Introduction

The Advanced Technology Attachment Programme (ATAP) is a premium industrial attachment programme placing the better among our students in leading organisations for the benefit of both. It is offered twice a year, each for a period of six months: January to June, and May to November. Students’ progress on projects will be monitored during attachment, and their performance will be assessed at the end of the attachment, based on the interim and final project reports.


Aim and Objective

The objective of ATAP is to enable students to apply their computing knowledge in computing-related projects through attachment at organisations. ATAP aims to broaden students’ education by enabling them to appreciate the application of computing knowledge to industrial related projects. For organisations, the programme is an opportunity to tap into the talent that is being groomed in our School.

Number of Students in Each Attachment

Organisations may request for more than one student for each project.

Budget

Organisations are required to pay an allowance to each student participating in the industrial attachment.  The allowance to be paid is determined by the organisations, subject to a minimum allowance of S$1000 per student per month (CPF exempted). This allowance will be revealed to the students. Students will follow the working hours of the organisation in which they are attached.

Signing up for ATAP

Companies take part in ATAP by invitation. On accepting the invitation, they are registered with our programme, and they could then deposit their project proposals online according to the attachment timeline for the next interns deployment. If your company has yet to receive an invitation, you may write in to us with a profile of your company and an indication of the project type you wish to propose.

Attachment Timeline

The timeline for the next rollout of ATAP is as follows (May to November 2009):

The timeline for January to June 2010 rollout of ATAP is as follows:

Selection and Interview of Potential Interns

** Organisations may refer to the online CVs of students who have applied for internships. Organisations may choose to interview the students for their suitability.

Medical Leave

Supervisors from a participating organisation will be informed by the students being hosted if they are sick or need to consult a doctor. A medical certificate will be submitted to the supervisors for medical leave. Supervisors’ prior knowledge is needed if students wish to take leave of absence.

Vacation Leave

Organisations may grant paid vacation leave to the students at their own discretion.


Reservist (In-camp training)

Organisations should allow students to go for their in-camp training.

School Matters

Organisations should release students if they request to attend to school matters such as registration of modules, etc. Organisations may verify the request with the School's ATAP coordinator.

Work Permit

Organisations need not apply work permit for students as industrial attachment is not considered a form of employment.

Discipline

The School takes a serious view of students whose performance is unsatisfactory. Please inform the School's ATAP coordinator if there is any misconduct on the part of the students attached to your organisation.

Visa

Organisations should provide an offer letter to students on overseas attachment to apply for a visa.

Travel and Accommodation for Overseas Deployment

Organisations should make and pay for the travel and accommodation arrangements of interns deployed overseas.

Indemnity Letter

As long as students are going for internships and NUS is informed, organisations will be indemnified. The Letter of Indemnity relates to the University's Public Liability policy which covers injuries to third parties or damages to third parties' properties. Other than NUS and the students and anybody representing NUS, the rest are considered third parties.

Enquiries