We are always looking for career opportunities that can inspire and empower our students. Please review our guidelines and requirements for internship sponsors below. Once you are ready to collaborate, follow the submission instructions to post your internship.
If you have any questions, please contact Sejin Park, Internship Coordinator.
Requirements:
- Students can pursue internships during the Fall, Spring, and Summer academic terms. Term start and end dates are outlined in the NYU academic calendar.
- To comply with U.S. and New York State labor laws, internships must be learning experiences. An intern is a trainee under employee supervision, and as such, cannot work full-time nor replace a paid employee. Federal guidelines can be found on the Department of Labor website; New York State Labor Law has separate regulations for nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. Additionally, all such placements must be ethical and free of conflict of interest.
- Students cannot intern more than 20 hours per week (excluding the Summer term).
- Interning for academic credit is available to students on a case-by-case basis. They must receive permission from their academic advisor before pursuing a credit-bearing internship.
- For-credit internships require 225 total hours during the start and end of an academic semester and an evaluative report of our student from their supervisor.
- If an internship fails to meet these requirements, NYU reserves the right to withdraw the student from their placement, and allow them to end the experience early.
Guidelines:
- The most successful internships feature clear, mutually agreed upon learning goals and a core project that directly fulfills those goals.
- Supervisors should view interns as mentees to invest in, rather than just task runners.
- Interns must have at least one assigned supervisor that they can meet with and contact on a regular basis.
- While we recommend outlining learning goals in the job description, supervisors should remain open to adapting projects around the intern’s evolving interests.
- Students will not displace regular employees, but work under their supervisor’s close observation.
How to Post an Internship Opportunity
If you would like to post an internship for our program’s students, please complete our Intern Request Form. Upon completion, the Internship Coordinator will reply back by email to confirm all details. Afterwards, the internship position will be distributed to our students through a database only accessible to our cohort. We recommend that opportunities be posted at least 8 weeks prior to the start of the academic term, and to follow up with us if you need additional support filling the position. Your posting will be visible to students until the application deadline, or when the position is filled.
If you are interested in posting the role to the wider NYU community beyond our department, we recommend contacting NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development. They host a job board for all NYU students through Handshake, and can be reached at recruitment@nyu.edu for any questions.
Credit or Pay?
We strongly recommend that sponsors offer paid compensation to interns. Paid internships allow students to focus on professional opportunities relevant to their career, and helps cover their living expenses. Paying interns also helps offset their tuition costs and gives them greater financial flexibility if they choose to intern for academic credit.
In order to earn academic credit for an internship, our students must register by the end of the drop/add period as listed on in the NYU academic calendar. VAA students can earn 3 elective credits per semester for the internship course, which can be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credits.
Credit to Hours Worked Ratio
Internship hours must align with the number of credits students are enrolled in. Hourly commitments are estimated given a standard 14-week fall/spring semester:
- 3 credits: 225 hours of fieldwork (~16 hours/week)
Registration Process
When interning for credit, students handle the registration process with their academic advisor and internship coordinator. If sponsors require a letter verifying that students registered for the course will receive credit, please contact the Internship Coordinator.
How Students Are Evaluated
Students who earn credit for their internships are asked to complete the following coursework:
- Short-response reflection assignments on Brightspace
- Midpoint and final summation papers on their internship experiences
- Meetings with the Internship Coordinator
Alongside these assignments, we ask that the supervisor complete our intern evaluation form. The internship coordinator will email this form to you at the midpoint of the semester.