Summer Internships at Temple University Japan

Since 2007, Temple University Japan has hosted summer interns from many universities across the world. These unpaid summer internships for non-TUJ students (undergraduate and graduate) offer a unique opportunity to spend a productive summer in Tokyo.

The interns work as research associates with faculty members, help organise conferences, or work on special projects with TUJ administrators. Interns have worked on organising major academic symposia, assisted faculty in their research (in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, international relations, communications and literature) and co-written articles.

Since internships are unpaid, part-time options may be available, as long as interns can commit to spending more than 50 percent of their time at TUJ under administrative supervision. For students who have their own research project (such as writing a senior thesis), programmes may be devised that suit their interests while contributing to the research activities of TUJ faculty.

Interns participate in seminars and discussion groups at TUJ, visits to museums, businesses, embassies, and interesting sights in Tokyo and Yokohama.

TUJ encourages interns to take advantage of their time in Tokyo by attending conferences and other cultural events. Interns will be provided with networking opportunities in the professional communities of Japanese academia and government, and can participate in tours and other activities both within Tokyo and across Japan, which TUJ sponsors for its own students during its session.

You can find out more about the programme at

http://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/internships/index.html or simply email us at icas@tuj.temple.edu.

Robert Dujarric, Director

Kyle Cleveland, Associate Director

Eriko Kawaguchi, Coordinator

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS)

Temple University, Japan Campus

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