Office of Student Affairs

Career Advising Services

Local Summer Internship Programme

Background

The Office of Student Affairs has launched the Local Summer Internship Programme (LSIP) and put great efforts in soliciting and arranging internship places in local companies / organisations for our students in order to facilitate their job hunting and enhance their employability upon graduation.  Through the internships, students would gain practical work experience under the local dynamic working environment and enhance their workplace skills which would be indispensable for their future career development.

Objectives

  1. To broaden students' exposure to local dynamic and ever-changing working environment and cultures;

  2. To enhance students' knowledge and generic skills in workplace and cultivate their sense of responsibility, positive work attitude and ethics; and

  3. To develop students' open attitude to maintain good working relations with individuals of different cultural background.

Programme Structure

Internship Period:
Jun to Aug 2026 (about 8-12 weeks)

Job Nature / Duties:

  • Administrative, liaison and coordinating work;
  • Event planning and management;
  • Accounting and Banking;
  • Preparation and implementation of training;
  • Customer service and frontline tasks;
  • Research and analyses;

 

  • Translation and publication works;
  • Marketing and promotion activities;
  • Data and information management;
  • General Office duties;
  • and other ad hoc projects as assigned by supervisors.

Allowance:
Individual company / organisation may offer some allowance throughout the internship period to cover the transportation and meal expenses for the selected student interns.  OSA may provide a minimum amount of subsidy to students whose internship is unpaid, if necessary.

Insurance Coverage:
Will be provided for the student interns during the internship period by the placement company / organisation or OSA.

Supervision:
A supervisor at the placement company / organisation would be assigned to the student intern(s) for guidance and advice.

Post-Internship Self-Evaluation:
All student interns are required to complete and submit the Intern Self-Evaluation Form with photos and share their experience upon the completion of the Local Summer Internship Programme.

Pre-Internship Training Programme (PTP):
The Pre-Internship Training Programme (PTP) is a series of face-to-face/online training and self-learning courses that prepare you to acquire the strategies in improving your readiness towards internship opportunities.  

From 2025-26 onwards, students who are applying for internship programmes and/or internship subsidies arranged by OSA to participate in an internship programme are required to complete the Compulsory Modules of the PTP, and are highly recommended to complete the Voluntary Modules together with the Digital LinkedIn Leaning Courses prior to the internships.

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Briefing Session

Video Recording of LSIP 2026 Briefing Session Video Lock
(Login with your Lingnan account for accessing the video)

  • Date: 21 Jan 2026 (Wed)
  • Time: 16:00 - 17:30
  • Venue: LYH31920
  • Language: Cantonese

 

CV Writing and Interview Coaching Session 

Video Recording of Session Video Lock
(Login with your Lingnan account for accessing the video)

 

Main Stream

Placement Organisations

# Including placements which are offered by LU alumni employers and partly subsidised by the Lingnan Univeristy Alumni Association (HK) Ltd. (LUAA)

Target Students

  • Non-final year full-time undergraduate students
  • Priority will be given to penultimate year undergraduate students
  • High motivation and commitment towards the programme
  • Proven language ability (Cantonese, English and Putonghua)
  • Effective communication skills
  • Skills that meet the employers' requirements & other transferable skills

Application Guidelines

(Application period: 21 Jan - 11 Feb)

Complete and submit the following materials in the 📝Online Application Form (Main Stream)📝 on or before 11 Feb 2026.  Late and incomplete application will not be processed.

  • CV
  • Recent Photo (in Business Attire) - insert to the top right corner on CV
  • Copy of Online Transcript
  • Two essays (one in English and one in Chinese) (No more than 150 words each)
    (1) Delineate why you apply for this Programme and what you want to achieve from this Programme (in English)
    (2) Delineate your greatest strength and weakness (in Chinese)

Important Notes:

  1. Selection Interview will be held during 23 - 27 Feb 2026 tentatively.  Please register for an interview session in the Online Application Form (first-come-first-served, and while seats are available).  No make-up interview will be arranged.

  2. Subject to the requirements given by individual placement companies / organisations, some selected applicants may need to submit additional / supporting document(s) or be invited to attend a second interview arranged by the companies / organisations.  Please check your email regularly.

  3. Each applicant would normally be nominated to no more than 3 placement companies / organisations.

  4. Upon completion of the internship, student interns shall oblige to attend a debriefing session organised by the Office of Student Affairs and submit an Intern Self-Evaluation Form with photos taken in the workplace.

Provisional offer & Nomination:

Announcement of Provisional Offer will be released by mid-March 2026. Subject to the consideration / confirmation from the prospective employers, nominated applications will be notified via email confirmation.

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Statutory Minimum Wage

Please visit the website of Labour Department for details of the exemption for student interns and work experience students during a period of exempt student employment under the Minimum Wage Ordinance.

Internship Opportunities

Employers who are looking for Lingnan students for summer internships are most welcome to contact us by completing the Internship Offering Form.

Enquiries

Mr. Edwin Fok
Tel: 2616-7408
Email: [email protected]		Ms. Angie Lau
Tel: 2616-7023
Email: [email protected]		Ms. Sarah Lee
Tel: 2616-7306
Email: [email protected]

 

Sports and Health Stream

The Office of Student Affairs has launched the Local Summer Internship Programme (LSIP) and put great efforts into soliciting and arranging internship places in local companies/organisations for our students to facilitate their job hunting and enhance their employability upon graduation.  Sports and Health Stream is designed for students who show interest in devoting themselves to a Sports and Health Career, including sports associations, sports promotion companies and sports charity organisations.

Opportunities in 2026 Summer

  • CUHK Sports Medicine Team
  • InspiringHK Sports Foundation
  • Joy Act Growth Limited
  • Kai Tak Sports Park Limited
  • Ocean Park Corporation (NEW)
  • Sports Association for the Physically Disabled of Hong Kong, China
  • World Vision Hong Kong (NEW)

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Application Procedure

Enquiries

Dr. Mok Kam-Ming
Tel: 2616-8601
Email: [email protected]		Mr. Edwin Fok
Tel: 2616-7408
Email: [email protected]