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FAQ for Employers

Job Postings

1. Is there an avenue we can do our own promotion for this position at HKUST?
The job details you submitted will be posted in our Job Board. It is accessible by all current HKUST
students. Other than this avenue, you are more than welcome to disseminate your own opening(s)
via other channels.

2. How many STEM Internship quotas will be allocated per company?
A basket of factors will be considered when assigning quota to determine the number of interns deemed
reasonable to be supported by this Scheme for the Employer, such as the amount of ITC funding

available, company size and operations, etc. Subsidy will be earmarked only when duly signed contract
has been received. HKUST Career Center holds sole discretion in this decision.

3. The guidelines mentioned the employment period has to be “no less than 4 consecutive

weeks”. How this will be counted?
Four weeks employment period is counted by calendar days, i.e., 28 days including Saturdays and
Sundays.

4. How long can the subsidized internship last?
In order to receive the ITC subsidy, the internship period must last from 4 weeks to 3 months.
Any internship duration shorter than 4 weeks will not be subsidized.

(II) Students’ Eligibility

1. Any restrictions on the final-year graduate? Do they have to enter the Scheme before 31 July for
summer internships?

Final year students from eligible majors can benefit from the scheme. All summer internships under
the Scheme should be within late May to the last day of the summer break. For winter internships, the
period should fall within late December to the last day of the winter break.

2. Can students on mandatory internship be eligible for the Scheme?
Co-op program or curriculum-required internship is regarded as mandatory requirement for
intern's study program. It is not eligible for this particular Scheme. Nonetheless, any internship period
in excess of the mandatory requirement is eligible for the Scheme.