The Science Internship Fair is an opportunity for students to meet with organisations and discuss their offered projects with the hope that you will match one of them.

In order to participate in the Fair you must vote for projects on the platform. Voting will not only assist you with figuring out which projects are of interest to you, they will also provide the organisations with the number of students interested in their projects. You will receive essential information on how to vote on projects via Brightspace.

MSc students from Business Studies (in Astronomy, Biology, Biomedical sciences, Bio-pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Life science and technology, Mathematics, or Physics), Computer Science and ICT in Business for the public sector.

The Project Marketplace will be published and available for students in September. A link will be send via BrightSpace.

For any questions regarding the Science Internship Fair, please send an email to internship@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

Information regarding the voting will be send via BrightSpace, if you have questions, send a mail to internships@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

NO, you cannot attend if you did not vote. You need to RSVP for Fair and vote for projects. Informeting regarding the voting wille be send via BrightSpace.

Please have your CV complete and bring it to the event. For more information please check this site. To prepare for the Science Internship Fair, we recommend that you do the following:

• Treat each meeting like a job interview and be prepared to discuss the projects and research areas.
• Wear professional clothes and have a clean/tidy appearance. Even though it is an online event we strongly recommend that your whole outfit is professional, you never know if you will need to stand up or not.
• Prepare questions and do your research for each organisation you meet with – know what the organisation does and their mission.
• Maintain eye contact if possible.
• Be confident but not cocky, listen to their questions and be sure to answer them.
• Be respectful.
• Tell them which program you are in and how long your thesis is, they will need to know how long they will host you. This is not applicable for our MSc AI students as all attending organisations in the morning will know these details.

Here is what you should do during the meetings:

• Introduce yourself and state when you would begin and for how long.
• Refer to the representative by name.
• Take notes and create questions referring to what the representative has said.
• Ask your prepared questions and ask open questions.
• Check that your ideas and assumptions of the organisation are correct.
• Check that your ideas and interpretations of the project(s) are correct.
• Agree upon further contact and method of contact.

Please check the information on the careerzone at Leiden University

A detailed description of the policy can be found here.

• The UNL model internship agreement is established in consultation with the business community.
• It considers the duty of care and educational task of universities, as well as the competitive position of companies.
• The agreement is applicable to all higher education institutions in the Netherlands and is exclusively for internships within the country.
• No additional Non-Disclosure Agreements or other agreements are accepted.
• Trade secrets and intellectual property rights are protected through the model internship agreement and the national collective labor agreement.
• There is a two-week response period for the removal of confidential information in the thesis or presentation.
• If the internship provider does not respond within this period, the internship report may be published in full, and the presentation will continue.
• Exceptions to the agreement, such as longer embargo periods or confidential appendices, must be indicated in the internship agreement form.

For any questions, please contact internship@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

After the Science Internship Fair, we would recommend that you follow up:

• Do you have enough information? If not, do some research.
• Email or call the companies of your preference. Use the agreed upon contact method.
• Make an appointment to meet at their office so you can visit the organisation and see the workspace, experience the atmosphere, and meet the employees.

If you cannot attend the Fair you can still view all projects on Brightspace, information about this will follow. If you find a project you are interested in, contact the organization’s contact person on the project page directly after the event.

If you have already voted and you cannot attend the Fair or if you are ill or cannot attend last minute due to other circumstances, please contact us immediately via internship@liacs.leidenuniv.nl.