Hello

I saw your company website and was very impressed. 

Here's a description of the internship program that I run. I would love to hear from you if this will be beneficial to you. 
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Most companies are familiar with Drexel University's nationally known 
internship program. Yet few companies are familiar with the National 
University of Singapore's internship program.  NUS has a partnership 
with the University of Pennsylvania to educate aspiring entrepreneurs 
and business leaders from Singapore, a nation, the US has had a long and 
successful partnership, along with providing them with real world 
experiences.  Please contact Yu Ling Tok for additional information. She 
can be reached at (215) 966-6083 or by email at yuling@nus.edu.sg. 

What type of companies do you look to place your students? 

"Hi-tech and bio-tech startups- 0-8years old, less than 30 employees, 
has exciting new product, 1 hour max train commute from Philadelphia" 

How do you select your students? 

"They go through 2 rounds of interviews in Singapore. They are selected 
based on their interest in becoming a tech entrepreneur. They are top 
20% students in school." 

What are the student's backgrounds? 

"Our students have the following academic backgrounds-Engineering- 
Electrical,, Mechanical, Bio, Chemical, Computer Science, Life Science, 
Biology, Pharmacy, Business, Social Sciences." 

Do the companies get to select the students or do you assign them? 

"The companies interview students by phone or skype." 

Are there any legal issues companies have to be aware of? 

Companies will be host companies for the program in order that the 
interns can apply to www.ciee.org <http://www.ciee.org/>  our visa 
sponsor, for the J-1 trainee visa to come to the US to intern. 

Do companies have to provide health insurance or transportation? 

"No, students come with their own travel insurance and they pay to come 
to and from work." 

How long are the internships and what does it cost a company to hire an 
intern? 

"The internships are 12 months and the companies pay only $1,600 a 
month, which is very inexpensive to get mature highly educated 
bi-lingual student interns." 

What do the interns learn through the internship? 

"Basically how a startup runs itself.  This ranges from how a company 
operates, makes decisions on strategic directions related to marketing, 
sales, product development." 

How many students do you typically have in the program each year? 

"We typically bring in 30 a year.  They arrive in two waves-15 come in 
Jan and 15 in August." 

What industries have your students worked in? 

"We focus solely on technology related companies because our students 
are studying engineering, science and computer science and we want them 
to learn about how to start their own companies."  

What are some of your success stories? 

"We have many success stories and here are two of them.  One is a 
partnership with Scientific Software Tools http://www.sstnet.com/ Elise 
Furman, President, has been and continues to be an excellent mentor to 
our students. She provides them with ample opportunities to learn about 
her company by taking them along with her when she sees clients and 
potential clients, giving them responsibilities in email marketing, 
company website and press releases. She often shares with her interns 
her thoughts about the company and where she wants to bring it. 

"Another is a partnership with Neat Receipts (www.neatco.com 
<http://www.neatco.com/> ).  One of our students, Sarabjit Singh, who 
interned at Neat Receipts started Neat Receipts Asia sales office in 
Singapore since 2006." 

Yu Ling Tok (Mrs) 

Program Director 

NUS America Inc 

3701 Market Street 4th floor 

Philadelphia PA 19104 

Website: http://www.overseas.nus.edu.sg/colleges_bioValley_intro.htm <http://www.overseas.nus.edu.sg/colleges_bioValley_intro.htm