The opportunity to participate in university approved internships is an option available to students in all Majors, and students are encouraged to take advantage of this program. Students participating in internships will complement the traditional classroom experience and earn credit toward their degree in an approved off-campus program that provides practical learning and application in a real-life corporate or professional setting.

Undergraduates are eligible for internships after completing course work as specified by the School / Department. Additional School / Department requirements (including minimum GPA) may apply. Host companies for internships must be located in the UAE.

The External Affairs Department ensures that an adequate number of quality internship opportunities are available for selection by students. To this end, the External Affairs Department, in consultation with the appropriate School Dean or Department Chair, will contact companies and organizations that can potentially provide quality internships.

Arrangements with host companies must include a detailed program for each internship opportunity, showing what activities the student intern will be engaged in during the full term of the internship as well as the name(s) of the host company staff member(s) who will be supervising the student during that period.

Before a student can start the internship, the School Dean or Chair of the Department offering the student’s degree program must approve the host company and the internship program. The total amount of internship credit must not exceed three credit hours towards completion of the student’s degree program. An exception to this limit, granted by the Dean/Chair, may be granted in the case of students with double concentrations.

During the internship, the student is expected to exhibit initiative, cooperation, enthusiasm, creativity and professionalism. Reliability and promptness are emphasized.

An internship must last the full duration of the semester or term, and must be completed in accordance with the approved internship program. Total weekly working hours must, as a minimum, equal three times the credit hours earned, and these hours must be logged in a student diary.

Upon completion of the internship program, the student must submit an internship report to the Career Services Manager. The report format and content must be of professional quality and must include the daily log, a description of learning activities undertaken, and a summary of the student’s key findings and recommendations based on the internship experience. Additionally, the host company supervisor must send the Career Services Manager a written evaluation of the student’s internship work. The Career Services Manager will forward the student’s internship report and the host company supervisor’s evaluation to the student’s Dean or Department Chair. The Dean or Chair will, in turn, ask a faculty member to read the internship report and the host company supervisor’s evaluation, and assign a grade for the internship. A student may obtain an internship without procuring prior approval of the Dean/Department Chair if he/ she is not requesting academic credit for that internship.

Internships are graded on a Pass (P or P+) / Fail (F) basis.