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Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme (UPIP) for Employers

Internships are a good way for employers to identify potential students to engage upon graduation and to discover the changing qualities of the workforce. On the other hand, internship experience provides our students invaluable experiential training. It also gives them a headstart to explore and discover their career paths.

The Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme (UPIP) aims to encourage Science students to take up internships as a structured programme. UPIP runs thrice every academic year – Semester 1 (August to December), Semester 2 (January to May) and Special Term (May to July). Students have to complete a minimum period of 18 weeks for Semester UPIP and 10 weeks for Special Term UPIP.

During the internship, students work with a supervisor in the organisation. The student will discuss with the workplace supervisor and come up with a work plan for the internship. The student will need to submit the work plan on NUS TalentConnect portal for their Academic Advisor’s and UPIP Administration’s approval. At the end of the internship, the workplace supervisor is required to complete an evaluation on NUS TalentConnect portal on the performance of the student.

Employers offering internships will have to register the offered position during the semester before the internship.   

Internship Posting & Employer Registration

Employers can now offer positions for UPIP under NUS unified career and internship portal, NUS TalentConnect portal hosted by the NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG). The NUS TalentConnect portal is the same friendly NUS job portal that you have been using to reach out to NUS students!

Position Registration Steps:

  1. Login to NUS TalentConnect portal. If you have not obtained the complimentary account to the NUS TalentConnect portal, please proceed to register your organisation in the same link.
  2. After login, click on “Jobs & Internships” on the left column of the web page and select “Postings”.
  3. Click on “Create A Job/ Internship”.
  4. Select Internships – Faculty of Science for Position Type. Select “Yes” to restrict applications/ activate screening.
  5. Select the appropriate FOS Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme (UPIP) under the Experiential Learning Placement Type.
  6. From the drop down list of work terms, select the relevant semester based on the internship period.
  7. Enter the internship/project title and other required information as well as your preferred way of receiving students resumes

Internship Offer Deadline

Employers will have to make internship offers to students by the respective deadline for the internship period.

Internship Period

AY23/24 Special Term

AY24/25 Semester 1

AY24/25 Semester 2

May 2024 to Jul 2024
At least 10 weeks

Aug 2024 to Dec 2024
At least 18 weeks

Jan 2025 to May 2025
At least 18 weeks

Deadline to Secure Internship Position

12 Apr 2024

21 Jun 2024

15 Nov 2024

UPIP is a credit bearing course, hence students will have to apply and accept through the NUS TalentConnect portal. In the case where you would like to record students application through your company recruitment system, you can direct students to do so after you have offered and they have accepted the offer via our NUS TalentConnect portal.

Steps in offering students in the NUS TalentConnect portal:

  1. Login to NUS TalentConnect portal.
  2. Search for job posting under Jobs & Internship Postings > Postings.
  3. Click on number of applicants.
  4. Find the student’s name and click “Offer Position”.

Preparing Students for the Internship

Students are encouraged to complete a career planning and preparation course. This course takes students through Career Research, Job Application, Networking and Interview Skills as well as Business Etiquette. Students are also encouraged to attend lectures and training on Work Place Safety and Health, and talks by industry leaders and HR executives.

End of Internship

At the end of the internship, the student’s workplace supervisor is required to provide feedback on the student’s performance during the internship period at the organisation. The feedback should be completed via NUS TalentConnect portal.

Instructions to access evaluation:

  1. Login to NUS TalentConnect portal. The login email is the email provided by student on his/her Experiential Learning Placement under Workplace Supervisor Details. For first time login, click on Forgot Password to receive login instructions.
  2. Go to Experiential Learning > Final Evaluations. Find the student’s name.
  3. Click Save upon completion.

Contact Us

For student information on UPIP, please refer here.

For more information or questions on UPIP, please contact us at sciupip@nus.edu.sg.