Internship-for-Credit Program

Update: For students interested in fall internships, we anticipate that employers will continue to offer both remote internships and on-site internships when it is safe to do so. Fall internships-for-credit are supervised by Career Development, and the application cycle will take place from August 18 through September 17, 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: Wednesday, August 18

FIRST DAY students may work: Tuesday, September 7, first day of fall semester

(if application and CPT are approved and processed)

International students′ application deadline to BEGIN work on September 7: Friday, August 20

Online application closes: Thursday, September 23 at 11:59pm

Online internship course begins: Late September

All internship coursework due: Friday, December 10

LAST DAY students may work at internship: Wednesday, December 22

All applications must be submitted through SVA’s CareerLink portal during the designated application cycle for each semester. Please review the Fall 2021 Internship-for-Credit Program Guides — available under the Resources section of this page — before submitting an internship application.

The video recording and PDF presentation of the Information Session for the fall 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.