Hi forumosans, I’m a junior at a UC school studying communication, music, and technology management. I was looking into spending the summer in taiwan to spend time with family, travel some, and familiarize myself even more with the culture and language. However, it’s the summer going into my senio…

I would assume most UC schools would have connections in Taiwan for internships. Have you looked through your schools internship and job listing? And yes it’s very possible, most likely they probably will be unpaid or very low in salary. For skills, unless you plan to live and work in Taiwan, an in…

Yeah I have asked my school, they don’t really have any as they’ve had little or no experience with any students interning in taiwan. Only thing they could do was direct me to search online by finding individual companies on my own and contacting them. Skill development vs. resume? In my mind, they…

If at least one of one of your parents is an ROC citizen, then check out the Taiwan Tech Trek program, at https://wttpap.most.gov.tw/TTT/Home/Program?TYPE_NO=B01&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . You don’t have to be in a “tech” area like comp sci or EE, but should be able to state at least an interes…

[image] spreadindierock: Skill development vs. resume? Ohhh wait till you hit the job market lol. It’ll look nice you put Taiwan in your resume and stuff showing you can work in a international setting and have Chinese abilities. But actually useful skills, not so much development here as you…

There may also be an alumni office you could talk to and ask for a list of people from Taiwan who have shared their info. Check linkedin or facebok also for Taiwan chapters. I don’t think interning is as much of a thing here and pay is pretty horrible, but it could still be a plus if you could pull …

Aren’t most internships in Taiwan usually one year?

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OP, have you considered looking at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)? It’s the US’s pseudo-embassy here in Taiwan and they have summer internships for almost all of their departments. The US Department of Commerce (or the commercial section is what they call it here) as well as the State Depa…

Thanks for the info! sounds like a great program- I’ll take a look. So your daughter was just in Taiwan for the duration of the summer for this internship?

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Before applying for an internship at a particular business entity, I recommend doing some background research.