Questions tagged [internship]
A student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.
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What should I focus on before starting a research internship?
I am a MS student. Recently I changed my topic and started working in quantum computation. I am working on consequences of closed timelike curves. I was given a problem by my guide on the same topic. ...
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Can I ask a professor to do work for him/her during the summer as a form of an internship?
I am a newly transferred undergraduate Earth Science major and because of this I haven't had any internship experience in my field, even though I will be going into my senior year this fall (I also ...
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Increasing chances of getting a research internship with no experience?
I am starting an MSc in Computer Science in the autumn and I am concerned that I don't have any research experience. My interest is in Theoretical Computer Science and I am finding it hard to find any ...
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Tips for supervising interns
My advisor will be taking on a number of summer interns, some of whom have been assigned to my projects. The interns are a mix of sophomore and junior undergrads with varied levels of research ...
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Understanding an advisor’s refusal of an internship
I am graduate research assistant in Computer Science in the US. A while ago, a master student in the research group, who plans on a career in industry after graduate school, received an internship ...
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How do I turn down an internship offer by a professor because I have a better offer in a corporate research lab?
I applied to several corporate research labs for internships. Seeing no progress on my application, I emailed a professor in a top university asking for an internship. He was impressed by my work and ...
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What is behind the "Indian Undergrad Research Experience"-spam?
Every now and then I receive an email claiming to be from some undergrad student in Math or Computer Science at an Indian university asking for a summer research experience in "my research group" (...
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Is it possible for an F-1 graduate student in US to do internship in Europe?
I am a graduate student in US with F-1 visa. I have an internship offer from a company in France. Is it possible/feasible for me to accept this offer, or are there any rules preventing me from doing ...
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Opportunities in theoretical computer science [closed]
I am currently doing MS in Natural Sciences, is there a way I can get into research about Complexity theory. A phD might be difficult but are there any chances of a research intern so I can build my ...
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Should I acknowledge institutions where I did internships on unrelated works?
I'm a PhD student at a university. I have a main research topic that I started a while ago. I did a summer internship at another institution in my major field but unrelated to my main research topic. ...
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Does research require a certain kind of personal abilities or is it a matter of hard work?
I've failed to finish my master thesis, I thought this was attributed to the minimal supervision of my adviser - he/she wasn't an expert in the domain of thesis and didn't give me any kind of insights ...
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Will it be a bad move for Master's to do summer internship in industry when trying to pursue a PhD program?
Currently, I am in second semester of Master's program in Computer Science and Engineering. Even though I am yet undecided, I lean a little bit more towards pursuing PhD program rather than getting ...
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What are the major differences between PhD programs in mathematics and PhD programs in other STEM fields?
I am currently two years into a math PhD program at a mid-tier state school. I read a lot of advice about getting a STEM PhD on the Internet, but a lot of it seems very inapplicable to mathematics. I ...
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Internship to Grad School [closed]
Last year I did a year long Quantum Chemistry internship at a very prestigious university. Towards the end of my internship I met another principle investigator from the same institution and got ...
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6-months internship has nothing to do with what was promised
Since sept 2013, I have been doing a Masters in mathematical finance. Our course requires us to do an off-cycle internship of 5 months minimum (typically, from April to September).
During this ...
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How to report on an academically required internship with a bad supervisor relationship
I am a few days from completion of an industrial internship that is required for my Masters degree. I have had a bad experience with the supervisor of this internship, who has insulted me several ...
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Winter internship for Indian students (computational physics)
I am 3 year BS MS dual degree student (at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) in Physics and I want to learn computational skills for my future career needs because we don't have ...
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Should I ask colleagues of my mentor for internship opportunity?
I have a mentor from an industrial research lab. I use the tool he has developed in my PhD research, and we have been working together for several months. We have some results that he likes very much, ...
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High school summer research in fields other than biology/medicine
I am currently in high school in the USA, and it is relatively common for students to work with various researchers in the summer. The majority of the work done is the medical/biology fields, and I ...
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Will an internship in biology benefit me when my major is not biology?
I'm an undergraduate majoring in chemistry. But I'm very much interested in the field of biology too.
Will an internship in biology benefit me, say when I apply for graduate school? I don't yet know ...
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Is it rude to ask via email to a professor if there are any internship opportunities?
I've worked for an university for one year after my master's degree. Now I'm searching another job. For the moment I've tried to ask to several professors via email if there is any internship ...
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Is it the number or quality of internships that is more important for Graduate School admission into Computer Science?
I'm an undergraduate in Computer Science who's has just completed his 2nd year. However I could not get an internship for the summer leaving me extremely tense about the future since there would be ...
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Which summer internship to take?
I asked a similar question last year, but the stakes have changed slightly.
So, I have an offer from a top 5 program in Chemical engineering (my major). There are a couple of extremely accomplished ...
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Would research internship experience lower my chance of getting a technical job?
I am a CS/EEE person. A resident of India. I am hoping to apply for an internship in either BARC or TIFR. These are internships related to research. A senior told me that having a Research Internship ...
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Preparing a curriculum vitae for an undergraduate internship
I am currently a scholarship student in my sophomore year in a double major programme in theoretical physics and pure mathematics. I wish to apply for an internship, for which they have asked me for ...
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List of international internships/student programs
Is there a website where a list is maintained and constantly updated for undergrads/graduate students looking for internships/competitions/conferences in whatsoever field?
Such a website will be an ...
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Internship for PhD students
I am a PhD student and I would like to do an internship at an American university or institute. How should I proceed?
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Can I work as a software engineer and be a PhD student?
I'm a master student, my master's background is about IT, signal processing, and Telecommunications. It's a "research master", which means that we're trained more to do research than be an IT ...
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Affiliation for a student's internship project
Though related to this question on undegrad student affiliation, I am in a somewhat different situation…
I am an undergrad student at the Miskatonic University. For completion of their BSc, students ...
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How to apply for a research internship at the master's level?
I'm a master's student doing research in the field of the cognitive psychology of language and I would like to do an unpaid 4-month research internship in a different university. I am preparing cover ...
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How to find a suitable summer internship university/department abroad?
Let's assume I want to look for a research internship at a university in the next year, what are decent strategies to find a suitable professor/department?
A few come to mind:
Ask home university/...
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Summer plans for first year computer science grad student?
I've worked at the same place for the past two summers doing software development, and very much enjoyed the work and practical experience. I was recently asked if I would consider a 1-2 year ...
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Chance Of Getting A Research Internship In US/Canada For Non-US Residents?
I completed my undergraduate study in computer science outside of the US. I hope to obtain a PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the US, but I don't feel that I am qualified enough (in ...
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How do I get recommendation letters?
I have had a different set of professors every semester and as batch sizes are pretty big ~80, and with every professor dealing with 3-4 separate batches of equivalent size, for barely 3-4 months at a ...
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Which Internship should I take?
I'm a Chemical Engineering major in undergrad, and I currently have two internship offers this summer.
The first one is a 10 week summer research internship at a top-10 program in petroleum and ...
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How hard is it for a graduate from Canada to find an employment in the US?
I'm an international PhD student currently at a university in the US (F1 visa). My professor is moving to the University of Toronto, and has invited me to move as a part of his research group. While I ...
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Internships for PhD students (e.g. in data science or programming)
I still have 2-2.5 years of my PhD program, but it want to try my skills in programing, especially in the taste of data science (needless to say, I do it overnight for some hobby projects and I like ...
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Where does Computer Science background students fit in Theoretical Physics
I am basically an Electronics student - background in Computer Science (that's where I want to work). I applied for an internship in USA in a research institute where the group is focused in ...
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How to approach principal investigators for internship/job positions
What would you recommend as the best way of approach principal investigators for internship/job positions? I'm undergrad, with a planned graduation this winter and I want to get some experience before ...
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Neuroscience- NIH-IRTA for a international student
I've finished my bachelor in Cognitive science and mathematics and I'm looking for research opportunities in the US, starting in a half year. Are there any programs for people in my position? The NIH-...
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Can international students in USA intern in summer in industry?
Can international PhD students go do internships during summer in industries?
Does their F1 visa status allow this?
From how I see it, this is neither an OPT or a CPT.
I asked my International ...
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How to get the most out of an internship (in industry)?
As a PhD student pursuing an academic career (but optionally a career in industry), what should I do do to get the most of a 10-week internship at a research lab?
Things I've thought of: talking with ...
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Timing an internship during PhD
Suppose there is an engineering PhD student who is unsure whether to join academia or the industry after his PhD. He does not want to take chances and applies for internship positions during the ...
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