● Note: The internship dates must fall within the semester dates in Albert.
What is the GPA minimum requirement to qualify for an internship?
● Tandon requires that all graduate students must have a grade point average (GPA) of
at least 3.00, as reflected on their academic transcript, in order to intern.
How many hours (and how many weeks) am I required to intern for?
● Internship dates must fall within the dates of the academic term and the number of hours
worked should be at least 240 in total.
○ Internships taking place over the summer may be done on a full-time or part-time
basis and should have a minimum length of 8 weeks.
○ Fall or spring term internships are normally part-time (up to 20 hrs/wk) and must
take place over a period of at least 12 weeks.
● Students interning in their final semester of study and taking only 3 credits in
addition to the internship are eligible to work a full-time (40 hr/wk) schedule.
Requests to work full-time will need to be vetted by the Office of Graduate Academics to
confirm that students are academically eligible to work full-time.
Am I allowed to do an unpaid internship or volunteer work?
● Guidelines for unpaid internships and volunteer work are set forth by the government. If
you are considering doing an unpaid internship or volunteer work, please be sure to read
the guidelines on the OGS website in detail to ensure you are in compliance with these
guidelines.
As a student on a visa, do I NEED TO USE CPT to intern even if it is unpaid,
part-time, etc?
● As a student on an F1 visa, we advise you to request a CPT in order to work, even if the
employer does not require it, whether the internship is paid, unpaid, full-time, or
part-time. As such, you’ll need to register for credits in order to be eligible for a CPT.
At The End Of The Internship
What are the requirements for the internship report?
An internship report must be presented to the internship course instructor, at the completion of
the internship (due on the final day of the internship) through NYU Brightspace. The report
should explain:
● Which courses and topics in the MSFE program that the internship was related to, and
how they are related t
● The tasks that were required of the student and the topics learned during the internship,
both theoretical and practical