Employers participating in this Internship Programme benefit in a wide variety of ways. Benefits include:
An opportunity for your organisation to increase productivity and target the completion of specific projects.
Access to excellent skillsets from high-calibre interns across leading US universities.
The support and backing of the UCD internship team in hand-picking the best interns to match your needs.
A breath of diversity and a fresh perspective within your workforce.
The opportunity to support young people in their desire to gain experience working in Ireland.
Ken Greene
COO, Dublin Neurological Institute
“I have participated 3 times in this Summer Internship Programme. Despite it being just 6 weeks and a 4 day week, the contribution of the 3 participants has far exceeded my expectations. They have been so enthusiastic and willing to go the extra piece to get their projects completed and shared. It is certainly my intention to continue our involvement while this programme remains in existence.
It is important to set achievable goals given the short duration of this internship. For example, some of the aspects we worked on are as follows, we updated part of our website, we expanded our use of Sales Force and re-gigged an aspect of our operational reporting. These made meaningful contributions to our organisation while giving the participants an interesting and busy internship. The calibre of the student was consistently excellent.
The support from UCD’s team was also top notch and they matched the organisation and the student really well.”