2020 First-half World Bank Internship Program for Graduate Students and Information Session Notice 2020 상반기 World Bank 대학원생 인턴 파견 프로그램 참가자 모집 및 설명회 안내

The Office of International Affairs(OIA) is recruiting interns who will work at the World Bank in Washington D.C., USA. SNU graduate students interested in this internship program should apply by the deadline as indicated below.

□ World Bank internship

ㅇ Fields and internship positions

International organization	Office	Majors to be considered	Positions available
World Bank (Washington D.C., USA)	Chief economist’s office of infrastructure vice-Presidency	- Economics - Electrical and computer science - Energy & extractives - Transportation - Public policy - Data science and machine learning - Other related fields	Maximum 4 interns (Subject to change depending on the World Bank’s internal situation)

※ For detailed information, please see the attachment.

ㅇ Internship period: February~August 2020 (6 months)

□ Eligibility

ㅇ Enrolled SNU graduate students and research graduate students (재학생 및 연구생)

ㅇ Students who meet the following GPA criteria

- Graduate students: Minimum of 3.3 cumulative GPA

※ First semester students should hold undergraduate GPA over 2.7

ㅇ Fluent in English (Especially in writing and speaking)

※ English skills will be examined during the interview

□ OIA financial support

(Currency: KRW)

Insurance	Stipend	Total
Maximum 400,000	7,800,000 (1,300,000*6 months)	8,200,000

※ Basic livelihood security recipients and lower income group (기초생활수급자       및 차상위계층) will receive additional financial support for the airfare

□ Selection procedures

ㅇ 1st Round: OIA selects intern candidates up to 8

A. Document screening: All documents are reviewed by the OIA.

B. Interview: The students who pass the document screening will be interviewed.

ㅇ 2nd Round: The World Bank will conduct online interviews and select final candidates.

□ Application timeline and required documents

ㅇ Submit all the documents to the OIA

- Location: Office of International Affairs (Bldg. 152), Second floor

- Manager: Hong Jungjae

ㅇ Timeline

- Document submission deadline: 2pm, Thursday, December 5, 2019

- Interview candidate announcement: Monday, December 9, 2019 (Subject to               Change), To be announced on the OIA’s homepage

- OIA Interview: Afternoon(TBD), Wednesday, December 11, 2019

- 1st Round intern candidates announcement: mid-December, To be                    announced on the OIA’s homepage

ㅇ Required documents

1. World Bank Internship Program Application Form (Attached)

2. Statement of Purpose (About 1,500 words)

<Following contents should be included>

- Self-Introduction

- Skill Set

- How you can contribute to specific projects at the World Bank

3. CV

4. Internship Pledge (Attached)

5. Transcript

※ First semester students should submit the undergraduate transcript

6. (Optional) English proficiency test certificate

7. (Optional) Basic livelihood security recipients or lower income group certificate             (기초생활수급자 및 차상위 계층 증명서)

□ World Bank internship program information session

ㅇ Date: 16:00, Thursday, November 28, 2019

ㅇ Location: Office of International Affairs (Bldg. 152), First Floor, Seminar Room