2018 Global Engineering Internship Program, Stanford University

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The Stanford School of Engineering offers Global Engineering Programs that are designed to enhance engineering education by providing undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to have an immersive experience in culturally diverse and international environment. We do this, in part, because we understand that engineers are expected to work globally and we want to prepare our students appropriately.

We have been running the Global Engineering Internship (GEI) Program since 2009. The program provides students with an opportunity to learn about China and India's rapidly expanding role in global business and technology and to gain real-world work experience in a culturally diverse environment. More than 50 companies have hosted our interns in a dozen cities in China and India such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Bangalore and Pune. The hosting organizations range from multinational to local companies, from giant corporations to small start-ups.  In an effort to serve as many Stanford students as possible, we strive to cover a wide range of engineering fields including Aeronautics and Astronautics, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Product Design.  Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for this program.

 

These are intended to be paid internships, although we convey to students upfront that the pay will not compete with Silicon Valley companies.  We ask that the pay provide enough so that students can live comfortably, travel a small amount (on weekends), and be safe.  In many cases, companies provide housing as part of the package.  In some cases, they also cover airfare.

 

Below is our process and timeline for the 2018 GEI Program:   

November 2017:  Companies provide position descriptions to Stanford, which we post on our website.  These describe the company, the position, the required skills/qualifications, housing, etc.    

December 2017/January 2018:  Students apply through our program website to the positions in which they have an interest.

  

February 2018: A committee composed of faculty and the internship program staff interview students and determines who to nominate for each position.  We do this based on fit for the position as well as confidence that the student will be a good ambassador for Stanford and be able to fare well in an overseas internship.  We then send each student’s materials (application, resume, letter of recommendation, transcript, etc.) to the company to which we are nominating that student.  We nominate only one student for each position to provide better coverage across positions.

Early-mid March 2018:  Companies have approximately 2-3 weeks to decide if they will accept the student we have nominated, including the option to conduct an interview with the student.

Late March 2018:  If the nomination is accepted, the student is then given a few days to accept or decline the offer.  Note:  We work hard at every stage to ensure that students only get to this point if they are sincerely interested, but we still get attrition at this point because students are often choosing between several attractive offers.  

April-May 2018:  We work with students and companies on travel arrangement, vaccination/shots, visa application, orientations, etc. in preparation for the students’ departure.  

Late June – Early September, 2018:  Students work as interns. We ask students to commit to work full time and complete the entire 11 weeks of the internship program.   

Attached please find a position description form for interested hosting organizations to fill. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact ming@stanford.edu.

2018 Stanford Global Engineering Internship Program Job Description Form（Huaxin Peng）