A collaboration between the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and TalentCorp, MY ASEAN Internship aims to increase awareness of ASEAN among youth in Malaysia. The programme enables Malaysian students in local universities to intern with leading employers at various ASEAN locations, and ASEAN students in Malaysian universities to intern in Malaysia.

MY ASEAN Internship is aimed at increasing overall awareness on ASEAN among youth in Malaysia and looks to place 100 high-achieving students from Malaysian universities as interns in Malaysian companies with regional operations within ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, ASEAN youth studying in Malaysian universities will intern in Malaysia.

The programme was first mooted by the Minister of International Trade and Industry YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed during the ASEAN Economic Community 2015 Dialogue on 7 August 2014 as a means of broadening perceptions of ASEAN, particularly among Malaysian youth. It was officially announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia YAB Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak at the Business Leaders Dialogue organised by the Economic Planning Unit, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and TalentCorp on 26 August 2014.

The pioneer group of employers participating in this programme comprises 12 leading organisations with business operations in one or more ASEAN countries. They are Air Asia, Axiata, BDO, CIMB, Digi, GE, Maybank, Nestle, Securities Commission Malaysia, Sime Darby, Sunway, and ZICOlaw.

The programme is open to all penultimate or final year Malaysian and ASEAN students in public and private Malaysian universities with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or equivalent. Additionally, students who have completed their studies within six months are eligible to apply for the programme. Successful applicants will be offered a 10-week internship starting July 2015 at the participating companies’ offices in ASEAN and Malaysia.

To participate in the MY ASEAN Internship, visit http://www.ready4work.my Applications open on 10 February 2015.