• Employers’ application for the Scheme under Summer 2024 is from 19 April 2024 to 21 July 2024. Late applications will not be considered.

• All Summer 2024 internships should be on a full-time basis conducted between May to August 2024.

• All Summer 2024 internships should commence no later than 2 August 2024 and end on or before 30 August 2024.

• It is estimated that eligible students will receive the allowance disbursement for Summer 2024 internships in December 2024. Please ensure the information provided on related documents is accurate as far as possible to facilitate the disbursement handling and speed up the process. For those cases where further clarifications or information verifications and revisions are required, the disbursement process might take longer and the interns might not receive the disbursement as anticipated.

• The minimum internship duration is 28 calendar days (i.e. 4 consecutive weeks) and the maximum duration is 90 calendar days (i.e. 3 consecutive months) per student intern.

• The allowance for the internship of each student intern is HK$11,190 per month (i.e. for the purpose of calculating allowance under the Scheme, one month has 30 days) with effect from 1 April 2023, capped at three months (i.e. 90 days, maximum at HK$33,570) in one academic year (i.e. 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024). The allowance will be disbursed to student interns via CityU directly.

• Employers should notify the student interns who do NOT receive a minimum wage (in addition to the STEM allowance to be disbursed to students via CityU) to declare as “Student Intern” or “Work Experience Student” under the Minimum Wage Ordinance for exemption of minimum wage requirement and prepare the necessary documents before the commencement of internship.^#For details, please refer to FAQ3, Appendix 2 of the Application Guidelines and Notes from the Labour Department.

• Upon acceptance of internship offer, employers should submit the soft copy of signed contracts of student interns to coordinators of home College/School before internship commencement. The agreed remuneration to be paid and received by the student intern, including salary, wage and any expected allowance, including the allowance under the Scheme, where applicable, should be clearly stated in the employment agreement for the internship and agreed between the employer and the intern, before commencement of work.

• If the actual period worked is less than 28 calendar days after deduction of all no-pay leaves taken by the student interns (if any), employers shall pay the salary to the student interns and such amount will not be reimbursed regardless of the party initiating the early termination.

^#Unless the student applicants have obtained the corresponding documents by relevant authorities and obtain statutory declaration as applicable as “Student Intern” or “ Work Experience Student” for exemption of minimum wage requirement before the commencement of internship, Minimum Wage Ordinance (the Ordinance) applies to internships under the Scheme and employers should pay the student intern with salary no less than the Statutory Minimum Wage rates as specified in the Ordinance for the whole period of employment, regardless of the allowance to be disbursed to student interns via CityU under the Scheme. For details, please refer to the Appendix 2 of the Application Guidelines and Notes from the Labour Department.

Employer’s Eligibility

1. Employers have to hold a valid Business Registration Certificate, Certificate of Registration of a School, or other recognised certificate/license at the time of internship provision.

2. The companies/organisations should NOT receive other subsidies from the Hong Kong SAR Government for engaging any student interns under the Scheme.

3. Employers should have adequate capacity to supervise, manage, and provide Information &Technology (I&T) related training and work learning experiences to student intern(s) throughout the internship period.

4. Employers agree to fulfill all the requirements stated in the Application Guidelines.

Enquiries
Career and Leadership Centre, Student Development Services, City University of Hong Kong
Tel.: 3442 2251
Email: stem.internship@cityu.edu.hk