Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology (AI&EdTech) Internship Scheme

for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

- Guidelines for Employers

Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
The Education University of Hong Kong

Open for Application

The University welcomes employers offering internship opportunities for our students in areas of artificial intelligence or educational technology.

Introduction

The Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology (AI&EdTech) Internship Scheme is open to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Artificial Intelligence and Education Technology (BSc(AI&EdTech)). It aims to help students integrate and apply in a real-life setting the knowledge and skills they have gained in earlier stages of the programme.

Location

We welcome internship placements in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (including Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing).

Timing and Duration

Students who participate in the Internship are required to dedicate a minimum of 200 hours of full-time service to our Internship partners. These hours should be spread over a period of 5-10 weeks, taking place between May and mid-August each year.

About our Students

The BSc(AI&EdTech) programme admits both students with HKDSE (or equivalent) qualifications (Year 1 entry), and students with an Associate Degree or Higher Diploma (or equivalent) qualifications (Senior Year 3 entry). Students who have completed their Year 3 of study in the BSc(AI&EdTech) programme are eligible to take part in the Internship.

Most students admitted to the Senior Year 3 have had their sub-degree qualification specializing in one of the following areas, showing evidence of strong foundation knowledge:

Computer studies / information technology
Computer engineering / software engineering
Statistics and data science
AI and mobile applications development
AI and smart technology
Computer game development
Financial technology

Furthermore, by the time the students take part in the Internship, they would have been equipped with the following knowledge or skillsets in their Year 3 of study:

Object-oriented Python programming
Data mining and machine learning with various algorithms including deep learning neural networks
Image and video processing with neural networks
3D design and printing
Web scraping and crawling
Semantic web

More details about the BSc(AI&EdTech) programme can be found at the programme webpage.

Roles of Employers

The University highly appreciates the commitment of participating employers in offering learning opportunities and in supervising students. Employers are requested to appoint an Internship Supervisor from within their organisation or company, who would undertake the following tasks:

Provide suitable Internship for students in their field of studies;
Provide students with opportunities of on-the-job professional training;
Ensure students a working environment in compliance with Hong Kong’s employment law;
Provide supervision and guidance to students on work-related matters;
Cooperate with the Academic Tutor(s) appointed by the University to monitor and evaluate students’ performance;
Provide feedback on students’ work performance.

Roles of the University

The Internship Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing the Internship programme. He/she would liaise with participating employers on the overall arrangements of Internship.

In addition, Academic Tutors are responsible for the supervision of the students with regard to the academic components of the Internship. They would also visit the workplace to jointly conduct performance evaluations of the student interns with the internship supervisors.