ITC STEM Internship Scheme
Career and Leadership Centre, CityU
Student's Eligibility Check (Summer 2024)

Upon offer confirmation to CityU students, employers must inform CLC by filling in this form for student applicant's eligibility check.

Important Notes

Important Notes for Summer 2024 Internships
• All Summer 2024 Internships should be on a full-time basis conducted between May - Aug 2024.

• All Summer 2024 internships should commence on or after 2 May 2024 and no later than 2 August 2024 while the internships should 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 be received 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 start and end days of the internship should be on working days.

• The student intern should not be previously hired by the same employer in the same academic year (1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024).

• The student intern should not have received/ not be receiving allowance under the Scheme which exceeds 90 days in the same academic year (1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024), prior to the commencement of the current job opportunity.

• According to ITC Guidelines, employers in Hong Kong should observe the relevant requirements under the Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608) unless the student intern is approved exemption upon obtaining corresponding declaration and/or endorsement by relevant authorities as stipulated below:

Statutory Minimum Wage does not apply to the “Student Interns” and “Work Experience Students during a period of exempt student employment” under the Minimum Wage Ordinance. Student applicants should declare as “Student Interns” or “Work Experience Students” if applicable for exemption of minimum wage requirement and prepare the following documents before the commencement of internship.

For “Student Interns”, student applicants should complete the Confirmation of Student Status for “Student Intern”, seek endorsement from their home College/School to confirm their status of "Student Intern" under the Minimum Wage Ordinance for exemption of minimum wage requirement and provide the document to the employers before the commencement of internship.

For “Work Experience Students”, student should complete the Confirmation of Student Status for “Work Experience Student”, obtain the statutory declaration through Home Affairs Enquiry Centre, seek endorsement from the student applicants’ home College/School and provide these documents to the employers before the commencement of internship. In this case, from the 60th day onwards, the Employer will need to fulfill the minimum wage requirement under the prevailing legislation, and pay the Work Experience Student interns no less than the minimum wage for the period of employment beyond the continuous period of the 59-day employments.

If the student applicant is NOT successfully declared as "Student Intern / Work Experience Student", Minimum Wage Ordinance (the Ordinance) applies and the 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. We therefore strongly encouraged ALL participating employers to check with the student interns appointed regarding their relevant status before the internships begin. For details, please refer to the Notes from the Labour Department, FAQ3 and Appendix 2 of the Application Guidelines(Summer 2024).

• 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.

Eligibility of CityU Students

1. Local or non-local students currently enrolled as full-time students of City University of Hong Kong

2. Undergraduates or postgraduates from any year of studies enrolling on one of the full-time STEM programmes funded by the University Grants Committee (“UGC”) listed in Appendix 1 of the Application Guidelines(Summer 2024).

3. Legally employable in Hong Kong

4. Students cannot concurrently receive other internship subsidies provided by the Hong Kong SAR Government for the internship under the Scheme.

5. The internship funded by the Scheme should not be arranged to meet the compulsory requirement for graduation of a degree programme.

6. Student is not the proprietor, director, partner, shareholder, person-in-charge or team member of the host company for which the internship is attached.

For more details regarding the Scheme, please refer to our Application Guidelines(Summer 2024).

Enquiries

Career and Leadership Centre, Student Development Services, City University of Hong Kong

Tel. : 3442 2251

Email: stem.internship@cityu.edu.hk