City University of Hong Kong
General Enquiries
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Email
clc.careercentre@cityu.edu.hk
(Please provide your company name in the email subject.)

Address
6/F, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Complex,
City University of Hong Kong,
83 Tat Chee Avenue,
Kowloon Hong Kong
Employment Policy for Non-local Students

According to the guidelines stipulated by the HKSAR Immigration Department, non-local students of full-time locally accredited programmes at degree level or above whose study period is not less than one academic year may take up internship subject to the following conditions:

 

  1. The internships must be study/curriculum-related and be arranged or endorsed by the institutions they are studying in; and
      
  2. The duration of the internship is up to one academic year, or one-third of the normal duration of the relevant full-time academic programme, whichever is the shorter.


There is no restriction on the nature of work, level of salary, location, number of working hours and employers.

Moreover, these students (excluding exchange students) may take up:

 

  1. part-time on-campus employment for not more than 20 hours per week throughout the year; and
      
  2. employment during the summer months from 1 June to 31 August (both dates inclusive) without any limit in relation to work hours and location.

 

Eligible students will be issued a "No Objection Letter" (NOL) upon approval of entry and extension of stay applications. The NOL will spell out the type(s) and conditions of employment which the student may take up.

 

For more details, please refer to the Guidebook for Entry for Study in HK (Immigration Dept) and its FAQ.

Developing an Internship Program

Before starting an internship program, it is helpful to check whether your organization is geared to take up interns.  By considering the following points, you will get a good idea of whether hosting internships in your company is feasible.

Organizational Factors

  • Long-term commitment toward working with a university.
  • The organizational culture of your company — whether it supports internships.

Internship Work and Goals

  • Availability of meaningful work for interns.
  • Need for skills that exist in interns.
  • The possibility of recruiting interns as potential new employees.
  • The contributions of interns -- whether interns can benefit or impair your organization in different ways.

Human Resources

  • Availability of human resources with sufficient time and supervisory skills to work with interns.
  • Departments and facilities for hosting interns.

Internship Time

  • The time of year for hosting interns and the duration of individual internships.

Internship Support

  • Accessible workspace, access to computers and the internet and other communication resources.
  • Access to people who would be colleagues, resources, or internal clients.

Financial Resources

  • The budget for creating internships.
  • Methods of remuneration — salary, bonus, commission or other kinds of non-monetary reward.