Internship for Credit Program

UPDATE: For students interested in summer internships, we anticipate that employers will continue to offer both remote internships and on-site internships when it is safe to do so. Summer internships-for-credit are supervised by Career Development, and the application cycle will take place from April 12, 2021 through June 4, 2021. For more information, please see below or email cd@sva.edu.

SVA Career Development manages the College’s Internship-for-Credit Program, allowing qualified juniors, seniors and graduate students to gain hands-on experience working with creative professionals.

IMPORTANT DATES

Online application opens: Monday, April 12

FIRST DAY students may work: Tuesday, May 4, first day of summer semester

(if application and CPT are approved and processed)

International students' application deadline to BEGIN work on May 4: Friday, April 16

Online application closes: Friday, June 4 at Noon

Online internship course begins: Late-June

All internship coursework due: Monday, August 9

LAST DAY students may work at internship: Monday, August 23

All applications must be submitted through SVA's CareerLink portal during the designated application cycle for each semester. Summer 2021 Internship-for-Credit Program Guides are available for download below in the Resources section of this webpage.

The video recording and PDF presentation of the Information Session for the summer 2021 application process are now available. Please click the button below to watch the video, and click the link in the Resources section below to download the PDF presentation.