohort requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Cohorts AY2021\/2022 and After<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/u><\/b>Students may take up to 20 units of credit-bearing internships from the following list of courses:<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Vacation Internship Programme (VIP)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Vacation Industrial Attachment (VIA)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Industrial Attachment (IA)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Start-up Internship Programme\/Innovation &amp; Enterprise Internship<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Please refer <a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/undergraduate\/engineering-internships\/student-info\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>* IA is optional if you are a polytechnic graduate admitted directly to Year 2.\u00a0<\/em><em>IA is also optional if you are in a special programme (i.e. double-degree, concurrent degree) &#8211; the Units for IA can be utilised as unrestricted electives<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><sup>#<\/sup><\/em><em>\u00a0 If you are pursuing the second major in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/idp\/\">Innovation and Design (iDP)<\/a>, a 12-week vacation internship programme (VIP) applies instead of the 20-week IA.\u00a0<\/em><em>If you matriculated in AY2017\/2018 or earlier, your compulsory IA would be 24 weeks in length.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Degree Programmes What is BME? 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