Must PASS CSIS1410 | CSIS1412 for graduation Must be taken
directly ahead of your final year of studies BEng(CS) After
successful completion of Year two BBA(IS)/BEng(CS) After successful
completion of Year three To gain maximum benefit from Industrial
Training, you must already possess a strong foundation of CS
knowledge
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To satisfy this training course, either Take a summer
internship in a full-time IT position Most common Min. requirement
4 weeks of industrial placement in a full-time IT position Norm 8
weeks to 12 weeks Between June to August Take a full-year sandwich
internship Integrated Study-Work Programme (ISWP)
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Spend 12-14 months in a full-time IT position Norm 12 months
Suspension of studies Granted leave of absence Not allowed to
register any HKU courses/projects Require to pay a Registration Fee
(3% of the composition fee) Allow access to the Universitys
library, health, counselling and physical education facilities
during the study-work year Not allowed to reside in Hall
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It is your responsibility to seek and secure an internship
Procedure Look for internship opportunities Some jobs are
advertised through us You can look for other opportunities These
jobs must be approved by Course Coordinator to ensure they meet the
standards Submit your applications Have your cover letter & CV
(& transcript) be ready ASAP Companies invite you for
interviews Inform us on your summer or 1-year internship once you
have secured a placement
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Location local or overseas Job must be in the field of IT
Preferably involving software development or with significant
technical substances Must work under the supervision of an
experienced IT professional Must be a full-time job at the companys
work place
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For example, the following do not satisfy the criteria:
Computer sale Data entry Web page graphical designer Helpdesk
support General office duties Part-time work Freelance work If you
are not sure about a particular internship, please consult Course
Coordinator for advice.
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Adventure, Inc. Altai Technologies Limited Apple Inc. BeamStyle
Web Design HK Cent Consulting Limited Cityline (Hong Kong) Limited
CLP Concept Art House Cyberport - Leovation Dairy Farm Hong Kong
Limited EMSD, HKSAR Funboxx Ltd. G Future (Hong Kong) Company
Galaxy (Asia) Limited Marine Department, HKSAR honoh limited HSBC
Inspire Synergy Limited MPF scheme Authority Marine Department,
HKSAR Microsoft NetDimensions NTT Communication Asia Octopus Cards
Limited OGCIO ORBIS PCCW Philips Electronics Hong Kong Limited
Portal Technology Ltd PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited Primitus
Limited Project Orbis International Inc. Rabobank International
Hong Kong Ricacorp SAP Deutschland AG & Co.K SpringSight Labs
The Dairy Farm Company Limited The Judo Association of Hong Kong,
China Transport Department, HKSAR UBS Versitech Limited
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Courses web site Summer Jobs newsgroup (hku.cs.summerjob) and
Placement database Jobs that come to us directly or via CEDARS Jobs
from CEDARS usually require nominations Course Coordinator screens
all applications and nominates candidates (to fill up the quota)
Start having Job ad. at Jan-Feb Recruitment activity reaches a peak
during the months of April and May Govt. posts usually come in at
bit late
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Seek internship through other services CEDARS (Centre of
Development and Resources for Students)
http://www.hku.hk/cepc/NEW/index.html JIJIS (Joint Institution Job
Information System) http://www.jijis.org.hk/jijis/ These jobs must
be approved by Course Coordinator to ensure they meet the standards
If you spot some internship posts and would like to consult me,
send me the job ads. Inform us once you have secured a job
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You have to register with the department once you have secured
a placement. If we do not have a record of your placement, you will
fail the Industrial Training course. We have to screen the job
nature of all placement positions to make sure that the posts
satisfy the Industrial Training requirements.
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Log-on to the Placement database and enter your Placement
Record Name and contact details of your supervisor (you may send
these later after you have started work.) This is optional, will be
kept confidential. The average salary is useful for me to advise
companies about the norm.
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Status of your placement record is either NA / Waiting /
Incomplete / Approved NA You haven't entered your placement record
yet Waiting You have entered your placement record, but it hasn't
been screened by us yet Incomplete We have screened your placement
record and find that you did not input sufficient details on the
nature of work (Job Description) Approved - this post is approved
by us Remark My comment on your placement record; in particular,
indicate what is/are missing.
Slide 16 Info for Employers -> Feedback form Assessment is
based on these two reports">
Write a training report of ~1000 words Outline the work you
performed Provide a description and evaluation of the IT and /or
software practices used by the organization Your supervisor will
report to us on your professionalism and on the quality of your
work Invite your supervisor to fill in a feedback form Available on
the "Info for Employers" page Explicitly opened for external
partners to view and download Course Web site -> Info for
Employers -> Feedback form Assessment is based on these two
reports
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When accepting an internship, you will ask to sign an agreement
We expect you to honor that agreement Breaking an agreement without
the departments prior approval will be treated as a serious breach
of professional conduct
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http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1412 http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410 Information
for Students About Summer Internship
http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/info-new.html About ISWP
http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/ISWP-new.html Information for Employers
http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/Recruit/index.html